<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Dakota" id="mwQw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North Dakota">North Dakota</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Dakota" id="mwRA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a> are admitted as the 39th and 40th <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state" id="mwRQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="U.S. state">U.S. states</a>.<sup about="#mwt45" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"dakota"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-dakota-7"}}' id="cite_ref-dakota_7-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./November_2#cite_note-dakota-7" id="mwRg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwRw">[7]</span></a></sup>