U.S. States
This is a list of terms, not manifestly pejorative, which are used, or have been used in the past, to designate the residents of specific U.S. states.
| State | Official (recommended by U.S. GPO) |
Official, unofficial or informal alternates |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Alabamian | Alabaman |
| Alaska | Alaskan | Ice Chipper |
| Arizona | Arizonan | Arizonian, Sand Cutter |
| Arkansas | Arkansan | Arkansawyer, Arkie |
| California | Californian | |
| Colorado | Coloradan | Coloradoan (archaic) |
| Connecticut | Connecticuter | Nutmegger, Connecticotian, Connecticutensian, Connecticutian |
| Delaware | Delawarean | Blue Hen's Chicken, Muskrat |
| District of Columbia | Washingtonian | |
| Florida | Floridian | Floridan |
| Georgia | Georgian | Buzzard, Sand-hiller |
| Hawaii | Hawaiian | Malihini (newcomer), Kamaʻāina (native-born nonethnic Hawaiian), Hawaii Resident, Islander |
| Idaho | Idahoan | Idahoer |
| Illinois | Illinoisan | Illinoisian, Flatlander, Sand-hiller, Egyptian |
| Indiana | Hoosier | Hoosier (official state designation), Indianian (archaic) |
| Iowa | Iowan | Hawkeye, Iowegian |
| Kansas | Kansan | Sunflower, Grasshopper |
| Kentucky | Kentuckian | |
| Louisiana | Louisianan | Louisianais (in French) |
| Maine | Mainer | Down Easter or Downeaster, Mainiac, Pine Tree, Fox, Lumberjack |
| Maryland | Marylander | |
| Massachusetts | Massachusettsan | Bay Stater (official term used by state government), Massachusite (traditional) |
| Michigan | Michiganian | Michigander, Michiganer, Michiganese, Michigine, Wolverine, Michiganite, Yooper/Troll (for residents of the Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula, respectively) |
| Minnesota | Minnesotan | Mud Duck |
| Mississippi | Mississippian | Stumpjumper |
| Missouri | Missourian | Bushwacker |
| Montana | Montanan | |
| Nebraska | Nebraskan | Cornhusker |
| Nevada | Nevadan | Nevadian |
| New Hampshire | New Hampshirite | Granite Boy, New Hampshireman |
| New Jersey | New Jerseyan | New Jerseyite |
| New Mexico | New Mexican | Nuevomexicano |
| New York | New Yorker | |
| North Carolina | North Carolinian | Tar Boiler, Tar Heel, North Carolinan |
| North Dakota | North Dakotan | NoDak |
| Ohio | Ohioan | Buckeye |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoman | Okie, Sooner |
| Oregon | Oregonian | Oregoner |
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvanian | Pennamite, Coal Cracker |
| Rhode Island | Rhode Islander | Swamp Yankee |
| South Carolina | South Carolinian | Sand Lapper, South Carolinan |
| South Dakota | South Dakotan | |
| Tennessee | Tennessean | Volunteer, Big Bender, Butternut |
| Texas | Texan | Texian (Anglo-Texan - historical), Tejano (Mexican-Texan) |
| Utah | Utahn | Utonian, Utahan |
| Vermont | Vermonter | |
| Virginia | Virginian | |
| Washington | Washingtonian | |
| West Virginia | West Virginian | Mountaineer |
| Wisconsin | Wisconsinite | Cheesehead, Wisconsinian, Wisconsonian, Sconnie, Badger |
| Wyoming | Wyomingite | Wyoman |
Read more about this topic: List Of Adjectival And Demonymic Forms Of Place Names
Famous quotes containing the word states:
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—Gore Vidal (b. 1925)