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| [[Iowa]] || Iowan ||Hawkeye<ref name=netstateiowa>{{cite web|url=http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ia_intro.htm|title=The State of Iowa|publisher=Netstate.com}}</ref>
| [[Iowa]] || Iowan ||Hawkeye<ref name=netstateiowa>{{cite web|url=http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ia_intro.htm|title=The State of Iowa|publisher=Netstate.com}}</ref>
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| [[Kansas]] || Kansan || Sunflower, Jayhawker, Grasshopper<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ks_intro.htm |title=The State of Kansas - An Introduction to the Sunflower State from |publisher=Netstate.Com |date= |accessdate=2012-07-22}}</ref>
| [[Kansas]] || Kansan || Sunflower, Grasshopper<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ks_intro.htm |title=The State of Kansas - An Introduction to the Sunflower State from |publisher=Netstate.Com |date= |accessdate=2012-07-22}}</ref>
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| [[Kentucky]] || Kentuckian || Corncracker<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corncracker Corncracker - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| [[Kentucky]] || Kentuckian || Corncracker<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corncracker Corncracker - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

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This is a list of official and notable unofficial terms used to designate the citizens of specific states and territories of the United States.


List

State or District Official
(recommended by U.S. GPO)[1] 		Official, unofficial, or informal alternates
Alabama Alabamian Alabaman[2]
Alaska Alaskan
American Samoa American Samoan
Arizona Arizonan Arizonian, Sand Cutter[3]
Arkansas Arkansan Arkansawyer,[4] Arkie [5]
California Californian Californio (archaic)
Colorado Coloradan Coloradoan (archaic)[6][7]
Connecticut Connecticuter Nutmegger, Connecticotian, Connecticutensian,[8] Connecticutian, Connetian[9]
Delaware Delawarean Blue Hen's Chicken, Muskrat[10]
District of Columbia Washingtonian
Florida Floridian Florida cracker,[11] Floridan
Georgia Georgian Buzzard, Cracker, Goober-grabber,[12] Sand-hiller[13]
Guam Guamanian
Hawaii Hawaiian Hawaiian (Hawaiian people), Malihini (newcomer), Kamaʻāina (native-born nonethnic Hawaiian),[14] Islander[14][15]
Idaho Idahoan
Illinois Illinoisan Illinoisian, Illinoian, Flatlander,[16] Sucker, Sand-hiller, Egyptian[17]
Indiana Indianian Hoosier[18] (official state designation), Indianian (archaic)
Iowa Iowan Hawkeye[19]
Kansas Kansan Sunflower, Grasshopper[20]
Kentucky Kentuckian Corncracker[21]
Louisiana Louisianian
Maine Mainer Down Easter or Downeaster,[22] Mainiac,[23] Pine Tree, Fox[citation needed]
Maryland Marylander
Massachusetts Massachusettsan Bay Stater (official term used by state government),[24] Massachusite (traditional),[25][26] Masshole (derogatory)[27]
Michigan Michigander Wolverine,[28][29] Michiganite, Michiganian,[30] Yooper/Troll (for residents of the Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula, respectively),[31] Michigoose (sometimes used specifically for female residents),[31]
Minnesota Minnesotan
Mississippi Mississippian
Missouri Missourian
Montana Montanan
Nebraska Nebraskan
Nevada Nevadan Nevadian
New Hampshire New Hampshirite New Hampshireman or New Hampshirewoman[32]
New Jersey New Jerseyan New Jerseyite
New Mexico New Mexican
New York New Yorker Knickerbocker[33][34]
North Carolina North Carolinian Tar Heel, Tar Boiler,[35]
North Dakota North Dakotan
Northern Mariana Islands Mariana Islander
Ohio Ohioan Buckeye[36]
Oklahoma Oklahoman Okie,[37] Sooner[38]
Oregon Oregonian
Pennsylvania Pennsylvanian Pennamite[39]
Puerto Rico Puerto Rican, Boricua[40]
Rhode Island Rhode Islander Rhodean, Swamp Yankee[41]
South Carolina South Carolinian Sandlapper[42]
South Dakota South Dakotan
Tennessee Tennessean Volunteer, Big Bender, Butternut[43]
Texas Texan Texian (Anglo-Texan - historical),[44] Tejano (Hispano-Texan), Texican (archaic)
Utah Utahn
Vermont Vermonter
Virginia Virginian
Virgin Islands Virgin Islander
Washington Washingtonian
West Virginia West Virginian
Wisconsin Wisconsinite Badger,[45] Cheesehead[46][47]
Wyoming Wyomingite

See also

References

  1. ^ United States Government Printing Office Style Manual. 2008. §5.23.
  2. ^ Safire, William (June 26, 1994). "On Language: Foam Fell on Alabama". The New York Times. Safire reports that after he used the word "Alabaman" in a column, he received a letter from Vic Gold that said in part, "The natives, I have learned to my sorrow, prefer Alabamian."
  3. ^ "The State of Arizona - An Introduction to the Grand Canyon State from". Netstate.Com. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  4. ^ Arkansawyer definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta. Archived from the original on 2009-10-31. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Ar•kie". Dictionary.infoplease.com. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  6. ^ Writers Style Guide. Colorado State University. p. 62,. Retrieved January 2, 2009. The correct name for a person from Colorado is Coloradan (not Coloradoan).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  7. ^ Quillen, Ed (March 18, 2007). "Coloradan or Coloradoan?". The Denver Post.
  8. ^ "The State of Connecticut - An Introduction to the Constitution State from". Netstate.Com. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  9. ^ "People of Connecticut, Choose Your Moniker; Martha Stewart's House and My Company (4 Letters)". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
  10. ^ "The State of Delaware - An Introduction to the First State from". Netstate.Com. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  11. ^ "'Cracker' Means Something Entirely Different In Florida: A Source Of 'Pride'". Mediaite. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  12. ^ "The Peach State is all about peanuts". American Food Roots. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  13. ^ "The State of Georgia - An Introduction to the Peach State from". Netstate.Com. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  14. ^ a b Christian, Darrel; Jacobsen, Sally A.; Minthorn, David, eds. (2013). The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law. New York, NY: Basic Books. p. 112. ISBN 9780465082995.
  15. ^ "The State of Hawaii - An Introduction to the Aloha State from". Netstate.Com. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  16. ^ Jim Fitzgerald (1987-10-06). "A Friend Escapes To Illinois . . . And Now Is A Flatlander!". ChicagoTribune.com.
  17. ^ "The State of Illinois - An Introduction to the Prairie State from". Netstate.Com. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  18. ^ The term Hoosier is the official state designation for a state resident, but not used by the US GPO. The term was once considered derogatory, but is now a point of pride for Hoosiers. See the Indiana Historical Bureau article entitled What is a Hoosier? for the origin of the term.
  19. ^ "The State of Iowa". Netstate.com.
  20. ^ "The State of Kansas - An Introduction to the Sunflower State from". Netstate.Com. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  21. ^ Corncracker - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
  22. ^ The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2007. New York: World Almanac Books. 2006. ISBN 978-0-88687-995-2.
  23. ^ "Mainiac". Time. June 20, 1938. (term used in reference to Maine author Kenneth Roberts)
  24. ^ "Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 2, Section 35: Designation of citizens of commonwealth". The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2008-02-29.: "Bay Staters shall be the official designation of citizens of the commonwealth."
  25. ^ Collections. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society. 1877. p. 435.
  26. ^ Jones, Thomas (1879). DeLancey, Edward Floyd (ed.). History of New York During the Revolutionary War. New York: New York Historical Society. p. 465.
  27. ^ Nagy, Naomi; Irwin, Patricia (July 2010). "Boston (r): Neighbo(r)s nea(r) and fa(r)". Language Variation and Change. 22 (2): 270.
  28. ^ Marckwardt, Albert H. (1952). "Wolverine and Michigander". Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review. LVIII: 203–8.
  29. ^ Sperber, Hans (February 1954). "Words and Phrases in American Politics: Michigander". American Speech. 29 (1): 21–7. doi:10.2307/453592.
  30. ^ "The State of Michigan - An Introduction to the Great Lakes State from". Netstate.Com. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  31. ^ a b "MDE - Michigan Glossary". Michigan.gov. 2008-01-30. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  32. ^ "The State of New Hampshire - An Introduction to the Granite State from". Netstate.Com. 2009-04-13. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  33. ^ Merriam-Webster Dictionary
  34. ^ New York Knicks, What's a Knickerbocker?
  35. ^ Powell, William S. (March 1982). "What's in a Name?: Why We're All Called Tar Heels". Tar Heel. Tar Heel Magazine, Inc. OCLC 005457348. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
  36. ^ "The State of Ohio - An Introduction to the Buckeye State from". Netstate.Com. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  37. ^ Stewart, Roy P. (December 20, 1968). "Postal Card Proves Sooners Were 'Okies' Way Back In 1907". The Daily Oklahoman. p. 9, col. 2. Now comes Mrs. Agness Hooks of Thomas with a postal card mailed at Newcastle, Ind. in 1907, address to a Miss Agness Kirkbridge, with the salutation: 'Hello Okie — Will see you next Monday night.' Signed: Myrtle M. Pence. Mrs. Hooks says Agness Kirkbridge was an aunt of hers. The Kirkbridge family came to Oklahoma Territory in 1904 and settled south of Custer City.
  38. ^ "The State of Oklahoma - An Introduction to the Sooner State from". Netstate.Com. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  39. ^ "History of". Luzerne County. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  40. ^ "Commonwealth of Puerto Rico". Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  41. ^ "The Providence Journal | Rhode Island breaking news, sports, politics, business, entertainment, weather and traffic - providencejournal.com - Providence Journal". Projo.com. 2012-07-17. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved 2012-07-22. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  42. ^ http://www.sciway.net/hist/sandlapper.html
  43. ^ "The State of Tennessee - An Introduction to the Volunteer State from". Netstate.Com. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  44. ^ de la Teja, Jesus F. (1997). "The Colonization and Independence of Texas: A Tejano Perspective". In Rodriguez O., Jaime E.; Vincent, Kathryn (eds.). Myths, Misdeeds, and Misunderstandings: The Roots of Conflict in U.S.–Mexican Relations. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc. p. 79. ISBN 0-8420-2662-2.
  45. ^ "Do You Want to Be a Badger?". Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
  46. ^ Kapler, Joseph, Jr. (Spring 2002). On Wisconsin Icons: When You Say 'Wisconsin', What Do You Say?. Wisconsin Historical Society. pp. 18–31. Retrieved 2009-04-29.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  47. ^ Foamation: About Us. Foamation. Archived from the original on March 2, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-29. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)


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