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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 territoryNickname(s)
 Alabama12
 Alaska
 American Samoa
  • Motu o Fiafiaga (a Samoan phrase; in English, it is "Islands of Paradise")18 (used on American Samoa license plates)19
  • Football Island[s]20
 Arizona
 Arkansas
 California
 Colorado
 Connecticut
 Delaware
  • Chemical Capital of the World64 (due to one time being the corporate headquarters for several international chemical companies.)
  • Corporate Capital (due to the state's business-friendly incorporation laws)65
  • Diamond State (Thomas Jefferson is supposed to have referred to Delaware as being like a diamond – small in size but great in value)66
  • Blue Hen State or Blue Hen Chicken State67
  • The First State6869 (Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution; used on license plates)
  • Peach State70 (no longer used; see Georgia)
  • Small Wonder71
 District of Columbia72
  • Nation's Capital73
  • DMV (nickname for the broader metropolitan area of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia)74
  • Inside the Beltway75
  • Chocolate City76
 Florida
 Georgia
  • Peach State85 (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.86 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.87
  • Goober State — Refers to peanuts, the official state crop.88
  • State of Adventure
 Guam
  • Tano y Chamorro (Land of the Chamorro)89 (used on Guam license plates)9091
  • Hub of the Pacific92
  • Gateway to Micronesia93
 Hawaii
 Idaho
 Illinois106
 Indiana
  • Hoosier State (Used at various times on license plates)111 (Hoosier is also the official demonym of a resident of Indiana)
  • Crossroads of America (Also used at various times on license plates and used on highway welcome signs)
 Iowa
 Kansas
 Kentucky
 Louisiana
 Maine
 Maryland
 Massachusetts
 Michigan
 Minnesota
 Mississippi
 Missouri
 Montana
 Nebraska
 Nevada
 New Hampshire
 New Jersey
 New Mexico
  • Land of Enchantment170 (used on license plates)
  • Land of Sunshine (predates "Land of Enchantment"; this earlier nickname highlighted the large percentage of sunshine received statewide)171
 New York
 North Carolina
 North Dakota
 Northern Mariana Islands181
  • Håfa Adai (a Chamorro phrase; in English, it is "Hello")182 (used on Northern Mariana Islands license plates)183184
  • America's Best Kept Secret185
 Ohio
 Oklahoma
 Oregon
 Pennsylvania
 Puerto Rico
  • Isla del Encanto ("Island of Enchantment") (used on license plates)
  • Borinquen (name given by indigenous people, the Tainos)195
 Rhode Island
 South Carolina
 South Dakota
 Tennessee
 Texas
 U.S. Virgin Islands214
 Utah
 Vermont
 Virginia
 Washington227
 West Virginia
 Wisconsin231232
 Wyoming
  • Cowboy State
  • Equality State
  • Forever West (on highway welcome signs)

See also

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Notes

References

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  2. No official nickname.

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  72. No official nickname.

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  214. No official nickname.

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  226. "Old Dominion – Encyclopedia Virginia". https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Old_Dominion

  227. No official nickname.

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  232. No official nickname.

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  234. Dornfeld, Margaret; Hantula, Richard (2010). Wisconsin: It's my state!. Marshall Cavendish. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-60870-062-2. 978-1-60870-062-2

  235. Urdang, Laurence (1988). Names and Nicknames of Places and Things. Penguin Group USA. p. 8. ISBN 9780452009073. "America's Dairyland" A nickname of Wisconsin 9780452009073

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  237. Kane, Joseph Nathan; Alexander, Gerard L. (1979). Nicknames and sobriquets of U.S. cities, States, and counties. Scarecrow Press. p. 412. ISBN 9780810812550. Wisconsin - America's Dairyland, The Badger State ... The Copper State ... 9780810812550

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