Names aren’t really one of my primary focuses, but I have done some research on nicknames and slogans associated with the 50 U.S. states.
U.S. State Nicknames ˆ
The table below list some of the more familiar state nicknames, with a second table listing slogans that have been officially adopted.
The more familiar nicknames are generally listed first. A date in the last column indicates the year the first nickname listed was officially adopted. Other nicknames are unofficial. Information about unofficial slogans can be found in Geobop’s State Symbols.
| List of State Nicknames | ||
|---|---|---|
| State | Nickname(s) | |
| Alabama | The Heart of Dixie, The Yellowhammer State, Cotton State | |
| Alaska | The Last Frontier, Land of the Midnight Sun, The Great Land | |
| Arizona | The Grand Canyon State, Copper State | |
| Arkansas | The Natural State, Hot Water State, Bowie State, Toothpick State | 1995 |
| (former) | Land of Opportunity | 1995 |
| (former) | Wonder State | 1923 |
| California | The Golden State | 1968 |
| Colorado | Centennial State, Colorful Colorado | |
| Connecticut | Constitution State, Nutmeg State | 1959 |
| Delaware | The First State, Blue Hen State, Diamond State, Small Wonder | 2002 |
| Florida | Sunshine State, Orange State, Everglade State, Alligator State | 1970 |
| Georgia | The Peach State, Goober State, Empire State of the South | |
| Hawaii | The Aloha State, Paradise of the Pacific, Youngest State, Pineapple State | 1959 |
| Idaho | The Gem State, Gem of the Mountains, Land of Famous Potatoes | |
| Illinois | The Prairie State, Corn State | |
| Indiana | The Hoosier State | |
| Iowa | The Hawkeye State | 1938 |
| Kansas | Sunflower State, Cyclone State, Jayhawk State, Wheat State, Jayhawker State | |
| Kentucky | The Bluegrass State, Hemp State, Tobacco State, Dark and Bloody Ground | |
| Louisiana | The Pelican State, Bayou State, Child of the Mississippi | |
| Maine | The Pine Tree State, Border State, Old Dirigo State | |
| Maryland | Free State, Old Line State | |
| Massachusetts | Bay State, Pilgrim State, Baked Bean State | |
| Michigan | The Wolverine State, Lake State, Lady of the Lake, Auto State | |
| Minnesota | The North Star State, Land of 10,000 Lakes, Gopher State, Bread and Butter State | |
| Mississippi | The Magnolia State, Bayou State, Mud-cat State | |
| Missouri | The Show Me State, Bullion State, Lead State, Cave State, Ozark State | |
| Montana | Big Sky Country, Bonanza State, Treasure State | |
| Nebraska | Cornhusker State, Tree Planters’ State, Antelope State | 1945 |
| Nevada | The Sagebrush State, Silver State, Mining State | |
| New Hampshire | The Granite State, White Mountain State, Switzerland of America, Mother of Rivers | |
| New Jersey | The Garden State, Clam State, Camden and Amboy State, Jersey Blue State, Pathway of the Revolution | |
| New Mexico | Land of Enchantment | 1999 |
| New York | The Empire State, Excelsior State, Knickerbocker State | |
| North Carolina | The Tarheel State, Turpentine State, Old North State, First in Flight | |
| North Dakota | The Peace Garden State, Flickertail State, Roughrider State, Sioux State, Land of the Dakotas | 1957 |
| Ohio | The Buckeye State, Mother of Modern Presidents | |
| Oklahoma | Sooner State | |
| Oregon | The Beaver State, Webfoot State, Hard-case State | |
| Pennsylvania | The Keystone State, Quaker State | |
| Rhode Island | The Ocean State, The Smallest State, Plantation State, Little Rhody | 1971 |
| South Carolina | The Palmetto State, Swamp State, Rice State, Iodine State, Keystone of the South Atlantic Seaboard | |
| South Dakota | Mount Rushmore State, Sunshine State, Coyote State, Blizzard State, Artesian State | 1980 |
| Tennessee | The Volunteer State, Big Bend State, Mother of Southwestern Statesmen | |
| Texas | Lone Star State | 2015 |
| Utah | The Beehive State, Mormon State, Salt Lake State, Land of the Saints | |
| Vermont | Green Mountain State | |
| Virginia | Old Dominion, Mother of States, Mother of Presidents, Cavalier State | |
| Washington | Evergreen State, Chinook State | |
| West Virginia | The Mountain State, Panhandle State, Switzerland of America | |
| Wisconsin | Badger State, America’s Dairyland | |
| Wyoming | The Cowboy State, Equality State | |
| List of Official State Slogans | ||
|---|---|---|
| State | Slogan | |
| Illinois | The Land of Lincoln | 1955 |
| Nebraska | Welcome to Nebraskaland, where the West begins. | 1963 |
| Nevada | Battle Born | 1937 |
| New Mexico | Everybody is Somebody in New Mexico | 1975 |
| South Dakota | Great Faces, Great Places, | 1990 |
| Tennessee | Tennessee—America at Its Best | 1965 |
Canada ˆ
| List of Provincial Nicknames | |
|---|---|
| Province | Nickname(s) |
| Alberta | The Sunshine Province, The Energy Province, The Princess Province |
| British Columbia | The Pacific Province |
| Manitoba | The Keystone Province |
| New Brunswick | The Picture Province, The Loyalist Province |
| Newfoundland | The Rock |
| Northwest Territories | North of Sixty, Land of the Polar Bear, Canada’s Last Frontier |
| Nova Scotia | The Land of Evangeline, Canada’s Ocean Playground |
| Prince Edward Island | The Garden Province, Abegweit, Minegoo, The Island, Spud Island, Million Acre Farm |
| Quebec | La Belle Province |
| Saskatchewan | The Wheat Province |
| Yukon Territory | Land of the Midnight Sun |
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