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[[File:Nicknames of the states, 1884.jpg|thumb|right|340px|Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884.]]
The following is a table of [[U.S. state]], [[District of Columbia|federal district]] and [[Territories of the United States|territory]] [[nickname]]s, 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 [[List of U.S. state and territory mottos|state motto]].{{clear}}
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! State,<br />federal district,<br />or territory !! Nickname(s)
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| {{flag|Alabama}}<ref>{{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 }}</ref>{{efn|name=no_name|No official nickname.}}
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*Alabama the Beautiful<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref>
*[[Cotton]] [[Plantation]] State<ref name="ala" />
*Cotton State<ref name=AL>{{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 }}</ref>
* Heart of [[Dixie]] (used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Alabama|license plates]])<ref name=AL/><ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* Lizard State<ref name="ala">[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/al_intro.htm Introduction to Alabama], 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009.</ref>
*[[Sweet Home Alabama]]<ref name=":0" />
* '''Yellowhammer State'''<ref name=AL/>
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| {{flag|Alaska}}
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* Land of the [[Midnight sun|Midnight Sun]]<ref name=ak/>
* Land of the Noonday Moon<ref name=ak/>
* '''The Last Frontier''' (used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Alaska|license plates]])<ref name="ak">[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ak_intro.htm The Last Frontier State], 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009.</ref><ref name="alaska">{{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}}</ref>
*[[Seward's Folly]] (named after U.S. Secretary of State [[William H. Seward]])<ref name=ak/>
*Seward's Ice Box, Icebergia, Polaria, Walrussia, and [[Andrew Johnson|Johnson]]'s Polar Bear Garden were satirical names coined by members of the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] during debate over the [[Alaska Purchase]]<ref name=ak/>
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| {{flag|American Samoa}}
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*'''Motu o Fiafiaga''' (a [[Samoan language|Samoan]] phrase; in English, it is "Islands of Paradise")<ref>{{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}}</ref> (used on American Samoa license plates)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*Football Island[s]<ref>[https://www.factretriever.com/american-samoa-facts "American Samoa Facts"]. Factretriever.com. Retrieved November 24, 2017.</ref>
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| {{flag|Arizona}}
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* [[Apache]] State<ref name=az/>
*[[Aztec]] State<ref name=az/>
*Baby State (because Arizona is the newest contiguous state in the Union)<ref name=az/>
* [[Copper]] State<ref name=az/>
* '''[[Grand Canyon]] State''' (used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Arizona|license plates]])<ref name="az">[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/az_intro.htm Introduction to Arizona], 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009.</ref><ref>[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</ref>
*[[Italy]] of America<ref name=az/>
*Sand Hill State<ref name=az/>
*Sunset State<ref name=az/>
*Sweetheart State (see below)<ref name=az/>
*[[Valentine's Day|Valentine]] State (Arizona gained statehood on February 14, 1912)<ref name=az/>
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| {{flag|Arkansas}}
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*[[Bear]] State<ref name=ark/>
*[[Bowie knife|Bowie]] State<ref name=ark/>
*[[Hot spring|Hot Springs]] State<ref name=ark/>
* Land of Opportunity (former official nickname; previously used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Arkansas|license plates]])<ref name=ark/>
* '''The Natural State''' (used on license plates)<ref name=ark/><ref>[http://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/2010/title-1/chapter-4/1-4-106/ Arkansas § 1-4-106 - State nickname] Retrieved February 28, 2011</ref>
* [[Boar|Razorback]] State<ref name=ark/>
*[[Arkansas toothpick|Toothpick]] State<ref name="ark">[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ar_intro.htm Introduction to Arkansas], US States, retrieved April 24, 2009.</ref>
* Wonder State<ref name=ark/>
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| {{flag|California}}
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* [[El Dorado]] State<ref name=nie/><ref>{{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}}</ref>
* '''The Golden State'''<ref>[http://law.onecle.com/california/government/420.75.html California Government Code Section 420.75] Retrieved February 28, 2011</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> (previously used on [[Vehicle registration plates of California|license plates]])
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| {{flag|Colorado}}
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*[[American bison|Buffalo]] [[High Plains (United States)|Plains]] State<ref name=COnetstate>{{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}}</ref> (no longer used)
*'''Centennial State'''<ref name=COnames>{{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 = [[Colorado|State of Colorado]], Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives | access-date = February 21, 2007}}</ref> (previously used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Colorado|license plates]]. Colorado was admitted to the [[United States|Union]] one hundred years after the signing of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]].)
*Colorful Colorado<ref name=COnames/> Used on welcome signs since 1950 (previously used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Colorado|license plates]])
*[[Aquilegia coerulea|Columbine]] State<ref name=COflower>{{cite web | url = http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/history/symbemb.htm#Flower | title = Colorado State Flower | work = Colorado State Symbols & Emblems | publisher = [[Colorado|State of Colorado]], Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives | access-date = February 21, 2007}}</ref>
*Highest State<ref name=COnetstate/>
*[[Lead]] State<ref name=COnetstate/> (no longer used)
*Mother of Rivers<ref name=COwater>{{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}}</ref>
*[[Rocky Mountains|Rocky Mountain]] Empire<ref name = wikiDenver>[[Denver, Colorado]]</ref>  (no longer used)
*[[Rocky Mountains|Rocky Mountain]] State<ref name=COusatourist>{{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 }}</ref> (no longer used)
*[[Silver]] State<ref name=COnetstate/> (no longer used; see Nevada)
*[[Skiing|Ski]] Country USA<ref name=CSCUSA>{{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}}</ref>
*[[Switzerland]] of America<ref name="colo">[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/co_intro.htm Introduction to Colorado], 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009.</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
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*'''Constitution State''' (official, used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Connecticut|license plates]])<ref>[http://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_033.htm#sec_3-110a Conn. Stat. Sec. 3-110a], retrieved November 4, 2013</ref>
*[[Nutmeg]] State<ref name=nie/>
*Provision State<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[Blue Law]] State<ref name=nie/>
*Freestone State<ref name=nie/>
*Land of Steady Habits<ref name=nie/>
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| {{flag|Delaware}}
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*[[Chemical]] Capital of the World<ref name=del/> (due to one time being the corporate headquarters for several international chemical companies.)
*[[Corporation|Corporate]] Capital (due to the state's business-friendly incorporation laws)<ref name=del/>
*Diamond State (Thomas Jefferson is supposed to have referred to Delaware as being like a diamond &ndash; small in size but great in value)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[Delaware Blue Hen|Blue Hen]] State or Blue Hen Chicken State<ref name="PopikSmoky">Barry Popik, [http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/summary12/ Smoky City], barrypopik.com website, March 27, 2005</ref>
* '''The First State'''<ref name=del/><ref>[http://delcode.delaware.gov/title29/c003/#318 Delaware Code Title 29 Section 318] retrieved on February 28, 2011</ref> (Delaware was the first state to ratify the [[Constitution of the United States|Constitution]]; used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Delaware|license plates]])
*[[Peach]] State<ref name="del">[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/de_intro.htm Introduction to Delaware], 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009.</ref> (no longer used; see Georgia)
* Small Wonder<ref name=del/>
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| {{flag|District of Columbia}}{{efn|name=no_name}}
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* Nation's Capital<ref name="farhi">Farhi, 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.</ref>
* [[DMV (region)|DMV]] (nickname for the broader metropolitan area of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia)<ref name="farhi"/>
* Inside the [[Capital Beltway|Beltway]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Inside the Beltway |url=https://politicaldictionary.com/words/inside-the-beltway/ |website=politicaldictionary.com |access-date=18 February 2024}}</ref>
* Chocolate City<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uncpress.org/book/9781469654720/chocolate-city/|title=Chocolate City &#124; Chris Myers Asch|website=University of North Carolina Press}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Florida}}
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*[[American alligator|Alligator]] State<ref name=fla/>
* [[Everglades|Everglade]] State<ref name="fla">[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/fl_intro.htm Introduction to Florida], 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009.</ref>
* Flower State<ref name=fla/>
*[[Gulf of Mexico|Gulf]] State<ref name=fla/>
*[[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution|Gunshine]] State <ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Orange (fruit)|Orange]] State<ref name=fla/>
* [[Citrus]] State
* [[Palm Tree]] State
* [[Peninsula]] State or Peninsular State<ref name=PopikSmoky/>
* Plywood State<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* '''Sunshine State''' (used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Florida|license plates]])
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| {{flag|Georgia (U.S. state)|name=Georgia}}
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* '''[[Peach]] State'''<ref name=GAnames>{{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 }}</ref> (used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Georgia (U.S. state)|license plates]])
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* [[Georgia cracker|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.<ref name=GAnames2>{{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 }}</ref> See also [[Atlanta Crackers#Origin of the team's name|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.<ref name=GAnames3>{{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 }}</ref>
* [[Goober Peas|Goober]] State — Refers to peanuts, the official state crop.<ref name=GAnames5>{{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 }}</ref>
* State of Adventure
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*'''Tano y Chamorro''' (Land of the [[Chamorro people|Chamorro]])<ref name="Guam">https://www.visittheusa.com/state/guam ''Guam (Visittheusa.com).'' Retrieved November 24, 2017.</ref> (used on Guam license plates)<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
*Hub of the Pacific<ref name="Guam"/>
*Gateway to Micronesia<ref name="Guam"/>
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| {{flag|Hawaii}}
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* '''Aloha State''' (officially the "popular" name,<ref>{{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 }}</ref> used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Hawaii|license plates]])<ref name="hi">[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/hi_intro.htm Introduction to Hawaii], 50 States.</ref>
* Paradise of the Pacific<ref name=hi/>
* [[Pineapple]] State<ref name=hi/>
* Rainbow State<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* Youngest State<ref name=hi/>
* 808 State (colloquial, refers to the state's [[Area code 808|area code]].)<ref name="808statefaq">[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.</ref><ref name="talkradiohawaii">[http://www.808stateupdate.com/ 808 State Update], Talk Radio Hawaii</ref>
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*'''[[Gemstone|Gem]] State'''<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* Gem of the Mountains<ref name="ida">[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/id_intro.htm Introduction to Idaho], 50 States.</ref>
* Little Ida<ref name=ida/>
* [[Potato|Spud]] State<ref name=spud>{{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 }}</ref>
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| {{flag|Illinois}}<ref name=ILnames>{{cite web | url = http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/il_intro.htm | title = Illinois | work = Illinois State Symbols & Emblems | access-date = April 29, 2007}}</ref>
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* Land of [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]]<ref name="ill"/> (used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Illinois|license plates]])
* '''[[Prairie]] State'''<ref name="ill"/>
* Corn State<ref name="ill">[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/il_intro.htm#nickname Introduction to Illinois], 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009.</ref>
* Garden of the West<ref name="ill"/>
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* '''[[Hoosier]] State''' (Used at various times on [[Vehicle registration plates of Indiana|license plates]])<ref name="Hoosier_State">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).</ref> <br />(Hoosier is also the official demonym of a resident of Indiana)
* Crossroads of America (Also used at various times on [[Vehicle registration plates of Indiana|license plates]] and used on highway welcome signs)
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* '''[[Iowa Hawkeyes|Hawkeye]] State''' 
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| {{flag|Kansas}}
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* America's Heartland (previously used on Licence Plates)
* Central State<ref name=nie/>
* [[Dorothy Gale|Dorothy's Home]]
* Free State
* Midway USA (previously used on Kansas Licence Plates)
* '''[[Sunflower]] State'''<ref name=nie/>
* [[Wheat]] State (previously used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Kansas|license plates]])
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* '''[[Poa pratensis|Bluegrass]] State''' (used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Kentucky|license plates]])<ref name="ky">[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ky_intro.htm Introduction to Kentucky], 50 States.</ref>
* [[Corn-cracker]] State (reported in 1881)<ref name=PopikSmoky/> (corn-cracker – the nickname of a Kentucky man; pejorative)
* The Dark and Bloody Ground State (an allusion to battles between the [[Creek people|Creek]], [[Shawnee]], [[Chickasaw]], and [[Cherokee]] tribes)<ref name=ky/>
* [[Hemp]] State<ref name=ky/>
* [[Tobacco]] State<ref name=ky/>
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* [[Bayou]] State (previously used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Louisiana|license plates]])
* [[Louisiana Creole people|Creole]] State<ref name=nie/>
* '''[[Brown pelican|Pelican]] State'''<ref name=nie/>
* Sportsman's Paradise<!-- see [[Louisiana]] Talk page --> (used on license plates)
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* '''[[Pine]] Tree State'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.50states.com/bio/nickname2.htm |title=State Nicknames |publisher=50states.com |access-date=May 24, 2013}}</ref> (co-official with Vacationland)
* ''' Vacationland'''  (used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Maine|license plates]]) 
* [[Lumber]] State<ref name=nie/>
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* America in Miniature<ref>Judy Colbert, ''Off the Beaten Path: Maryland and Delaware'', 8th ed., 2007, {{ISBN|978-0-7627-4418-3}}.</ref>
* [[Chesapeake Bay|Chesapeake]] State<ref name="netmd"/>
* [[Cockade]] State<ref name="netmd"/>
* '''Free State'''<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* Monumental State<ref name="netmd"/>
* '''[[Maryland 400|Old Line]] State'''<ref name="netmd"/>
* [[Oyster]] State<ref name="netmd">{{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}}</ref>
* [[Henrietta Maria of France|Queen]] State<ref name="netmd"/>
* [[Diamondback terrapin|Terrapin]] State<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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* [[baked beans|Baked Bean]] State<ref name=mass/>
* [[Codfish]] State (formerly represented on license plates by a codfish)
* '''The Bay State'''<ref name="mass">[http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ma_intro.htm Introduction to Massachusetts], 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009.</ref>
* Old Colony State<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/368402/Massachusetts Massachusetts (state, United States)], [[Encyclopædia Britannica|Britannica Online]], retrieved April 24, 2009.</ref>
* [[Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)|Pilgrim]] State<ref name=mass/>
* The Spirit of America (used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Massachusetts|license plates]])
* Taxachusetts (colloquial)<ref>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.</ref><ref>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.</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/taxachusetts-voters-may-eliminate-state-income-tax 'Taxachusetts' Voters May Eliminate State Income Tax], [[Fox News]], October 7, 2008.</ref><ref>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.</ref><ref>[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4111010 Slate's Chatterbox: The Myth of 'Taxachusetts'], [[National Public Radio]], October 15, 2004.</ref>
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* '''The [[Great Lakes]] State''' (previously used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Michigan|license plates]])
* Water Wonderland and Water-Winter Wonderland (previously used on license plates)
* '''The [[Wolverine]] State'''<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* The Mitten State <ref>{{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}}</ref>
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* [[Gopher|Gopher State]]<ref name=nie/>
*'''Land of 10,000 Lakes''' ("10,000 Lakes" used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Minnesota|license plates]])
* [[New England]] of the West<ref name=nie/>
* [[North Star]] State<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* State of [[Ice hockey|Hockey]]<ref>Jess Myer

s, [https://www.espn.com/nhl/allstar2004/columns/story?id=1724057 Hockey roots run deep in Minnesota], ESPN.com, February 10, 2004</ref>
* "Minne(snow)ta"
* [[Bread]] and [[Butter]] State<ref name=nie/>
* The [[Loon]] State
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* Hospitality State (previously used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Mississippi|license plates]])
* '''[[Magnolia grandiflora|Magnolia]] State'''
* The Birthplace of America's Music (being used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Mississippi|license plates]])
* The Bayou State<ref name=nie/>
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* [[Gold bullion|Bullion]] State<ref name=nie/>
* '''Show-Me State''' (used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Missouri|license plates]])
*Gateway to the West
*[[Lead]] State 
*[[Ozarks|Ozark]] State
*Mother of the West
*[[Iron]] Mountain State
*[[Pennsylvania]] of the West
*[[Cave]] State<ref>{{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}}</ref> 
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| {{flag|Montana}}
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* Big Sky Country (previously used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Montana|license plates]])
* [[The Last Best Place]]<ref>[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</ref>
* '''Treasure State''' (used on license plates)
*Land of the Shining Mountains
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* [[Antelope]] State<ref name="Capace1999">Nancy Capace, Encyclopedia of Nebraska. Somerset Publishers, Inc., January 1, 1999, p2-3</ref><ref name=netstateneb/>
* Beef State (previously used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Nebraska|license plates]])<ref name=netstateneb/>
* '''Cornhusker State''' (previously used on license plates)<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="Capace1999"/>
* Bug-eating State<ref name=netstateneb>{{cite web|url=http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ne_intro.htm|title=The State of Nebraska|work=NetState.com|accessdate=September 2, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Capace1999"/>
* Blackwater State<ref name=nie/><ref name="Capace1999"/><ref name=netstateneb/>
* The Good Life (as seen on state border signs){{citation needed|date=September 2022}}
* Tree Planters State (formerly the official state nickname)<ref name="Capace1999"/><ref name=netstateneb/>
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* Battle Born State (refers to the fact that Nevada joined the Union during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]])
* [[Artemisia tridentata|Sagebrush]] State
* '''[[Silver mining in Nevada|Silver]] State''' (used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Nevada|license plates]])
*[[Casino]] State
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* '''[[Granite]] State'''<ref name="NHnickname">{{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}}</ref>
* The Live Free or Die State (official motto; "Live Free or Die" used on license plates)
* Mother of Rivers<ref name=NHnickname/>
* [[White Mountains (New Hampshire)|White Mountain]] State<ref name=NHnickname/>
* [https://www.nh.gov/almanac/fast-facts.htm Switzerland of America]<ref name=NHnickname/>
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| {{Anchor|New Jersey}}{{flag|New Jersey}}
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* Garbage State (pejorative)<ref name="Florio">{{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}}</ref><ref name="McGurty_Page_31">{{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.}}</ref>
* '''Garden State''' (used on [[Vehicle registration plates of New Jersey|license plates]])
* [[Crossroads of the American Revolution Association|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
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* '''Land of Enchantment'''<ref>New Mexico Revised Statutes, Sec. 12-3-4-N, retrieved November 4, 2013</ref> (used on [[Vehicle registration plates of New Mexico|license plates]])
* Land of Sunshine (predates "Land of Enchantment"; this earlier nickname highlighted the large percentage of sunshine received statewide)<ref name="SHG-NM">[https://archive.today/20121216112652/http://www.shgresources.com/nm/symbols/names/ New Mexico Symbols, State Names], SHG Resources website, accessed July 7, 2008</ref>
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* '''[[Empire State]]''' (formerly used on [[Vehicle registration plates of New York|license plates]])<ref name=nie/>
* Excelsior State<ref name=nie/> (currently used on [[Vehicle registration plates of New York|license plates]])<ref name=nie/>
* [[Apple]] State
* [[Dairy]] State
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* First in Flight<ref name=":1">{{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}}</ref>
*First in Freedom<ref name=":1" />
*Old North State<ref name="nc">{{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}}</ref>
* '''[[Tar Heel]] State'''<ref name=nc/>
* [[Turpentine]] State<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* Variety Vacationland<ref>[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.</ref>
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* [[Richardson's ground squirrel|Flickertail]] State
* '''[[International Peace Garden|Peace Garden]] State''' (used on [[Vehicle registration plates of North Dakota|license plates]])
* [[Rough Riders|Rough Rider]] State
* [[Sioux]] State
* Heaven on Earth 
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*Håfa Adai (a [[Chamorro language|Chamorro]] phrase; in English, it is "Hello")<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guam Visitors Bureau {{!}} GVB - Official Website |url=https://www.guamvisitorsbureau.com/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=www.guamvisitorsbureau.com}}</ref> (used on Northern Mariana Islands license plates)<ref>{{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}}</ref>{{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<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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* '''[[Ohio Buckeye|Buckeye]] State'''<ref name=PopikSmoky/>
* Birthplace of [[Aviation]]<ref name=OH>{{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}}</ref> (used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Ohio|license plates]])
*The Heart of It All<ref>{{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 }}</ref> (formerly used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Ohio|license plates]])

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*[[Native Americans in the United States|Native America]] (used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Oklahoma|license plates]])
*Land of the Red Man
* '''[[Sooners|Sooner]] State'''<ref>{{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 }}</ref> <!-- though "official" is the wrong word in this case --><!-- though "official" is the wrong word in this case -->
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* '''[[American beaver|Beaver]] State'''<ref>Writer [[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 (geographer)|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.’</ref>
* Pacific Wonderland (previously used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Oregon|license plates]] and available on an extra cost plate)<ref name=OR>{{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}}</ref>
* Webfoot State<ref name=nie/>
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* '''[[Keystone (architecture)|Keystone]] State''' (previously used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Pennsylvania|license plates]])<ref name=PopikSmoky/>
* [[Religious Society of Friends|Quaker]] State<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[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}}
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* '''Isla del Encanto''' ("Island of Enchantment") (used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Puerto Rico|license plates]])
* Borinquen (name given by indigenous people, the [[Tainos]])<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
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* Little Rhody<ref name=PopikSmoky/>
* '''Ocean State''' (used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Rhode Island|license plates]])
* [[Criminal|Rogues]] Island<ref name=latimes>{{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 }}</ref>
* The [[Licentious]] Republic<ref name=latimes/>
*Smallest State
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* '''[[Sabal palmetto|Palmetto State]]'''<ref name=PopikSmoky/>
* [[Iodine]] Products State (no longer used)<ref name=SC>{{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 }}</ref> (previously used on [[Vehicle registration plates of South Carolina|license plates]])
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* [[Artesian aquifer|Artesian]] State<ref name=SHG-SD/>
* [[Blizzard]] State<ref name=SHG-SD/>
* [[Coyote]] State<ref name="SHG-SD">[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</ref>
* Land of Infinite Variety
* '''The [[Mount Rushmore]] State'''<ref>{{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}}</ref> (officially adopted in 1980 in place of the former nickname of Coyote State)<ref name=SHG-SD/>
* Sunshine State<ref name=SHG-SD/> (no longer used; see Florida)
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* Big Bend State (refers to the [[Tennessee River]])<ref name="TNbluebook">[http://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/07-08/46-Symbols%20&%20Honors.pdf Tennessee Symbols and Honors], in [[Tennessee Blue Book]]</ref>
* Butternut State (refers to the tan color of the uniforms worn by Tennessee soldiers in the [[American Civil War]])<ref name=TNbluebook/>
* Hog and [[Hominy]] State<ref name=TNbluebook/>
* The Mother of Southwestern Statesmen<ref name=TNbluebook/>
* '''Volunteer State'''<ref name=TNbluebook/> (used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Tennessee|license plates]])
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* '''Lone Star State'''<ref name=PopikSmoky/><ref name="ELT">{{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}}</ref> (used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Texas|license plates]])
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* [[America's Caribbean]] (used on U.S. Virgin Islands license plates until 2015)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* American Paradise<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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* '''Beehive State'''
* Crossroads of the West<ref name=netstate-utah>{{cite web | url = http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ut_intro.htm  | title = NetState: Utah | access-date = March 24, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{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]] }}</ref> – Location the [[Golden Spike National Historical Park|Golden Spike]] was driven into the railroad, the joining point of the [[First transcontinental railroad]].
* [[Mormon]] State<ref name=netstate-utah />
* Friendly State (formerly used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Utah|license plates]])<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
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* '''[[Green Mountains|Green Mountain]] State'''<ref name=PopikSmoky/> (used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Vermont|license plates]])
* The Maple State
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* Mother of [[United States President|Presidents]]<ref name=nie/>
* Mother of States<ref name=nie/>
* [[Horse]] Country<ref name=nie/>
* '''The [[Colony of Virginia#Old Dominion|Old Dominion]]'''<ref name=PopikSmoky/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Old_Dominion|title = Old Dominion – Encyclopedia Virginia}}</ref>
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| {{flag|Washington}}{{efn|name=no_name|No official nickname.}}
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* Evergreen State<ref name="WA">{{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}}</ref> (used on [[Vehicle registration plates of Washington (state)|license plates]])
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| {{flag|West Virginia}}
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* '''Mountain State''' (previously used on [[Vehicle registration plates of West Virginia|license plates]])
* [[Panhandle]] State<ref name=nie/>
*The [[Switzerland]] of America<ref>{{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.}}</ref>
* [[Take Me Home, Country Roads|Almost Heaven]]
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| {{flag|Wisconsin}}<ref name="WI BB">"[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.</ref>{{efn|name=no_name}}
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* '''[[American badger|Badger]] State'''<ref name=nie>{{Cite NIE|wstitle=States, Popular Names of}}</ref>
* America's Dairyland<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> (also on license plates since a 1939 state law)<ref name="WI BB" />
* The Mitten State{{citation needed|reason=Is "The Mitten State" not Michigan?|date=January 2022}}
* The [[Copper]] State (historical)<ref>{{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 ...}}</ref><ref>{{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.}}</ref>
* Traitor State (historical [[World War I]])<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*The Dairy State
*The [[Cheese]] State
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* [[Cowboy]] State
* '''Equality State'''
* Forever West (on highway welcome signs)
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==See also==
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*[[List of U.S. state and territory mottos]]
*[[List of demonyms for U.S. states]]
*[[List of city nicknames in the United States]]
*[[List of provincial and territorial nicknames in Canada]]
* [[Lists of nicknames]]: nickname list articles on Wikipedia

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.miketodd.net/encyc/statenicks.htm Information about U.S. State Nicknames]
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