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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
  • 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
  • Highest State
  • Rocky Mountain Empire
  • Rocky Mountain State - disused
  • Silver State
  • Land of Steady Habits
  • 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
  • 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)
  • Lone Star 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
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