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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, federal district and territory nicknames, 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 state motto.

State,
federal district,
or territory		 Nickname(s)
File:Flag of Alabama.svg Alabama[1]Template:Efn
File:Flag of Alaska.svg Alaska
File:Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa
  • Motu o Fiafiaga (a Samoan phrase; in English, it is "Islands of Paradise")[9] (used on American Samoa license plates)[10]
  • Football Island[s][11]
File:Flag of Arizona.svg Arizona
File:Flag of Arkansas.svg Arkansas
File:Flag of California.svg California
File:Flag of Colorado.svg Colorado
File:Flag of Connecticut.svg Connecticut
File:Flag of Delaware.svg Delaware
  • Chemical Capital of the World[31] (due to one time being the corporate headquarters for several international chemical companies)
  • Corporate Capital (due to the state's business-friendly incorporation laws)[31]
  • Diamond State (Thomas Jefferson is supposed to have referred to Delaware as being like a diamond – small in size but great in value)[32]
  • Blue Hen State or Blue Hen Chicken State[33]
  • The First State[31][34] (Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution; used on license plates)
  • Peach State[31] (no longer used; see Georgia)
  • Small Wonder[31]
File:Flag of Washington, D.C.svg District of ColumbiaTemplate:Efn
  • Nation's Capital[35]
  • DMV (nickname for the broader metropolitan area of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia)[35]
  • Inside the Beltway[36]
  • Chocolate City[37]
File:Flag of Florida.svg Florida
File:Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Georgia
  • Peach State[41] (used on license plates)
  • 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)[42] (See also 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)[43]
  • Goober State (Refers to peanuts, the official state crop)[44]
  • State of Adventure
File:Flag of Guam.svg Guam
File:Flag of Hawaii.svg Hawaii
File:Flag of Idaho.svg Idaho
File:Flag of Illinois.svg Illinois[56]
File:Flag of Indiana.svg Indiana
  • Hoosier State (used at various times on license plates; "Hoosier" is also the official demonym of a resident of Indiana)[58]
  • Crossroads of America (used at various times on license plates; used on highway welcome signs)
File:Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa
File:Flag of Kansas.svg Kansas
File:Flag of Kentucky.svg Kentucky
File:Flag of Louisiana.svg Louisiana
File:Flag of Maine.svg Maine
File:Flag of Maryland.svg Maryland
File:Flag of Massachusetts.svg Massachusetts
File:Flag of Michigan.svg Michigan
File:Flag of Minnesota.svg Minnesota
File:Flag of Mississippi.svg Mississippi
File:Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri
File:Flag of Montana.svg Montana
File:Flag of Nebraska.svg Nebraska
File:Flag of Nevada.svg Nevada
File:Flag of New Hampshire.svg New Hampshire
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File:Flag of New Mexico.svg New Mexico
  • Land of Enchantment[87] (used on license plates)
  • Land of Sunshine (predates "Land of Enchantment"; this earlier nickname highlighted the large percentage of sunshine received statewide)[88]
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File:Flag of North Carolina.svg North Carolina
File:Flag of North Dakota.svg North Dakota
File:Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Mariana IslandsTemplate:Efn
File:Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio
File:Flag of Oklahoma.svg Oklahoma
File:Flag of Oregon.svg Oregon
File:Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Pennsylvania
File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico
  • Isla del Encanto ("Island of Enchantment") (used on license plates)
  • Borinquen (name given by indigenous people, the Tainos)[102]
File:Flag of Rhode Island.svg Rhode Island
File:Flag of South Carolina.svg South Carolina
File:Flag of South Dakota.svg South Dakota
File:Flag of Tennessee.svg Tennessee
File:Flag of Texas.svg Texas
File:Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg U.S. Virgin IslandsTemplate:Efn
File:Flag of Utah.svg Utah
File:Flag of Vermont.svg Vermont
File:Flag of Virginia.svg Virginia
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File:Flag of West Virginia.svg West Virginia
File:Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin[117]Template:Efn
File:Flag of Wyoming.svg Wyoming
  • Cowboy State
  • Equality State
  • Forever West (on highway welcome signs)

See also

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Notes

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References

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