List of U.S. state nicknames

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Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884.

The following is a table of U.S. state nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames, and other traditional nicknames for individual states and the district of the United States.

State nicknames

Current official state nicknames are highlighted in bold. A state nickname is not to be confused with an official state motto.

State Nickname(s)
 Alabama
(No official nickname)[1]
 Alaska
 Arizona
 Arkansas
 California
 Colorado
 Connecticut
 Delaware
  • Chemical Capital of the World[24] (due to one time being the corporate headquarters for several international chemical companies.)
  • Corporate Capital (due to the state's business-friendly incorporation laws)[24]
  • Diamond State (Thomas Jefferson is supposed to have referred to Delaware as being like a diamond- small in size but great in value)[25]
  • Blue Hen State or Blue Hen Chicken State[26]
  • The First State[24][27] (Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution; currently used on license plates)
  • Peach State[24]
  • Small Wonder[24]
 Washington, D.C.
  • Nation's Capital[28]
  • DMV (nickname for the broader metropolitan area of Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia)[28]
  • Inside the Beltway
 Florida
 Georgia
  • Peach State[30] (currently used on license plates)
  • Cracker State — Along with Florida, Georgia had been called "The Cracker State" in earlier times, perhaps a derogatory term that referred to immigrants, called "crackers," from the mountains of Virginia and North Carolina.[31] See also Atlanta Crackers: Origin of the name
  • Empire State of the South — Georgia is the second largest state, behind New York, east of the Mississippi and was the leading industrial state of the old south[32]
  • Yankee-land of the South: Similarly to the above nickname, "Yankee-land of the South" speaks to industrial and economic development in the south. This nickname may be used in a derogatory sense.[33]
  • Goober State — Refers to peanuts, the official state crop.[34]
  • State of Adventure (On highway welcome signs)
 Hawaii
 Idaho
 Illinois[43]
 Indiana
 Iowa
 Kansas
  • America's Bread Basket
  • Wheat State (previously used on license plates)
  • Home of Beautiful Women[47]
  • Central State[12]
  • Sunflower State[12]
 Kentucky
 Louisiana
 Maine
 Maryland
 Massachusetts
 Michigan
  • The Great Lakes State (previously used on license plates)
  • Winter Water Wonderland (previously used on license plates)
  • the Wolverine State[61]
  • The World's Motor Capital
  • Mitten State
  • America's High Five
 Minnesota
  • Butter Country
  • Gopher State[12]
  • Land of 10,000 Lakes ("10,000 Lakes" currently used on license plates)
  • Land of Lakes
  • Land of Sky-Blue Waters
  • New England of the West[12]
  • North Star State
  • State of Hockey[62]
  • Vikings State
  • Bread and Butter State[12]
 Mississippi
 Missouri
 Montana
  • Big Sky Country (currently used on license plates)
  • The Last Best Place[64]
  • Treasure State (previously used on license plates)
 Nebraska
  • Beef State (previously used on license plates)
  • Cornhusker State (previously used on license plates)[65]
  • Tree Planter's State
  • Bugeating State[66]
  • Blackwater State[12]
  • The Good Life (as seen on state border signs)
 Nevada
 New Hampshire
 New Jersey
 New Mexico
 New York
 North Carolina
  North Dakota
 Ohio
 Oklahoma
 Oregon
  • Beaver State
  • Union State
  • Pacific Wonderland (previously used on license plates and currently available on an extra cost plate)[76]
  • Sunset State
  • Webfoot State[12]
 Pennsylvania
 Puerto Rico
  • Isla del Encanto ("Island of Enchantment") (currently used on license plates)
  • Borinquen (name given by indigenous people, the Tainos)[78]
  • The Shining Star of the Caribbean
  • Progress Island[79]
 Rhode Island
 South Carolina
 South Dakota
 Tennessee
 Texas
 Utah
 Vermont
 Virginia
  • Mother of Presidents[12]
  • Mother of States[12]
  • The Old Dominion[26]
  • The Commonwealth
 Washington
 West Virginia
 Wisconsin
(No official nickname)[88]
 Wyoming
  • Cowboy State
  • Equality State
  • Park State
  • Like No Place On Earth
  • Forever West (On highway welcome signs)

See also

References

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  9. ↑ Ariz. HB 2549 Officially adopted by Arizona on February 14, 2011
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  11. ↑ Arkansas § 1-4-106 - State nickname Retrieved Feb. 28, 2011
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  23. ↑ Conn. Stat. Sec. 3-110a, retrieved Nov. 4, 2013
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  39. ↑ 808 State Update, Talk Radio Hawaii
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  45. ↑ The unofficial sobriquet of the State of Indiana has given rise to the humorous constructions Hoosierana (the land of Hoosiers; see uses in Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame and by sports journalist Frank DeFord) and Hoosierstan (the place of Hoosiers).
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  55. ↑ Massachusetts (state, United States), Britannica Online, retrieved April 24, 2009.
  56. ↑ Andrew Ryan, Report: 'Taxachusetts' label remains part of Massachusetts' past, Boston Globe, April 6, 2007.
  57. ↑ Daniel J. Flynn, 'Taxachusetts' no more?, Forbes, October 22, 2008.
  58. ↑ 'Taxachusetts' Voters May Eliminate State Income Tax, Fox News, October 7, 2008.
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  62. ↑ Jess Myers, Hockey roots run deep in Minnesota, ESPN.com, February 10, 2004
  63. ↑ [1] Riverfront Times, January 10, 2012
  64. ↑ In Montana, a Popular Expression Is Taken Off the Endangered List New York Times, August 17, 2008; Retrieved February 28, 2011
  65. ↑ [2], Nebraska Rev. Stat. § 90-101, retrieved Nov. 4, 2013
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  79. ↑ Progress Island U.S.A.
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