List of U.S. state and territory nicknames

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List of U.S. state and territory nicknames

The United States is composed of 50 states and several territories, each of which has one or more nicknames. These nicknames often reflect the history, geography, or cultural heritage of the state or territory. Below is a list of U.S. state and territory nicknames.

States

• Alabama: The Yellowhammer State, The Heart of Dixie, The Cotton State
• Alaska: The Last Frontier
• Arizona: The Grand Canyon State
• Arkansas: The Natural State, The Land of Opportunity
• California: The Golden State
• Colorado: The Centennial State
• Connecticut: The Constitution State, The Nutmeg State
• Delaware: The First State, The Diamond State
• Florida: The Sunshine State
• Georgia: The Peach State, The Empire State of the South
• Hawaii: The Aloha State
• Idaho: The Gem State
• Illinois: The Prairie State, The Land of Lincoln
• Indiana: The Hoosier State
• Iowa: The Hawkeye State
• Kansas: The Sunflower State
• Kentucky: The Bluegrass State
• Louisiana: The Pelican State
• Maine: The Pine Tree State
• Maryland: The Old Line State, The Free State
• Massachusetts: The Bay State
• Michigan: The Great Lakes State, The Wolverine State
• Minnesota: The North Star State, The Gopher State, The Land of 10,000 Lakes
• Mississippi: The Magnolia State
• Missouri: The Show-Me State
• Montana: The Treasure State, Big Sky Country
• Nebraska: The Cornhusker State
• Nevada: The Silver State, The Battle Born State
• New Hampshire: The Granite State
• New Jersey: The Garden State
• New Mexico: The Land of Enchantment
• New York: The Empire State
• North Carolina: The Tar Heel State, The Old North State
• North Dakota: The Peace Garden State, The Roughrider State, The Flickertail State
• Ohio: The Buckeye State
• Oklahoma: The Sooner State
• Oregon: The Beaver State
• Pennsylvania: The Keystone State
• Rhode Island: The Ocean State, Little Rhody
• South Carolina: The Palmetto State
• South Dakota: The Mount Rushmore State
• Tennessee: The Volunteer State
• Texas: The Lone Star State
• Utah: The Beehive State
• Vermont: The Green Mountain State
• Virginia: The Old Dominion, The Mother of Presidents
• Washington: The Evergreen State
• West Virginia: The Mountain State
• Wisconsin: The Badger State
• Wyoming: The Equality State

Territories

• American Samoa: The Motu o Fiafiaga (Islands of Paradise)
• Guam: The Land of the Chamorro
• Northern Mariana Islands: The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
• Puerto Rico: La Isla del Encanto (The Island of Enchantment)
• United States Virgin Islands: The American Paradise

See also

• List of U.S. state nicknames
• List of U.S. state mottos
• List of U.S. state symbols
• List of U.S. state songs