List of U.S. state and territory nicknames

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

State	Nickname(s)
Alabama (No official Nickname)	Cotton State Heart of Dixie Yellowhammer State Stars Fell on Alabama
Alaska	Great Land Last Frontier
Arizona	Apache State Copper State Grand Canyon State
Arkansas	Bear State Land of Opportunity (former official nickname) Natural State Wonder State Razorback State What a State!
California	El Dorado State Golden State Golden West The Left Coast Grape State Land of Milk and Honey The Bear State (or Republic) Land of Fruits and Nuts (derisive) Entertainment State Land of the Fires Movie State
Colorado	Buffalo Plains State - disused Centennial State Colorful Colorado Columbine State Highest State Lead State - disused Mother of Rivers Rocky Mountain Empire Rocky Mountain State - disused Silver State - disused
Connecticut	Constitution State Land of Steady Habits Nutmeg State Provisions State
Delaware	Diamond State First State Land of Tax-Free Shopping Small Wonder Blue Hen State
District of Columbia	The Federal City The District
Florida	Peninsula State Hurricane State Tropical State Everglades State Citrus State Flower State Manatee State Orange State Sunshine State
Georgia	Peach State Cracker State - Along with Florida, Georgia has been called "The Cracker State" in earlier times, perhaps a derogatory term that referred to immigrants, called "Crackers," from the mountains of Virginia and North Carolina. See also Atlanta Crackers: Origin of the name Empire State of the South - Refers to economic leadership Yankee-land of the South: Similarly to the above nickname, "Yankee-land of the South" speaks to industrial and economic development in the south. This nickname may be used in a derogatory sense. Goober State - Refers to peanuts, the official state crop
Hawaii	Aloha State Pineapple State Rainbow State
Idaho	Gem State Spud State
Illinois	Land of Lincoln Prairie State The Corn State The Sucker State (for a type of fish) Garden of the West
Indiana	Crossroads of America Hoosier State Hospitality State
Iowa	Hawkeye State Tall Corn State Land of the Rolling Prairie Cyclone State
Kansas	Bleeding Kansas Jayhawk State Sunflower State Wheat State
Kentucky	Bluegrass State
Louisiana	Bayou State Child of the Mississippi Creole State Pelican State Sportsman's Paradise Sugar State
Maine	Down East Pine Tree State Vacationland
Maryland	Cockade State Free State Monumental State Old Line State Terrapin State
Massachusetts	Bay State The Commonwealth Colony State Old Colony
Michigan	Great Lakes State Mitten State Winter Water Wonderland Wolverine State
Minnesota	Gopher State Land of 10,000 Lakes Land of Lakes Land of Sky-Blue Waters North Star State
Mississippi	Hospitality State Magnolia State
Missouri	Bullion State Cave State Gateway State Bellwether State Lead State Ozark State Show Me State
Montana	Big Sky Country The Last Best Place Treasure State
Nebraska	Beef State Cornhusker State Tree Planter's State
Nevada	Battle Born State Sagebrush State Silver State
New Hampshire	Granite State Mother of Rivers White Mountain State
New Jersey	Garden State The Crossroads of the Revolution The Tomatoe State First State Lite (Because the first light bulb was invented in Menlo Park)
New Mexico	The Colorful State The Land of Enchantment
New York	The Empire State
North Carolina	North Cackalacky Old North State Tar Heel State Turpentine State
North Dakota	Flickertail State Peace Garden State Rough Rider State Sioux State
Ohio	Buckeye State Birthplace of Aviation Mother of Modern Presidents
Oklahoma	Land of the Red Man Sooner State
Oregon	Beaver State Union State Pacific Wonderland Sunset State
Pennsylvania	Liberty Bell State Independence State Keystone State Quaker State
Rhode Island	Little Rhody Ocean State Plantation State
South Carolina	Palmetto State Sandlapper State, Smiling Faces, Beautiful Places Iodine Products State - disused
South Dakota	Coyote State Land of Infinite Variety Mount Rushmore State Sunshine State
Tennessee	Big Bend State (refers to the Tennessee River) 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
Texas	Cowboy State Friendship State Lone Star State
Utah	Beehive State Mormon State
Vermont	Green Mountain State
Virginia	Mother of Presidents The Old Dominion
Washington	Evergreen State
West Virginia	Mountain State Panhandle State
Wisconsin	America's Dairyland America's Bread Basket Badger State
Wyoming	Cowboy State Equality State Park State

See also

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

References

• Information about U.S. State Nicknames