list of U.S. state and territory nicknames

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The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.

State, federal district, and territory nicknames

Official state, federal district, and territory nicknames are highlighted in bold. A state nickname is not to be confused with an official state motto.{{clear}}

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State, federal district, or territory	Nickname(s)
{{flag\|Alabama}}{{cite news \| title=Emblems Index \| publisher=State of Alabama \| url =http://www.archives.alabama.gov/kids_emblems/ \| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080323235056/http://www.archives.alabama.gov/kids_emblems/ \| url-status =dead \| archive-date =March 23, 2008 \| access-date = January 26, 2008 }}{{efn\|name=no_name\|No official nickname.}} \| Alabama the Beautiful{{Cite web\|author=Sinclair Broadcast Group\|date=July 18, 2014\|title=Welcome to Sweet Home Alabama: New signs going up on interstate highways\|url=https://abc3340.com/archive/welcome-to-sweet-home-alabama-new-signs-going-up-on-interstate-highways\|access-date=August 15, 2021\|website=WBMA}} Cotton Plantation State Cotton State{{cite web \|url=http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/emblems.html \|title=Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors \|access-date=March 18, 2007 \|date=April 20, 2006 \|publisher=Alabama Department of Archives & History \|quote=Alabama does not have an official nickname. \|archive-date=December 24, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224225303/http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/emblems.html%20 \|url-status=dead }} Heart of Dixie (used on license plates){{cite web \|url=http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/Heart_of_Dixie.html \|title=Heart of Dixie \|access-date=March 18, 2007 \|date=June 29, 2004 \|work=Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors \|publisher=Alabama Department of Archives & History \|archive-date=December 24, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224225249/http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/Heart_of_Dixie.html%20 \|url-status=dead }}{{cite news \| title=Nicknames: America's 50 States (First of Four Parts) \| date=January 6, 2008 \| publisher=VOA Special English program \| url =http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2008-01/2007-12-31-voa3.cfm \| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080217192424/http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2008-01/2007-12-31-voa3.cfm \| url-status =dead \| archive-date =February 17, 2008 \| work =Voice of America \| access-date = January 4, 2009 }} Lizard State[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/al_intro.htm Introduction to Alabama], 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009. Sweet Home Alabama Yellowhammer State
{{flag\|Alaska}} \| Land of the Midnight Sun Land of the Noonday Moon The Last Frontier (used on license plates)[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ak_intro.htm The Last Frontier State], 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009.{{cite web \|url=http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/ded/dev/student_info/student.htm \|title=Alaska Division of Economic Development \|access-date=July 30, 2011 \|publisher=Alaska Division of Economic Development \|author=Alaska Division of Economic Development\|date=December 21, 2010}} Seward's Folly (named after U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward) Seward's Ice Box, Icebergia, Polaria, Walrussia, and Johnson's Polar Bear Garden were satirical names coined by members of the U.S. Congress during debate over the Alaska Purchase
{{flag\|American Samoa}} \| Motu o Fiafiaga (a Samoan phrase; in English, it is "Islands of Paradise"){{cite web\|url=http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2016/09/honor-respect-devotion-to-duty-coast-guard-auxiliarists-mike-and-paula-mcdonald/ \|title=Honor, Respect, Devotion to Duty: Coast Guard Auxiliarists Mike and Paula McDonald.\|first= Connie\|last= Terrell\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312200816/http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2016/09/honor-respect-devotion-to-duty-coast-guard-auxiliarists-mike-and-paula-mcdonald/\|date= September 30, 2016\|archivedate=March 12, 2020\|accessdate=July 7, 2018\|publisher=U.S. Coast Guard}} (used on American Samoa license plates){{Cite web \|title=License Plates of American Samoa \|url=http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/world/PA_AMSA.html \|access-date=2024-11-22 \|website=www.worldlicenseplates.com}} Football Island[s][https://www.factretriever.com/american-samoa-facts "American Samoa Facts"]. Factretriever.com. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
{{flag\|Arizona}} \| Apache State Aztec State Baby State (because Arizona is the newest contiguous state in the Union) Copper State Grand Canyon State (used on license plates)[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/az_intro.htm Introduction to Arizona], 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009.[https://archive.today/20120729082312/http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/50leg/1r/bills/hb2549o.asp Ariz. HB 2549] Officially adopted by Arizona on February 14, 2011 Italy of America Sand Hill State Sunset State Sweetheart State (see below) Valentine State (Arizona gained statehood on February 14, 1912)
{{flag\|Arkansas}} \| Bear State Bowie State Hot Springs State Land of Opportunity (former official nickname; previously used on license plates) The Natural State (used on license plates)[http://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/2010/title-1/chapter-4/1-4-106/ Arkansas § 1-4-106 - State nickname] Retrieved February 28, 2011 Razorback State Toothpick State[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ar_intro.htm Introduction to Arkansas], US States, retrieved April 24, 2009. Wonder State
{{flag\|California}} \| El Dorado State{{Cite web \|title=State names, flags, seals, songs, birds, flowers, and other symbols \|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112117983400&seq=109 \|access-date=2025-03-09 \|website=HathiTrust \|pages=103–104 (California) \|language=en}} The Golden State[http://law.onecle.com/california/government/420.75.html California Government Code Section 420.75] Retrieved February 28, 2011{{cite news \| title=State Symbols \| publisher=State of California \| url=http://www.library.ca.gov/history/symbols.html#Heading13 \| work=California State Library \| access-date=January 26, 2008 \| archive-date=January 5, 2019 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105214315/http://www.library.ca.gov/california-history/state-symbols/#Heading13 \| url-status=dead }} (previously used on license plates)
{{flag\|Colorado}} \| Buffalo Plains State{{cite web \| url = http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/co_intro.htm \| title = Colorado \| work = NetState.com \| publisher = NState, LLC. \| access-date = February 21, 2007}} (no longer used) Centennial State{{cite web \| url = http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/history/symbemb.htm#Name \| title = Colorado State Name and Nicknames \| work = Colorado State Symbols & Emblems \| publisher = State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives \| access-date = February 21, 2007}} (previously used on license plates. Colorado was admitted to the Union one hundred years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.) Colorful Colorado Used on welcome signs since 1950 (previously used on license plates) Columbine State{{cite web \| url = http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/history/symbemb.htm#Flower \| title = Colorado State Flower \| work = Colorado State Symbols & Emblems \| publisher = State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives \| access-date = February 21, 2007}} Highest State Lead State (no longer used) Mother of Rivers{{cite web \| url = http://www.coloradohistory.org/RIPsigns/show_markertext.asp?id=797 \| title = Colorado Water History \| format = asp \| publisher = Colorado Historical Society \| access-date = November 29, 2007}} Rocky Mountain EmpireDenver, Colorado (no longer used) Rocky Mountain State{{cite web \| url = http://www.usatourist.com/english/places/colorado/index.html \| title = Colorado \| work = USAtourist.com \| publisher = USATourist \| access-date = February 21, 2007 \| url-status = dead \| archive-url = https://archive.today/20121216151849/http://www.usatourist.com/english/places/colorado/index.html \| archive-date = December 16, 2012 }} (no longer used) Silver State (no longer used; see Nevada) Ski Country USA{{Cite web\|url=http://www.coloradoski.com/cscusa-history-contact\|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140316180331/http://www.coloradoski.com/cscusa-history-contact\|url-status=dead\|title=Colorado Ski Country USA history\|archivedate=March 16, 2014}} Switzerland of America[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/co_intro.htm Introduction to Colorado], 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009.{{Cite news\|url=https://www.outtherecolorado.com/gallery/colorados-10-most-picturesque-mountain-towns/\|title=Colorado's 10 Most Picturesque Mountain Towns {{!}} OutThere Colorado\|last=Dermondy\|first=K.C.\|date=May 6, 2014\|work=OutThere Colorado\|access-date=June 2, 2018\|language=en-US\|quote=This "Switzerland of America" as it’s often called, sits deep in the heart of the dramatic San Juan Mountains. It’s lined with grand Victorian buildings and is home to natural hot springs where you can soak up all of that scenery while relaxing in the soothing warm waters.\|archive-date=June 30, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630080921/https://www.outtherecolorado.com/gallery/colorados-10-most-picturesque-mountain-towns/\|url-status=dead}}
{{flag\|Connecticut}} \| Constitution State (official, used on license plates)[http://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_033.htm#sec_3-110a Conn. Stat. Sec. 3-110a], retrieved November 4, 2013 Nutmeg State Provision State{{Cite web\|url=http://www.wcsu.edu/americandemocracy/provision_state.asp\|title=WCSU - Connecticut as the Provision State\|website=www.wcsu.edu\|language=en\|access-date=June 3, 2017\|archive-date=April 1, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401135851/http://www.wcsu.edu/americandemocracy/provision_state.asp\|url-status=dead}} Blue Law State Freestone State Land of Steady Habits
{{flag\|Delaware}} \| Chemical Capital of the World (due to one time being the corporate headquarters for several international chemical companies.) Corporate Capital (due to the state's business-friendly incorporation laws) Diamond State (Thomas Jefferson is supposed to have referred to Delaware as being like a diamond – small in size but great in value){{cite web\|url=http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/jewel-among-states-quotation\|title=Jewel among the states (Quotation)\|website=Monticello.ORG\|access-date=November 13, 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022311/http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/jewel-among-states-quotation\|archive-date=November 17, 2015\|url-status=dead}} Blue Hen State or Blue Hen Chicken StateBarry Popik, [http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/summary12/ Smoky City], barrypopik.com website, March 27, 2005 The First State[http://delcode.delaware.gov/title29/c003/#318 Delaware Code Title 29 Section 318] retrieved on February 28, 2011 (Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution; used on license plates) Peach State[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/de_intro.htm Introduction to Delaware], 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009. (no longer used; see Georgia) Small Wonder
{{flag\|District of Columbia}}{{efn\|name=no_name}} \| Nation's CapitalFarhi, Paul. (July 30, 2010). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/29/AR2010072905868.html After initial obscurity, 'The DMV' nickname for Washington area picks up speed]. Washington Post. Retrieved December 20, 2013. DMV (nickname for the broader metropolitan area of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia) Inside the Beltway{{cite web \|title=Inside the Beltway \|url=https://politicaldictionary.com/words/inside-the-beltway/ \|website=politicaldictionary.com \|access-date=18 February 2024}} Chocolate City{{Cite web\|url=https://uncpress.org/book/9781469654720/chocolate-city/\|title=Chocolate City \| Chris Myers Asch\|website=University of North Carolina Press}}
{{flag\|Florida}} \| Alligator State Everglade State[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/fl_intro.htm Introduction to Florida], 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009. Flower State Gulf State Gunshine State {{cite web\|url=https://www.fox13news.com/news/florida-nicknamed-gunshine-state-for-having-highest-number-of-concealed-carry-permits\|title=Florida nicknamed 'gunshine state' for having highest number of concealed carry permits\|website=Fox13 Tampa Bay\|date=April 13, 2019\|access-date=April 13, 2019}} Orange State Citrus State Palm Tree State Peninsula State or Peninsular State Plywood State{{cite journal \|last1=Gamble \|first1=Ed \|title=Welcome to Florida The Plywood State \|url=https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/ed_gamble/983/ \|journal=Ed Gamble Cartoon Collection \|date=January 2004 \|access-date=18 February 2024}} Sunshine State (used on license plates)
{{flag\|Georgia (U.S. state)\|name=Georgia}} \| Peach State{{cite encyclopedia \| url = http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/QuickFacts.jsp?hl=y&id=State_Symbols&action=openTo#idState_Symbols \| title = Quick Facts: State Symbols \| encyclopedia = The New Georgia Encyclopedia \| publisher = University of Georgia Press \| access-date = March 3, 2008 \| archive-date = May 14, 2013 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130514021800/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/QuickFacts.jsp?hl=y&id=State_Symbols&action=openTo#idState_Symbols \| url-status = dead }} (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.{{cite encyclopedia \| url = http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=%2FFolklife%2FCustomsandLocalTraditions&id=h-552 \| title = Folklife: Customs and Local Traditions \| encyclopedia = The New Georgia Encyclopedia \| publisher = University of Georgia Press \| access-date = March 3, 2008 \| archive-date = October 9, 2012 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121009041406/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=%2FFolklife%2FCustomsandLocalTraditions&id=h-552 \| url-status = dead }} See also Atlanta Crackers: Origin of the name Empire State of the South — Georgia is the largest Southern state in land area east of the Mississippi and was the leading industrial state of the Old South.{{cite encyclopedia \| url = http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1018&hl=y \| title = History & Archaeology: Antebellum Industrialization \| encyclopedia = The New Georgia Encyclopedia \| publisher = University of Georgia Press \| access-date = March 3, 2008 \| archive-date = April 5, 2013 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130405154630/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1018 \| url-status = dead }} Goober State — Refers to peanuts, the official state crop.{{cite encyclopedia \| url = http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1809&hl=y \| title = Land & Resources: Peanuts \| encyclopedia = The New Georgia Encyclopedia \| publisher = University of Georgia Press \| access-date = March 3, 2008 \| archive-date = August 5, 2011 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110805150437/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1809&hl=y \| url-status = dead }} State of Adventure
{{flag\|Guam}} \| Tano y Chamorro (Land of the Chamorro)https://www.visittheusa.com/state/guam Guam (Visittheusa.com). Retrieved November 24, 2017. (used on Guam license plates){{Cite web \|title=License Plates of Guam \|url=http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/world/PA_GUAM.html \|access-date=2024-11-22 \|website=www.worldlicenseplates.com}}{{Cite web \|date=2016-05-08 \|title=Driven by island heritage, Guam native serves country, community, family \|url=https://www.andersen.af.mil/News/Articles/Article/754311/driven-by-island-heritage-guam-native-serves-country-community-family/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708104236/http://www.andersen.af.mil/News/Articles/Article/754311/driven-by-island-heritage-guam-native-serves-country-community-family/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=July 8, 2018 \|access-date=2024-11-22 \|website=Andersen Air Force Base \|language=en-US}} Hub of the Pacific Gateway to Micronesia
{{flag\|Hawaii}} \| Aloha State (officially the "popular" name,{{cite web\|url=http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol01_Ch0001-0042F/HRS0005/HRS_0005-0007.htm \|title=Hawaii Revised Statutes § 5-7 \|access-date=November 4, 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019043428/http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol01_Ch0001-0042F/HRS0005/HRS_0005-0007.htm \|archive-date=October 19, 2015 }} used on license plates)[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/hi_intro.htm Introduction to Hawaii], 50 States. Paradise of the Pacific Pineapple State Rainbow State{{cite web \|url=http://www.guidebookamerica.com/news/hawaii_rainbow/index.htm \|title=HAWAII: A RAINBOW OF CULTURAL RICHES: A world of traditions blending for centuries offers cultural activities of colorful diversity \|publisher=Guidebookamerica.com \|access-date=May 24, 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527000248/http://www.guidebookamerica.com/news/hawaii_rainbow/index.htm \|archive-date=May 27, 2013 }} Youngest State 808 State (colloquial, refers to the state's area code.)[http://www.808state.com/various/faq/faq.htm#name 808 State Frequently Asked Questions: Where did 808 State get their name from?] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818152327/http://www.808state.com/various/faq/faq.htm#name \|date=August 18, 2016 }}, 808 State Official Website.[http://www.808stateupdate.com/ 808 State Update], Talk Radio Hawaii
{{flag\|Idaho}} \| Gem State{{cite news \| title=Nicknames: America's 50 States (Second of Four Parts) \| date=January 12, 2008 \| publisher=VOA Special English program \| url =http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2008-01/2008-01-13-voa3.cfm \| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080219194100/http://voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2008-01/2008-01-13-voa3.cfm \| url-status =dead \| archive-date =February 19, 2008 \| work =Voice of America \| access-date = January 4, 2009 }} Gem of the Mountains[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/id_intro.htm Introduction to Idaho], 50 States. Little Ida Spud State{{cite web \| url = http://www.superpages.com/states/ID/history.html \| title = SuperPages: Idaho History \| access-date = March 21, 2008 \| archive-date = December 24, 2018 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181224225243/https://www.superpages.com/states/ID/history.html%20 \| url-status = dead }}
{{flag\|Illinois}}{{cite web \| url = http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/il_intro.htm \| title = Illinois \| work = Illinois State Symbols & Emblems \| access-date = April 29, 2007}} \| Land of Lincoln (used on license plates) Prairie State Corn State[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/il_intro.htm#nickname Introduction to Illinois], 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009. Garden of the West
{{flag\|Indiana}} \| Hoosier State (Used at various times on license plates)The unofficial sobriquet of the State of Indiana has given rise to the humorous constructions Hoosierana (the land of Hoosiers; see uses in [http://www.depauw.edu/library/archives/ijhof/inductees/thomassond.htm Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050912120101/http://www.depauw.edu/library/archives/ijhof/inductees/thomassond.htm \|date=September 12, 2005 }} and [https://web.archive.org/web/20121105033436/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-28003622.html by sports journalist Frank DeFord]) and Hoosierstan (the place of Hoosiers). (Hoosier is also the official demonym of a resident of Indiana) Crossroads of America (Also used at various times on license plates and used on highway welcome signs)
{{flag\|Iowa}} \| Hawkeye State
{{flag\|Kansas}} \| America's Heartland (previously used on Licence Plates) Central State Dorothy's Home Free State Midway USA (previously used on Kansas Licence Plates) Sunflower State Wheat State (previously used on license plates)
{{flag\|Kentucky}} \| Bluegrass State (used on license plates)[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ky_intro.htm Introduction to Kentucky], 50 States. Corn-cracker State (reported in 1881) (corn-cracker – the nickname of a Kentucky man; pejorative) The Dark and Bloody Ground State (an allusion to battles between the Creek, Shawnee, Chickasaw, and Cherokee tribes) Hemp State Tobacco State
{{flag\|Louisiana}} \| Bayou State (previously used on license plates) Creole State Pelican State Sportsman's Paradise (used on license plates)
{{flag\|Maine}} \| Pine Tree State{{cite web\|url=http://www.50states.com/bio/nickname2.htm \|title=State Nicknames \|publisher=50states.com \|access-date=May 24, 2013}} (co-official with Vacationland) Vacationland (used on license plates) Lumber State
{{flag\|Maryland}} \| America in MiniatureJudy Colbert, Off the Beaten Path: Maryland and Delaware, 8th ed., 2007, {{ISBN\|978-0-7627-4418-3}}. Chesapeake State Cockade State Free State{{cite news \| title=Nicknames: America's 50 States (Third of Four Parts) \| date=January 19, 2008 \| publisher=VOA Special English program \| url =http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2008-01/2008-01-16-voa2.cfm \| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080228080630/http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2008-01/2008-01-16-voa2.cfm \| url-status =dead \| archive-date =February 28, 2008 \| work =Voice of America \| access-date = January 4, 2009 }} Monumental State Old Line State Oyster State{{cite web\|url=http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/md_intro.htm \|title=The State of Maryland - An Introduction to the Old Line State from \|publisher=Netstate.Com \|access-date=May 24, 2013}} Queen State Terrapin State{{Cite web\|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/html/oldline.html\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100719041250/http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/html/oldline.html\|url-status=dead\|title=Archives of Maryland Online\|archivedate=July 19, 2010\|website=msa.maryland.gov}}
{{flag\|Massachusetts}} \| Baked Bean State Codfish State (formerly represented on license plates by a codfish) The Bay State[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ma_intro.htm Introduction to Massachusetts], 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009. Old Colony State[https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/368402/Massachusetts Massachusetts (state, United States)], Britannica Online, retrieved April 24, 2009. Pilgrim State The Spirit of America (used on license plates) Taxachusetts (colloquial)Andrew Ryan, [https://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/04/report_taxachus.html Report: 'Taxachusetts' label remains part of Massachusetts' past], Boston Globe, April 6, 2007.Daniel J. Flynn, [https://www.forbes.com/2008/10/22/massachusetts-income-tax-oped-cx_df_1022flynn.html 'Taxachusetts' no more?], Forbes, October 22, 2008.[https://www.foxnews.com/story/taxachusetts-voters-may-eliminate-state-income-tax 'Taxachusetts' Voters May Eliminate State Income Tax], Fox News, October 7, 2008.Michael D. Shear, [https://web.archive.org/web/20111130155622/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2007/12/12/giuliani_backers_attack_taxach.html Giuliani Backers Attack 'Taxachusetts Romney'], The Washington Post, December 12, 2007.[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4111010 Slate's Chatterbox: The Myth of 'Taxachusetts'], National Public Radio, October 15, 2004.
{{flag\|Michigan}} \| The Great Lakes State (previously used on license plates) Water Wonderland and Water-Winter Wonderland (previously used on license plates) The Wolverine State{{cite news\|last1=Holland\|first1=Meegan\|title=Death of Michigan's only Wolverine brings up question: Why are we still the Wolverine State?\|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/michigans_wolverine_is_dead_no.html\|access-date=September 14, 2015\|publisher=MLive\|date=March 15, 2010}} The Mitten State {{cite news\|last1=Stateside Staff\|title=When did we start calling Michigan "the Mitten State?"\|url=https://www.michiganpublic.org/arts-culture/2015-12-17/when-did-we-start-calling-michigan-the-mitten-state\|publisher=Michigan Public\|date=December 17, 2015}}
{{flag\|Minnesota}} \| Gopher State Land of 10,000 Lakes ("10,000 Lakes" used on license plates) New England of the West North Star State{{cite news \|last1=Wagner \|first1=Jeff \|title=Good Question: Why is Minnesota the North Star State? \|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/good-question-why-is-minnesota-the-north-star-state/ \|access-date=18 February 2024 \|agency=CBS News \|date=18 December 2023}} State of HockeyJess Myer s, [https://www.espn.com/nhl/allstar2004/columns/story?id=1724057 Hockey roots run deep in Minnesota], ESPN.com, February 10, 2004 "Minne(snow)ta" Bread and Butter State The Loon State
{{flag\|Mississippi}} \| Hospitality State (previously used on license plates) Magnolia State The Birthplace of America's Music (being used on license plates) The Bayou State
{{flag\|Missouri}} \| Bullion State Show-Me State (used on license plates) Gateway to the West Lead State Ozark State Mother of the West Iron Mountain State Pennsylvania of the West Cave State{{cite web \|title=CAVE TOURS \|url=https://mostateparks.com/activity/cave-tours \|website=Missouri State Parks \|date=January 30, 2011 \|access-date=18 February 2024}}
{{flag\|Montana}} \| Big Sky Country (previously used on license plates) The Last Best Place[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/18/us/18trademark.html?_r=1&em In Montana, a Popular Expression Is Taken Off the Endangered List] New York Times, August 17, 2008; Retrieved February 28, 2011 Treasure State (used on license plates) Land of the Shining Mountains
{{flag\|Nebraska}} \| Antelope StateNancy Capace, Encyclopedia of Nebraska. Somerset Publishers, Inc., January 1, 1999, p2-3 Beef State (previously used on license plates) Cornhusker State (previously used on license plates){{cite web\|url=http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=90-101\|title=Nebraska Rev. Stat. § 90-101\|work=The official site of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature\|accessdate=November 4, 2013}} Bug-eating State{{cite web\|url=http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ne_intro.htm\|title=The State of Nebraska\|work=NetState.com\|accessdate=September 2, 2022}} Blackwater State The Good Life (as seen on state border signs){{citation needed\|date=September 2022}} Tree Planters State (formerly the official state nickname)
{{flag\|Nevada}} \| Battle Born State (refers to the fact that Nevada joined the Union during the Civil War) Sagebrush State Silver State (used on license plates) Casino State
{{flag\|New Hampshire}} \| Granite State{{cite web \| url =http://www.nh.gov/nhinfo/fastfact.html \| title =New Hampshire Almanac >Fast New Hampshire Facts \| work =State of New Hampshire official website \| access-date =October 12, 2012}} The Live Free or Die State (official motto; "Live Free or Die" used on license plates) Mother of Rivers White Mountain State [https://www.nh.gov/almanac/fast-facts.htm Switzerland of America]
{{Anchor\|New Jersey}}{{flag\|New Jersey}} \| Garbage State (pejorative){{cite book \|last1=Florio \|first1=James J. \|authorlink1=James Florio \|title=Employee Protection and Community Stabilization Act of 1979, Hearing Before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-Sixth Congress, First Session on S. 1609, Camden, N.J., October 29, 1979 \|date=1980 \|publisher=Government Printing Office \|location=Washington \|pages=102–107 \|access-date=January 7, 2023 \|chapter=Statement of Hon. James J. Florio, First District of New Jersey, U.S. House of Representatives \|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gcAXTKyyrakC&pg=PA103}}{{cite book \|last1=McGurty \|first1=Eileen \|title=New Jersey's Environments: Past, Present, and Future \|date=2006 \|publisher=Rutgers University Press \|location=New Brunswick \|isbn=9780813539225 \|pages=28–50 \|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z1rggAVeOOEC&pg=PA28 \|chapter=Chapter 2: Solid Waste Management in the 'Garbage State': New Jersey's Transformation from Landfilling to Incineration \|editor1-last=Maher \|editor1-first=Neil M.}} Garden State (used on license plates) The Crossroads of the Revolution (previously used on license plates) The Cornerstone State (used colloquially, especially with reference to Pennsylvania when it is called the Keystone State). The Suburban State
{{flag\|New Mexico}} \| Land of EnchantmentNew Mexico Revised Statutes, Sec. 12-3-4-N, retrieved November 4, 2013 (used on license plates) Land of Sunshine (predates "Land of Enchantment"; this earlier nickname highlighted the large percentage of sunshine received statewide)[https://archive.today/20121216112652/http://www.shgresources.com/nm/symbols/names/ New Mexico Symbols, State Names], SHG Resources website, accessed July 7, 2008
{{flag\|New York}} \| Empire State (formerly used on license plates) Excelsior State (currently used on license plates) Apple State Dairy State
{{flag\|North Carolina}} \| First in Flight{{Cite web\|title=North Carolina - First in Flight\|url=https://www.carolana.com/NC/Transportation/aviation/nc_first_in_flight.html\|access-date=August 15, 2021\|website=www.carolana.com}} First in Freedom Old North State{{Cite web \|title=The State of North Carolina - An Introduction to the Tar Heall State from NETSTATE.COM \|url=https://www.netstate.com/states/intro/nc_intro.htm \|access-date=2024-11-22 \|website=www.netstate.com}} Tar Heel State Turpentine State{{cite news \| title=Why We are Called Tar Heels \| publisher=UNC Libraries \| url=http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/tarheel.html \| access-date=January 26, 2008 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122055744/http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/tarheel.html \| archive-date=January 22, 2008 \| url-status=dead }} Variety Vacationland[http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/vacationland/index.html Variety Vacationland Postcard Exhibit] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922153645/http://www2.lib.unc.edu/ncc/vacationland/index.html \|date=September 22, 2013 }} Retrieved February 28, 2011.
{{flag\|North Dakota}} \| Flickertail State Peace Garden State (used on license plates) Rough Rider State Sioux State Heaven on Earth
{{flag\|Northern Mariana Islands}}{{efn\|name=no_name}} \| Håfa Adai (a Chamorro phrase; in English, it is "Hello"){{Cite web \|title=Guam Visitors Bureau {{!}} GVB - Official Website \|url=https://www.guamvisitorsbureau.com/ \|access-date=2024-11-22 \|website=www.guamvisitorsbureau.com}} (used on Northern Mariana Islands license plates){{Cite web \|title=License Plates of the Northern Mariana Islands \|url=http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/world/PA_NMAR.html \|access-date=2024-11-22 \|website=www.worldlicenseplates.com}}{{efn\|Though this phrase is used on license plates, it is unclear if it is the official nickname of the Northern Mariana Islands.}} America's Best Kept Secret{{Cite web \|title=Northern Mariana Islands — Things to Do \|url=https://www.iexplore.com/articles/travel-guides/australia-and-south-pacific/northern-mariana-islands/things-to-do \|access-date=2024-11-22 \|website=www.iexplore.com}}
{{flag\|Ohio}} \| Buckeye State Birthplace of Aviation{{cite web \|url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/06/14/loc_ohioflight14.html \|title=It's official: Ohio IS the birthplace of aviation \|access-date=April 6, 2007 \|date=June 14, 2003 \|publisher=The Cincinnati Enquirer}} (used on license plates) The Heart of It All{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eJfQouwIMNgC&pg=PA293 \| title=Mr. E. 2003: Manifest Lessons from Ohio's Bicentennial Celebration \| publisher=iUniverse \| author=Elkins, Keith A. \| year=2011 \| pages=293\| isbn=9781462048922 }} (formerly used on license plates)
{{flag\|Oklahoma}} \| Native America (used on license plates) Land of the Red Man Sooner State{{cite news \| title=Nicknames: America's 50 States (Fourth of Four Parts) \| date=January 26, 2008 \| publisher=VOA Special English program \| url =http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2008-01/2008-01-16-voa3.cfm \| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080307002947/http://voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2008-01/2008-01-16-voa3.cfm \| url-status =dead \| archive-date =March 7, 2008 \| work =Voice of America \| access-date = January 4, 2009 }}
{{flag\|Oregon}} \| Beaver StateWriter John Francon Williams included a mention of Oregon as being the ‘Beaver State’ in 1892 in his book:The Advanced Class-Book of Modern Geography: Physical, Political, Commercial, by William Hughes and John Francon Williams, publ., London, George Philip & Son (1892) page 629: ‘OREGON, the ‘Beaver State,’ extends north of California to the Columbia River, which divides it from Washington.’ Pacific Wonderland (previously used on license plates and available on an extra cost plate){{cite web \|url=http://www.plateshack.com/oregon/oregon3.html \|title=Oregon's license plate from 1960 to circa 1966 \|access-date=July 12, 2007 \|publisher=Plate Shack}} Webfoot State
{{flag\|Pennsylvania}} \| Keystone State (previously used on license plates) Quaker State{{Cite book\|title=Pennsylvania - the Quaker State: Plan of Certain Puritans of New England to Prevent Its Settlement by William Penn\|first=James F.\|last=Shrunk\|date=1870\|publisher=Athens Gleaner}} Coal State{{citation needed\|reason=Couldn't find much that predates 2005, when this Wikipedia article began\|date=February 2025}} Railroad State{{citation needed\|reason=Couldn't find much that predates 2005, when this Wikipedia article began\|date=February 2025}} Elk State{{citation needed\|reason=Couldn't find much that predates 2005, when this Wikipedia article began\|date=February 2025}}
{{flag\|Puerto Rico}} \| Isla del Encanto ("Island of Enchantment") (used on license plates) Borinquen (name given by indigenous people, the Tainos){{cite web \|author=Elsa María Calderón \|url=https://teachersinstitute.yale.edu/curriculum/units/1998/3/98.03.04.x.html \|title=98.03.04: The Taínos of Puerto Rico: Rediscovering Borinquen \|publisher=Yale.edu \|access-date=May 24, 2013 \|archive-date=February 2, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202020541/https://teachersinstitute.yale.edu/curriculum/units/1998/3/98.03.04.x.html \|url-status=bot: unknown }}
{{flag\|Rhode Island}} \| Little Rhody Ocean State (used on license plates) Rogues Island{{Cite web\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-05-15-mn-5160-story.html\|title = Archives\|website = Los Angeles Times\| date=May 15, 1986 }} The Licentious Republic Smallest State
{{flag\|South Carolina}} \| Palmetto State Iodine Products State (no longer used){{cite web\|url=http://www.scencyclopedia.com/iodine.htm \|title=Iodine \|access-date=April 6, 2007 \|date=April 14, 2007 \|publisher=South Carolina Encyclopedia \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519125741/http://www.scencyclopedia.com/iodine.htm \|archive-date=May 19, 2006 }} (previously used on license plates)
{{flag\|South Dakota}} \| Artesian State Blizzard State Coyote State[http://www.shgresources.com/sd/symbols/names/ South Dakota Symbols, State Names] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616172203/http://www.shgresources.com/sd/symbols/names/ \|date=June 16, 2013 }}, SHG Resources website, accessed July 7, 2008 Land of Infinite Variety The Mount Rushmore State{{cite web\|url=http://legis.state.sd.us/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=1-6-16.5\|title= South Dakota Laws 1-6-16.5\|access-date= November 4, 2013}} (officially adopted in 1980 in place of the former nickname of Coyote State) Sunshine State (no longer used; see Florida)
{{flag\|Tennessee}} \| Big Bend State (refers to the Tennessee River)[http://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/07-08/46-Symbols%20&%20Honors.pdf Tennessee Symbols and Honors], in Tennessee Blue Book Butternut State (refers to the tan color of the uniforms worn by Tennessee soldiers in the American Civil War) Hog and Hominy State The Mother of Southwestern Statesmen Volunteer State (used on license plates)
{{flag\|Texas}} \| Lone Star State{{cite news \| url=http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/texas/ \| title=Texas:Facts, Map, and State Symbols \| work=EnchantedLearning.com \| access-date=March 9, 2008}} (used on license plates)
{{flag\|U.S. Virgin Islands\|Virgin Islands}}{{efn\|name=no_name}} \| America's Caribbean (used on U.S. Virgin Islands license plates until 2015){{Cite web \|title=License Plates of the U.S. Virgin Islands \|url=http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/world/CA_USVI.html \|access-date=2024-11-22 \|website=www.worldlicenseplates.com}} American Paradise{{Cite web \|title=United States Geography for Kids: Virgin Islands \|url=https://www.ducksters.com/geography/state.php?State=Virgin%20Islands \|access-date=2024-11-22 \|website=www.ducksters.com}}
{{flag\|Utah}} \| Beehive State Crossroads of the West{{cite web \| url = http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ut_intro.htm \| title = NetState: Utah \| access-date = March 24, 2008}}{{cite web \| url=https://www.nps.gov/cali/planyourvisit/upload/UT_ATRIG_Final2-Web.pdf \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115080024/http://www.nps.gov/cali/planyourvisit/upload/UT_ATRIG_Final2-Web.pdf \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=January 15, 2012 \| title=National Historic Trails Auto Tour Interpretive Guide, Utah - Crossroads of the West \| publisher=National Park Service }} – Location the Golden Spike was driven into the railroad, the joining point of the First transcontinental railroad. Mormon State Friendly State (formerly used on license plates){{cite web \| title =State it on a plate — Over the years, slogans, designs have taken some poetic license \| publisher =Deseret News \| url =http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,660210998,00.html?pg=1 \| access-date =April 28, 2009 \| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090822222036/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,660210998,00.html?pg=1 \| archive-date =August 22, 2009 \| url-status =dead }}
{{flag\|Vermont}} \| Green Mountain State (used on license plates) The Maple State
{{flag\|Virginia}} \| Mother of Presidents Mother of States Horse Country The Old Dominion{{Cite web\|url=https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Old_Dominion\|title = Old Dominion – Encyclopedia Virginia}}
{{flag\|Washington}}{{efn\|name=no_name\|No official nickname.}} \| Evergreen State{{cite web \| title = Symbols of Washington State \| publisher = Washington State Legislature \| url = http://www.leg.wa.gov/Symbols/Pages/default.aspx \| access-date =August 16, 2012}} (used on license plates)
{{flag\|West Virginia}} \| Mountain State (previously used on license plates) Panhandle State The Switzerland of America{{Cite book\|oclc=9814800\|title=West Virginia "the Switzerland of America" : a brief guide for tourists to some of its many scenic and historic places\|first=Ross B.\|last=Johnston\|date=1926\|publisher=West Virginia Dept. of Agriculture\|location=Charleston, W. Va.}} Almost Heaven
{{flag\|Wisconsin}}"[http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/05bb/965-970.pdf Wisconsin State Symbols] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004224939/http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/05bb/965-970.pdf \|date=2013-10-04 }}" in Wisconsin Blue Book 2005-2006, p. 966. Wisconsin has no Official nickname.{{efn\|name=no_name}} \| Badger State{{Cite NIE\|wstitle=States, Popular Names of}} America's Dairyland{{cite book \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=PRqCCp3svlwC&pg=PA5 \|page= 5 \|title= Wisconsin: It's my state! \|first1= Margaret \|last1= Dornfeld \|first2= Richard \|last2= Hantula \|publisher= Marshall Cavendish \|year= 2010 \|isbn= 978-1-60870-062-2}}{{cite book \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=E9bt2QhyFIsC \|title= Names and Nicknames of Places and Things \|publisher= Penguin Group USA \|first= Laurence \|last= Urdang \|year= 1988 \|isbn= 9780452009073 \|page= 8 \|quote= "America's Dairyland" A nickname of Wisconsin}} (also on license plates since a 1939 state law) The Mitten State{{citation needed\|reason=Is "The Mitten State" not Michigan?\|date=January 2022}} The Copper State (historical){{cite book \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=fVoYAAAAIAAJ \|title= Nicknames and sobriquets of U.S. cities, States, and counties \|first1= Joseph Nathan \|last1= Kane \|first2= Gerard L. \|last2= Alexander \|publisher= Scarecrow Press \|year= 1979 \|page= 412 \|isbn= 9780810812550 \|quote= Wisconsin - America's Dairyland, The Badger State ... The Copper State ...}}{{cite book \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=iCEl1sqlZLQC&pg=PA10 \|title= Wisconsin Encyclopedia, American Guide \|first= Jennifer L. \|last= Herman \|publisher= North American Book Dist LLC \|year= 2008 \|page= 10 \|isbn= 9781878592613 \|quote= Nicknames Wisconsin is generally known as The Badger State, The Dairy State, or America's Dairyland, although in the past it has been nicknamed The Copper State.}} Traitor State (historical World War I){{Cite web \|last=Bauer \|first=Lisa \|date=2019-09-30 \|title=Noncredit course offers fascinating look at little-known World War I history in Wisconsin \|url=https://continuingstudies.wisc.edu/blog/noncredit-course-offers-fascinating-look-at-little-known-world-war-i-history-in-wisconsin/ \|access-date=2024-07-16 \|website=University of Wisconsin Madison Continuing Studies \|language=en-US}} The Dairy State The Cheese State
{{flag\|Wyoming}} \| Cowboy State Equality State Forever West (on highway welcome signs)

class="wikitable"

State,
federal district,
or territory

Nickname(s)

{{flag|Alabama}}{{cite news | title=Emblems Index | publisher=State of Alabama | url =http://www.archives.alabama.gov/kids_emblems/ | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080323235056/http://www.archives.alabama.gov/kids_emblems/ | url-status =dead | archive-date =March 23, 2008 | access-date = January 26, 2008 }}{{efn|name=no_name|No official nickname.}}

Alabama the Beautiful{{Cite web|author=Sinclair Broadcast Group|date=July 18, 2014|title=Welcome to Sweet Home Alabama: New signs going up on interstate highways|url=https://abc3340.com/archive/welcome-to-sweet-home-alabama-new-signs-going-up-on-interstate-highways|access-date=August 15, 2021|website=WBMA}}
Cotton Plantation State
Cotton State{{cite web |url=http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/emblems.html |title=Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors |access-date=March 18, 2007 |date=April 20, 2006 |publisher=Alabama Department of Archives & History |quote=Alabama does not have an official nickname. |archive-date=December 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224225303/http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/emblems.html%20 |url-status=dead }}
Heart of Dixie (used on license plates){{cite web |url=http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/Heart_of_Dixie.html |title=Heart of Dixie |access-date=March 18, 2007 |date=June 29, 2004 |work=Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors |publisher=Alabama Department of Archives & History |archive-date=December 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224225249/http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/Heart_of_Dixie.html%20 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news | title=Nicknames: America's 50 States (First of Four Parts) | date=January 6, 2008 | publisher=VOA Special English program | url =http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2008-01/2007-12-31-voa3.cfm | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080217192424/http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2008-01/2007-12-31-voa3.cfm | url-status =dead | archive-date =February 17, 2008 | work =Voice of America | access-date = January 4, 2009 }}
Lizard State[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/al_intro.htm Introduction to Alabama], 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009.
Sweet Home Alabama
Yellowhammer State

Land of the Midnight Sun
Land of the Noonday Moon
The Last Frontier (used on license plates)[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ak_intro.htm The Last Frontier State], 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/ded/dev/student_info/student.htm |title=Alaska Division of Economic Development |access-date=July 30, 2011 |publisher=Alaska Division of Economic Development |author=Alaska Division of Economic Development|date=December 21, 2010}}
Seward's Folly (named after U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward)
Seward's Ice Box, Icebergia, Polaria, Walrussia, and Johnson's Polar Bear Garden were satirical names coined by members of the U.S. Congress during debate over the Alaska Purchase

Motu o Fiafiaga (a Samoan phrase; in English, it is "Islands of Paradise"){{cite web|url=http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2016/09/honor-respect-devotion-to-duty-coast-guard-auxiliarists-mike-and-paula-mcdonald/ |title=Honor, Respect, Devotion to Duty: Coast Guard Auxiliarists Mike and Paula McDonald.|first= Connie|last= Terrell|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312200816/http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2016/09/honor-respect-devotion-to-duty-coast-guard-auxiliarists-mike-and-paula-mcdonald/|date= September 30, 2016|archivedate=March 12, 2020|accessdate=July 7, 2018|publisher=U.S. Coast Guard}} (used on American Samoa license plates){{Cite web |title=License Plates of American Samoa |url=http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/world/PA_AMSA.html |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=www.worldlicenseplates.com}}
Football Island[s][https://www.factretriever.com/american-samoa-facts "American Samoa Facts"]. Factretriever.com. Retrieved November 24, 2017.

Apache State
Aztec State
Baby State (because Arizona is the newest contiguous state in the Union)
Copper State
Grand Canyon State (used on license plates)[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/az_intro.htm Introduction to Arizona], 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009.[https://archive.today/20120729082312/http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/50leg/1r/bills/hb2549o.asp Ariz. HB 2549] Officially adopted by Arizona on February 14, 2011
Italy of America
Sand Hill State
Sunset State
Sweetheart State (see below)
Valentine State (Arizona gained statehood on February 14, 1912)

Bear State
Bowie State
Hot Springs State
Land of Opportunity (former official nickname; previously used on license plates)
The Natural State (used on license plates)[http://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/2010/title-1/chapter-4/1-4-106/ Arkansas § 1-4-106 - State nickname] Retrieved February 28, 2011
Razorback State
Toothpick State[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ar_intro.htm Introduction to Arkansas], US States, retrieved April 24, 2009.
Wonder State

El Dorado State{{Cite web |title=State names, flags, seals, songs, birds, flowers, and other symbols |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112117983400&seq=109 |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=HathiTrust |pages=103–104 (California) |language=en}}
The Golden State[http://law.onecle.com/california/government/420.75.html California Government Code Section 420.75] Retrieved February 28, 2011{{cite news | title=State Symbols | publisher=State of California | url=http://www.library.ca.gov/history/symbols.html#Heading13 | work=California State Library | access-date=January 26, 2008 | archive-date=January 5, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105214315/http://www.library.ca.gov/california-history/state-symbols/#Heading13 | url-status=dead }} (previously used on license plates)

Buffalo Plains State{{cite web | url = http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/co_intro.htm | title = Colorado | work = NetState.com | publisher = NState, LLC. | access-date = February 21, 2007}} (no longer used)
Centennial State{{cite web | url = http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/history/symbemb.htm#Name | title = Colorado State Name and Nicknames | work = Colorado State Symbols & Emblems | publisher = State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives | access-date = February 21, 2007}} (previously used on license plates. Colorado was admitted to the Union one hundred years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.)
Colorful Colorado Used on welcome signs since 1950 (previously used on license plates)
Columbine State{{cite web | url = http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/history/symbemb.htm#Flower | title = Colorado State Flower | work = Colorado State Symbols & Emblems | publisher = State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives | access-date = February 21, 2007}}
Highest State
Lead State (no longer used)
Mother of Rivers{{cite web | url = http://www.coloradohistory.org/RIPsigns/show_markertext.asp?id=797 | title = Colorado Water History | format = asp | publisher = Colorado Historical Society | access-date = November 29, 2007}}
Rocky Mountain EmpireDenver, Colorado (no longer used)
Rocky Mountain State{{cite web | url = http://www.usatourist.com/english/places/colorado/index.html | title = Colorado | work = USAtourist.com | publisher = USATourist | access-date = February 21, 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20121216151849/http://www.usatourist.com/english/places/colorado/index.html | archive-date = December 16, 2012 }} (no longer used)
Silver State (no longer used; see Nevada)
Ski Country USA{{Cite web|url=http://www.coloradoski.com/cscusa-history-contact|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140316180331/http://www.coloradoski.com/cscusa-history-contact|url-status=dead|title=Colorado Ski Country USA history|archivedate=March 16, 2014}}
Switzerland of America[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/co_intro.htm Introduction to Colorado], 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009.{{Cite news|url=https://www.outtherecolorado.com/gallery/colorados-10-most-picturesque-mountain-towns/|title=Colorado's 10 Most Picturesque Mountain Towns {{!}} OutThere Colorado|last=Dermondy|first=K.C.|date=May 6, 2014|work=OutThere Colorado|access-date=June 2, 2018|language=en-US|quote=This "Switzerland of America" as it’s often called, sits deep in the heart of the dramatic San Juan Mountains. It’s lined with grand Victorian buildings and is home to natural hot springs where you can soak up all of that scenery while relaxing in the soothing warm waters.|archive-date=June 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630080921/https://www.outtherecolorado.com/gallery/colorados-10-most-picturesque-mountain-towns/|url-status=dead}}

Constitution State (official, used on license plates)[http://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_033.htm#sec_3-110a Conn. Stat. Sec. 3-110a], retrieved November 4, 2013
Nutmeg State
Provision State{{Cite web|url=http://www.wcsu.edu/americandemocracy/provision_state.asp|title=WCSU - Connecticut as the Provision State|website=www.wcsu.edu|language=en|access-date=June 3, 2017|archive-date=April 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401135851/http://www.wcsu.edu/americandemocracy/provision_state.asp|url-status=dead}}
Blue Law State
Freestone State
Land of Steady Habits

Chemical Capital of the World (due to one time being the corporate headquarters for several international chemical companies.)
Corporate Capital (due to the state's business-friendly incorporation laws)
Diamond State (Thomas Jefferson is supposed to have referred to Delaware as being like a diamond – small in size but great in value){{cite web|url=http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/jewel-among-states-quotation|title=Jewel among the states (Quotation)|website=Monticello.ORG|access-date=November 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022311/http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/jewel-among-states-quotation|archive-date=November 17, 2015|url-status=dead}}
Blue Hen State or Blue Hen Chicken StateBarry Popik, [http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/summary12/ Smoky City], barrypopik.com website, March 27, 2005
The First State[http://delcode.delaware.gov/title29/c003/#318 Delaware Code Title 29 Section 318] retrieved on February 28, 2011 (Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution; used on license plates)
Peach State[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/de_intro.htm Introduction to Delaware], 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009. (no longer used; see Georgia)
Small Wonder

Nation's CapitalFarhi, Paul. (July 30, 2010). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/29/AR2010072905868.html After initial obscurity, 'The DMV' nickname for Washington area picks up speed]. Washington Post. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
DMV (nickname for the broader metropolitan area of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia)
Inside the Beltway{{cite web |title=Inside the Beltway |url=https://politicaldictionary.com/words/inside-the-beltway/ |website=politicaldictionary.com |access-date=18 February 2024}}
Chocolate City{{Cite web|url=https://uncpress.org/book/9781469654720/chocolate-city/|title=Chocolate City | Chris Myers Asch|website=University of North Carolina Press}}

Alligator State
Everglade State[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/fl_intro.htm Introduction to Florida], 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009.
Flower State
Gulf State
Gunshine State {{cite web|url=https://www.fox13news.com/news/florida-nicknamed-gunshine-state-for-having-highest-number-of-concealed-carry-permits|title=Florida nicknamed 'gunshine state' for having highest number of concealed carry permits|website=Fox13 Tampa Bay|date=April 13, 2019|access-date=April 13, 2019}}
Orange State
Citrus State
Palm Tree State
Peninsula State or Peninsular State
Plywood State{{cite journal |last1=Gamble |first1=Ed |title=Welcome to Florida The Plywood State |url=https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/ed_gamble/983/ |journal=Ed Gamble Cartoon Collection |date=January 2004 |access-date=18 February 2024}}
Sunshine State (used on license plates)

Peach State{{cite encyclopedia | url = http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/QuickFacts.jsp?hl=y&id=State_Symbols&action=openTo#idState_Symbols | title = Quick Facts: State Symbols | encyclopedia = The New Georgia Encyclopedia | publisher = University of Georgia Press | access-date = March 3, 2008 | archive-date = May 14, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130514021800/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/QuickFacts.jsp?hl=y&id=State_Symbols&action=openTo#idState_Symbols | url-status = dead }} (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.{{cite encyclopedia | url = http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=%2FFolklife%2FCustomsandLocalTraditions&id=h-552 | title = Folklife: Customs and Local Traditions | encyclopedia = The New Georgia Encyclopedia | publisher = University of Georgia Press | access-date = March 3, 2008 | archive-date = October 9, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121009041406/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=%2FFolklife%2FCustomsandLocalTraditions&id=h-552 | url-status = dead }} See also Atlanta Crackers: Origin of the name
Empire State of the South — Georgia is the largest Southern state in land area east of the Mississippi and was the leading industrial state of the Old South.{{cite encyclopedia | url = http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1018&hl=y | title = History & Archaeology: Antebellum Industrialization | encyclopedia = The New Georgia Encyclopedia | publisher = University of Georgia Press | access-date = March 3, 2008 | archive-date = April 5, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130405154630/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1018 | url-status = dead }}
Goober State — Refers to peanuts, the official state crop.{{cite encyclopedia | url = http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1809&hl=y | title = Land & Resources: Peanuts | encyclopedia = The New Georgia Encyclopedia | publisher = University of Georgia Press | access-date = March 3, 2008 | archive-date = August 5, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110805150437/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1809&hl=y | url-status = dead }}
State of Adventure

Tano y Chamorro (Land of the Chamorro)https://www.visittheusa.com/state/guam Guam (Visittheusa.com). Retrieved November 24, 2017. (used on Guam license plates){{Cite web |title=License Plates of Guam |url=http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/world/PA_GUAM.html |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=www.worldlicenseplates.com}}{{Cite web |date=2016-05-08 |title=Driven by island heritage, Guam native serves country, community, family |url=https://www.andersen.af.mil/News/Articles/Article/754311/driven-by-island-heritage-guam-native-serves-country-community-family/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708104236/http://www.andersen.af.mil/News/Articles/Article/754311/driven-by-island-heritage-guam-native-serves-country-community-family/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 8, 2018 |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=Andersen Air Force Base |language=en-US}}
Hub of the Pacific
Gateway to Micronesia

Aloha State (officially the "popular" name,{{cite web|url=http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol01_Ch0001-0042F/HRS0005/HRS_0005-0007.htm |title=Hawaii Revised Statutes § 5-7 |access-date=November 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019043428/http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol01_Ch0001-0042F/HRS0005/HRS_0005-0007.htm |archive-date=October 19, 2015 }} used on license plates)[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/hi_intro.htm Introduction to Hawaii], 50 States.
Paradise of the Pacific
Pineapple State
Rainbow State{{cite web |url=http://www.guidebookamerica.com/news/hawaii_rainbow/index.htm |title=HAWAII: A RAINBOW OF CULTURAL RICHES: A world of traditions blending for centuries offers cultural activities of colorful diversity |publisher=Guidebookamerica.com |access-date=May 24, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527000248/http://www.guidebookamerica.com/news/hawaii_rainbow/index.htm |archive-date=May 27, 2013 }}
Youngest State
808 State (colloquial, refers to the state's area code.)[http://www.808state.com/various/faq/faq.htm#name 808 State Frequently Asked Questions: Where did 808 State get their name from?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818152327/http://www.808state.com/various/faq/faq.htm#name |date=August 18, 2016 }}, 808 State Official Website.[http://www.808stateupdate.com/ 808 State Update], Talk Radio Hawaii

Gem State{{cite news | title=Nicknames: America's 50 States (Second of Four Parts) | date=January 12, 2008 | publisher=VOA Special English program | url =http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2008-01/2008-01-13-voa3.cfm | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080219194100/http://voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2008-01/2008-01-13-voa3.cfm | url-status =dead | archive-date =February 19, 2008 | work =Voice of America | access-date = January 4, 2009 }}
Gem of the Mountains[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/id_intro.htm Introduction to Idaho], 50 States.
Little Ida
Spud State{{cite web | url = http://www.superpages.com/states/ID/history.html | title = SuperPages: Idaho History | access-date = March 21, 2008 | archive-date = December 24, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181224225243/https://www.superpages.com/states/ID/history.html%20 | url-status = dead }}

{{flag|Illinois}}{{cite web | url = http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/il_intro.htm | title = Illinois | work = Illinois State Symbols & Emblems | access-date = April 29, 2007}}

Land of Lincoln (used on license plates)
Prairie State
Corn State[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/il_intro.htm#nickname Introduction to Illinois], 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009.
Garden of the West

Hoosier State (Used at various times on license plates)The unofficial sobriquet of the State of Indiana has given rise to the humorous constructions Hoosierana (the land of Hoosiers; see uses in [http://www.depauw.edu/library/archives/ijhof/inductees/thomassond.htm Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050912120101/http://www.depauw.edu/library/archives/ijhof/inductees/thomassond.htm |date=September 12, 2005 }} and [https://web.archive.org/web/20121105033436/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-28003622.html by sports journalist Frank DeFord]) and Hoosierstan (the place of Hoosiers).
(Hoosier is also the official demonym of a resident of Indiana)
Crossroads of America (Also used at various times on license plates and used on highway welcome signs)

Hawkeye State

America's Heartland (previously used on Licence Plates)
Central State
Dorothy's Home
Free State
Midway USA (previously used on Kansas Licence Plates)
Sunflower State
Wheat State (previously used on license plates)

Bluegrass State (used on license plates)[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ky_intro.htm Introduction to Kentucky], 50 States.
Corn-cracker State (reported in 1881) (corn-cracker – the nickname of a Kentucky man; pejorative)
The Dark and Bloody Ground State (an allusion to battles between the Creek, Shawnee, Chickasaw, and Cherokee tribes)
Hemp State
Tobacco State

Bayou State (previously used on license plates)
Creole State
Pelican State
Sportsman's Paradise (used on license plates)

Pine Tree State{{cite web|url=http://www.50states.com/bio/nickname2.htm |title=State Nicknames |publisher=50states.com |access-date=May 24, 2013}} (co-official with Vacationland)
Vacationland (used on license plates)
Lumber State

America in MiniatureJudy Colbert, Off the Beaten Path: Maryland and Delaware, 8th ed., 2007, {{ISBN|978-0-7627-4418-3}}.
Chesapeake State
Cockade State
Free State{{cite news | title=Nicknames: America's 50 States (Third of Four Parts) | date=January 19, 2008 | publisher=VOA Special English program | url =http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2008-01/2008-01-16-voa2.cfm | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080228080630/http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2008-01/2008-01-16-voa2.cfm | url-status =dead | archive-date =February 28, 2008 | work =Voice of America | access-date = January 4, 2009 }}
Monumental State
Old Line State
Oyster State{{cite web|url=http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/md_intro.htm |title=The State of Maryland - An Introduction to the Old Line State from |publisher=Netstate.Com |access-date=May 24, 2013}}
Queen State
Terrapin State{{Cite web|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/html/oldline.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100719041250/http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/html/oldline.html|url-status=dead|title=Archives of Maryland Online|archivedate=July 19, 2010|website=msa.maryland.gov}}

Baked Bean State
Codfish State (formerly represented on license plates by a codfish)
The Bay State[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ma_intro.htm Introduction to Massachusetts], 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009.
Old Colony State[https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/368402/Massachusetts Massachusetts (state, United States)], Britannica Online, retrieved April 24, 2009.
Pilgrim State
The Spirit of America (used on license plates)
Taxachusetts (colloquial)Andrew Ryan,

[https://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/04/report_taxachus.html Report: 'Taxachusetts' label remains part of Massachusetts' past], Boston Globe, April 6, 2007.Daniel J. Flynn, [https://www.forbes.com/2008/10/22/massachusetts-income-tax-oped-cx_df_1022flynn.html 'Taxachusetts' no more?], Forbes, October 22, 2008.[https://www.foxnews.com/story/taxachusetts-voters-may-eliminate-state-income-tax 'Taxachusetts' Voters May Eliminate State Income Tax], Fox News, October 7, 2008.Michael D. Shear, [https://web.archive.org/web/20111130155622/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2007/12/12/giuliani_backers_attack_taxach.html Giuliani Backers Attack 'Taxachusetts Romney'], The Washington Post, December 12, 2007.[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4111010 Slate's Chatterbox: The Myth of 'Taxachusetts'], National Public Radio, October 15, 2004.

The Great Lakes State (previously used on license plates)
Water Wonderland and Water-Winter Wonderland (previously used on license plates)
The Wolverine State{{cite news|last1=Holland|first1=Meegan|title=Death of Michigan's only Wolverine brings up question: Why are we still the Wolverine State?|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/michigans_wolverine_is_dead_no.html|access-date=September 14, 2015|publisher=MLive|date=March 15, 2010}}
The Mitten State {{cite news|last1=Stateside Staff|title=When did we start calling Michigan "the Mitten State?"|url=https://www.michiganpublic.org/arts-culture/2015-12-17/when-did-we-start-calling-michigan-the-mitten-state|publisher=Michigan Public|date=December 17, 2015}}

Gopher State
Land of 10,000 Lakes ("10,000 Lakes" used on license plates)
New England of the West
North Star State{{cite news |last1=Wagner |first1=Jeff |title=Good Question: Why is Minnesota the North Star State? |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/good-question-why-is-minnesota-the-north-star-state/ |access-date=18 February 2024 |agency=CBS News |date=18 December 2023}}
State of HockeyJess Myer

s, [https://www.espn.com/nhl/allstar2004/columns/story?id=1724057 Hockey roots run deep in Minnesota], ESPN.com, February 10, 2004

"Minne(snow)ta"
Bread and Butter State
The Loon State

Hospitality State (previously used on license plates)
Magnolia State
The Birthplace of America's Music (being used on license plates)
The Bayou State

Bullion State
Show-Me State (used on license plates)
Gateway to the West
Lead State
Ozark State
Mother of the West
Iron Mountain State
Pennsylvania of the West
Cave State{{cite web |title=CAVE TOURS |url=https://mostateparks.com/activity/cave-tours |website=Missouri State Parks |date=January 30, 2011 |access-date=18 February 2024}}

Big Sky Country (previously used on license plates)
The Last Best Place[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/18/us/18trademark.html?_r=1&em In Montana, a Popular Expression Is Taken Off the Endangered List] New York Times, August 17, 2008; Retrieved February 28, 2011
Treasure State (used on license plates)
Land of the Shining Mountains

Antelope StateNancy Capace, Encyclopedia of Nebraska. Somerset Publishers, Inc., January 1, 1999, p2-3
Beef State (previously used on license plates)
Cornhusker State (previously used on license plates){{cite web|url=http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=90-101|title=Nebraska Rev. Stat. § 90-101|work=The official site of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature|accessdate=November 4, 2013}}
Bug-eating State{{cite web|url=http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ne_intro.htm|title=The State of Nebraska|work=NetState.com|accessdate=September 2, 2022}}
Blackwater State
The Good Life (as seen on state border signs){{citation needed|date=September 2022}}
Tree Planters State (formerly the official state nickname)

Battle Born State (refers to the fact that Nevada joined the Union during the Civil War)
Sagebrush State
Silver State (used on license plates)
Casino State

Granite State{{cite web | url =http://www.nh.gov/nhinfo/fastfact.html | title =New Hampshire Almanac >Fast New Hampshire Facts | work =State of New Hampshire official website | access-date =October 12, 2012}}
The Live Free or Die State (official motto; "Live Free or Die" used on license plates)
Mother of Rivers
White Mountain State
[https://www.nh.gov/almanac/fast-facts.htm Switzerland of America]

Garbage State (pejorative){{cite book |last1=Florio |first1=James J. |authorlink1=James Florio |title=Employee Protection and Community Stabilization Act of 1979, Hearing Before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-Sixth Congress, First Session on S. 1609, Camden, N.J., October 29, 1979 |date=1980 |publisher=Government Printing Office |location=Washington |pages=102–107 |access-date=January 7, 2023 |chapter=Statement of Hon. James J. Florio, First District of New Jersey, U.S. House of Representatives |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gcAXTKyyrakC&pg=PA103}}{{cite book |last1=McGurty |first1=Eileen |title=New Jersey's Environments: Past, Present, and Future |date=2006 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |location=New Brunswick |isbn=9780813539225 |pages=28–50 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z1rggAVeOOEC&pg=PA28 |chapter=Chapter 2: Solid Waste Management in the 'Garbage State': New Jersey's Transformation from Landfilling to Incineration |editor1-last=Maher |editor1-first=Neil M.}}
Garden State (used on license plates)
The Crossroads of the Revolution (previously used on license plates)
The Cornerstone State (used colloquially, especially with reference to Pennsylvania when it is called the Keystone State).
The Suburban State

Land of EnchantmentNew Mexico Revised Statutes, Sec. 12-3-4-N, retrieved November 4, 2013 (used on license plates)
Land of Sunshine (predates "Land of Enchantment"; this earlier nickname highlighted the large percentage of sunshine received statewide)[https://archive.today/20121216112652/http://www.shgresources.com/nm/symbols/names/ New Mexico Symbols, State Names], SHG Resources website, accessed July 7, 2008

Empire State (formerly used on license plates)
Excelsior State (currently used on license plates)
Apple State
Dairy State

First in Flight{{Cite web|title=North Carolina - First in Flight|url=https://www.carolana.com/NC/Transportation/aviation/nc_first_in_flight.html|access-date=August 15, 2021|website=www.carolana.com}}
First in Freedom
Old North State{{Cite web |title=The State of North Carolina - An Introduction to the Tar Heall State from NETSTATE.COM |url=https://www.netstate.com/states/intro/nc_intro.htm |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=www.netstate.com}}
Tar Heel State
Turpentine State{{cite news | title=Why We are Called Tar Heels | publisher=UNC Libraries | url=http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/tarheel.html | access-date=January 26, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122055744/http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/tarheel.html | archive-date=January 22, 2008 | url-status=dead }}
Variety Vacationland[http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/vacationland/index.html Variety Vacationland Postcard Exhibit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922153645/http://www2.lib.unc.edu/ncc/vacationland/index.html |date=September 22, 2013 }} Retrieved February 28, 2011.

Flickertail State
Peace Garden State (used on license plates)
Rough Rider State
Sioux State
Heaven on Earth

Håfa Adai (a Chamorro phrase; in English, it is "Hello"){{Cite web |title=Guam Visitors Bureau {{!}} GVB - Official Website |url=https://www.guamvisitorsbureau.com/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=www.guamvisitorsbureau.com}} (used on Northern Mariana Islands license plates){{Cite web |title=License Plates of the Northern Mariana Islands |url=http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/world/PA_NMAR.html |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=www.worldlicenseplates.com}}{{efn|Though this phrase is used on license plates, it is unclear if it is the official nickname of the Northern Mariana Islands.}}
America's Best Kept Secret{{Cite web |title=Northern Mariana Islands — Things to Do |url=https://www.iexplore.com/articles/travel-guides/australia-and-south-pacific/northern-mariana-islands/things-to-do |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=www.iexplore.com}}

Buckeye State
Birthplace of Aviation{{cite web |url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/06/14/loc_ohioflight14.html |title=It's official: Ohio IS the birthplace of aviation |access-date=April 6, 2007 |date=June 14, 2003 |publisher=The Cincinnati Enquirer}} (used on license plates)
The Heart of It All{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eJfQouwIMNgC&pg=PA293 | title=Mr. E. 2003: Manifest Lessons from Ohio's Bicentennial Celebration | publisher=iUniverse | author=Elkins, Keith A. | year=2011 | pages=293| isbn=9781462048922 }} (formerly used on license plates)

Native America (used on license plates)
Land of the Red Man
Sooner State{{cite news | title=Nicknames: America's 50 States (Fourth of Four Parts) | date=January 26, 2008 | publisher=VOA Special English program | url =http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2008-01/2008-01-16-voa3.cfm | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080307002947/http://voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2008-01/2008-01-16-voa3.cfm | url-status =dead | archive-date =March 7, 2008 | work =Voice of America | access-date = January 4, 2009 }}

Beaver StateWriter John Francon Williams included a mention of Oregon as being the ‘Beaver State’ in 1892 in his book:The Advanced Class-Book of Modern Geography: Physical, Political, Commercial, by William Hughes and John Francon Williams, publ., London, George Philip & Son (1892) page 629: ‘OREGON, the ‘Beaver State,’ extends north of California to the Columbia River, which divides it from Washington.’
Pacific Wonderland (previously used on license plates and available on an extra cost plate){{cite web |url=http://www.plateshack.com/oregon/oregon3.html |title=Oregon's license plate from 1960 to circa 1966 |access-date=July 12, 2007 |publisher=Plate Shack}}
Webfoot State

Keystone State (previously used on license plates)
Quaker State{{Cite book|title=Pennsylvania - the Quaker State: Plan of Certain Puritans of New England to Prevent Its Settlement by William Penn|first=James F.|last=Shrunk|date=1870|publisher=Athens Gleaner}}
Coal State{{citation needed|reason=Couldn't find much that predates 2005, when this Wikipedia article began|date=February 2025}}
Railroad State{{citation needed|reason=Couldn't find much that predates 2005, when this Wikipedia article began|date=February 2025}}
Elk State{{citation needed|reason=Couldn't find much that predates 2005, when this Wikipedia article began|date=February 2025}}

Isla del Encanto ("Island of Enchantment") (used on license plates)
Borinquen (name given by indigenous people, the Tainos){{cite web |author=Elsa María Calderón |url=https://teachersinstitute.yale.edu/curriculum/units/1998/3/98.03.04.x.html |title=98.03.04: The Taínos of Puerto Rico: Rediscovering Borinquen |publisher=Yale.edu |access-date=May 24, 2013 |archive-date=February 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202020541/https://teachersinstitute.yale.edu/curriculum/units/1998/3/98.03.04.x.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}

Little Rhody
Ocean State (used on license plates)
Rogues Island{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-05-15-mn-5160-story.html|title = Archives|website = Los Angeles Times| date=May 15, 1986 }}
The Licentious Republic
Smallest State

Palmetto State
Iodine Products State (no longer used){{cite web|url=http://www.scencyclopedia.com/iodine.htm |title=Iodine |access-date=April 6, 2007 |date=April 14, 2007 |publisher=South Carolina Encyclopedia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519125741/http://www.scencyclopedia.com/iodine.htm |archive-date=May 19, 2006 }} (previously used on license plates)

Artesian State
Blizzard State
Coyote State[http://www.shgresources.com/sd/symbols/names/ South Dakota Symbols, State Names] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616172203/http://www.shgresources.com/sd/symbols/names/ |date=June 16, 2013 }}, SHG Resources website, accessed July 7, 2008
Land of Infinite Variety
The Mount Rushmore State{{cite web|url=http://legis.state.sd.us/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=1-6-16.5|title= South Dakota Laws 1-6-16.5|access-date= November 4, 2013}} (officially adopted in 1980 in place of the former nickname of Coyote State)
Sunshine State (no longer used; see Florida)

Big Bend State (refers to the Tennessee River)[http://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/07-08/46-Symbols%20&%20Honors.pdf Tennessee Symbols and Honors], in Tennessee Blue Book
Butternut State (refers to the tan color of the uniforms worn by Tennessee soldiers in the American Civil War)
Hog and Hominy State
The Mother of Southwestern Statesmen
Volunteer State (used on license plates)

Lone Star State{{cite news | url=http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/texas/ | title=Texas:Facts, Map, and State Symbols | work=EnchantedLearning.com | access-date=March 9, 2008}} (used on license plates)

America's Caribbean (used on U.S. Virgin Islands license plates until 2015){{Cite web |title=License Plates of the U.S. Virgin Islands |url=http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/world/CA_USVI.html |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=www.worldlicenseplates.com}}
American Paradise{{Cite web |title=United States Geography for Kids: Virgin Islands |url=https://www.ducksters.com/geography/state.php?State=Virgin%20Islands |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=www.ducksters.com}}

Beehive State
Crossroads of the West{{cite web | url = http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ut_intro.htm | title = NetState: Utah | access-date = March 24, 2008}}{{cite web | url=https://www.nps.gov/cali/planyourvisit/upload/UT_ATRIG_Final2-Web.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115080024/http://www.nps.gov/cali/planyourvisit/upload/UT_ATRIG_Final2-Web.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 15, 2012 | title=National Historic Trails Auto Tour Interpretive Guide, Utah - Crossroads of the West | publisher=National Park Service }} – Location the Golden Spike was driven into the railroad, the joining point of the First transcontinental railroad.
Mormon State
Friendly State (formerly used on license plates){{cite web | title =State it on a plate — Over the years, slogans, designs have taken some poetic license | publisher =Deseret News | url =http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,660210998,00.html?pg=1 | access-date =April 28, 2009 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090822222036/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,660210998,00.html?pg=1 | archive-date =August 22, 2009 | url-status =dead }}

Green Mountain State (used on license plates)
The Maple State

Mother of Presidents
Mother of States
Horse Country
The Old Dominion{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Old_Dominion|title = Old Dominion – Encyclopedia Virginia}}

Evergreen State{{cite web | title = Symbols of Washington State | publisher = Washington State Legislature | url = http://www.leg.wa.gov/Symbols/Pages/default.aspx | access-date =August 16, 2012}} (used on license plates)

Mountain State (previously used on license plates)
Panhandle State
The Switzerland of America{{Cite book|oclc=9814800|title=West Virginia "the Switzerland of America" : a brief guide for tourists to some of its many scenic and historic places|first=Ross B.|last=Johnston|date=1926|publisher=West Virginia Dept. of Agriculture|location=Charleston, W. Va.}}
Almost Heaven

{{flag|Wisconsin}}"[http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/05bb/965-970.pdf Wisconsin State Symbols] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004224939/http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/05bb/965-970.pdf |date=2013-10-04 }}" in Wisconsin Blue Book 2005-2006, p. 966. Wisconsin has no Official nickname.{{efn|name=no_name}}

Badger State{{Cite NIE|wstitle=States, Popular Names of}}
America's Dairyland{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=PRqCCp3svlwC&pg=PA5 |page= 5 |title= Wisconsin: It's my state! |first1= Margaret |last1= Dornfeld |first2= Richard |last2= Hantula |publisher= Marshall Cavendish |year= 2010 |isbn= 978-1-60870-062-2}}{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=E9bt2QhyFIsC |title= Names and Nicknames of Places and Things |publisher= Penguin Group USA |first= Laurence |last= Urdang |year= 1988 |isbn= 9780452009073 |page= 8 |quote= "America's Dairyland" A nickname of Wisconsin}} (also on license plates since a 1939 state law)
The Mitten State{{citation needed|reason=Is "The Mitten State" not Michigan?|date=January 2022}}
The Copper State (historical){{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=fVoYAAAAIAAJ |title= Nicknames and sobriquets of U.S. cities, States, and counties |first1= Joseph Nathan |last1= Kane |first2= Gerard L. |last2= Alexander |publisher= Scarecrow Press |year= 1979 |page= 412 |isbn= 9780810812550 |quote= Wisconsin - America's Dairyland, The Badger State ... The Copper State ...}}{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=iCEl1sqlZLQC&pg=PA10 |title= Wisconsin Encyclopedia, American Guide |first= Jennifer L. |last= Herman |publisher= North American Book Dist LLC |year= 2008 |page= 10 |isbn= 9781878592613 |quote= Nicknames Wisconsin is generally known as The Badger State, The Dairy State, or America's Dairyland, although in the past it has been nicknamed The Copper State.}}
Traitor State (historical World War I){{Cite web |last=Bauer |first=Lisa |date=2019-09-30 |title=Noncredit course offers fascinating look at little-known World War I history in Wisconsin |url=https://continuingstudies.wisc.edu/blog/noncredit-course-offers-fascinating-look-at-little-known-world-war-i-history-in-wisconsin/ |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=University of Wisconsin Madison Continuing Studies |language=en-US}}
The Dairy State
The Cheese State

Cowboy State
Equality State
Forever West (on highway welcome signs)

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[http://www.miketodd.net/encyc/statenicks.htm Information about U.S. State Nicknames]

Nicknames

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Category:Lists of regional nicknames

Category:Nicknames

list of U.S. state and territory nicknames

State, federal district, and territory nicknames

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