List of U.S. state nicknames

This is a list of U.S. state nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for individual states of the United States. Current official state nicknames are highlighted in bold.

State	Nickname(s)
Alabama (No official Nickname)[1]	Cotton State[2] Heart of Dixie[3][2] Yellowhammer State[2] Stars Fell on Alabama[2] (currently used on general issue license plates)
Alaska	Great Land Last Frontier
Arizona	Apache State Copper State Grand Canyon State
Arkansas	Bear State Land of Opportunity (former official nickname) Natural State Wonder State Razorback State What a State!
California	El Dorado State Golden State[4] Golden West Grape State Land of Milk and Honey The Bear State (or Republic) Entertainment State Land of the Fires Movie State People's Republic of California
Colorado	Buffalo Plains State[5] - disused Centennial State[6] Colorful Colorado[6] Columbine State[7] Highest State[5] Lead State[5] - disused Mother of Rivers[8] Rocky Mountain Empire[9] Rocky Mountain State[10] - disused Silver State[5] - disused
Connecticut	Constitution State[11] Land of Steady Habits[11][12] Nutmeg State[11] Provisions State[11]
Delaware	Diamond State First State Small Wonder Blue Hen State or the Blue Hen's Chicken[12]
District of Columbia	The Federal City The District
Florida	Peninsula State or Peninsular State[12] Hurricane State Tropical State God's Waiting Room Everglades State Citrus State Flower State Manatee State Orange State Sunshine State
Georgia	Peach State[13] Cracker State - Along with Florida, Georgia has 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. [13] See also Atlanta Crackers: Origin of the name Empire State of the South - Refers to economic leadership[13] 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.[13] Goober State - Refers to peanuts, the official state crop[13]
Hawaii	Aloha State Pineapple State Rainbow State[citation needed]
Idaho	Gem State Spud State [14]
Illinois[15]	Land of Lincoln Prairie State The Corn State Inland Empire State The Sucker State (for a type of fish) Garden of the West
Indiana	Crossroads of America Hoosier State[16] Hospitality State
Iowa	Tall Corn State Hawkeye State[17] Land of the Rolling Prairie Cyclone State
Kansas	Bleeding Kansas Jayhawk State Sunflower State Wheat State
Kentucky	Bluegrass State The Corn-crackers (reported in 1881)[12]
Louisiana	Bayou State Child of the Mississippi Creole State Pelican State Sportsman's Paradise Sugar State
Maine	The Border State (reported in 1881)[12] Down East[citation needed] Pine Tree State Vacationland
Maryland	Cockade State Free State Monumental State Old Line State Terrapin State Crab State
Massachusetts	Bay State[12] The Commonwealth Colony State[citation needed] Old Colony[citation needed] Taxachusetts
Michigan	The Great Lakes State Mitten State Winter Water Wonderland Wolverine State[12] The Birthplace of Automotives
Minnesota	Gopher State Land of 10,000 Lakes Land of Lakes Land of Sky-Blue Waters North Star State
Mississippi	Hospitality State Magnolia State
Missouri	Bullion State Cave State Gateway State Bellwether State Lead State Ozark State Puke State (reported in 1881)[12] Show Me State
Montana	Big Sky Country The Last Best Place[citation needed] Treasure State
Nebraska	Beef State Cornhusker State Tree Planter's State
Nevada	Battle Born State Sagebrush State Silver State
New Hampshire	Granite State[18] Mother of Rivers[18] White Mountain State[18]
New Jersey	Garden State The Crossroads of the Revolution The Tomato State First State Lite (Because the first light bulb was invented in Menlo Park)
New Mexico	Cactus State[19] The Colorful State The Land of Enchantment[19] Land of Sunshine (predates "The Land of Enchantment"; this earlier nickname highlighted the large percentage of sunshine received statewide)[19] New Andalusia[19] The Outer Space State The Spanish State
New York	The Empire State
North Carolina	North Cackalacky[20] Old North State[21] Tar Heel State[22] Turpentine State[23]
North Dakota	Flickertail State Peace Garden State Rough Rider State Sioux State
Ohio	Buckeye State[12] Birthplace of Aviation[24] Mother of Modern Presidents
Oklahoma	Land of the Red Man Sooner State
Oregon	Beaver State Union State Pacific Wonderland[25] Sunset State
Pennsylvania	Liberty Bell State Independence State Keystone State[12] Quaker State
Rhode Island	Little Rhody[12] Ocean State Plantation State
South Carolina	Palmetto State[12] Sandlapper State, Smiling Faces, Beautiful Places Iodine Products State - disused[26]
South Dakota	Artesian State[27] Blizzard State[27] Coyote State[27] Land of Infinite Variety Mount Rushmore State (officially adopted in 1980 in place of the former nickname of Sunshine State)[27] Sunshine State[27]
Tennessee	Big Bend State (refers to the Tennessee River)[28] Butternut State (refers to the tan color of the uniforms worn by Tennessee soldiers in the American Civil War)[28] Hog and Hominy State[28] The Mother of Southwestern Statesmen[28] Volunteer State[28]
Texas	Cowboy State Friendship State[29] Lone Star State[29][12]
Utah	Beehive State Mormon State[30]
Vermont	Green Mountain State[12]
Virginia	Mother of Presidents The Old Dominion[12]
Washington	Evergreen State[31]
West Virginia	Mountain State Panhandle State
Wisconsin	America's Dairyland America's Bread Basket Badger State[12]
Wyoming	Cowboy State Equality State Park State

[edit] See also

• List of U.S. state mottos
• List of U.S. state residents names
• List of U.S. state slogans
• List of city nicknames in the United States

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