List of U.S. state nicknames

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This is a list of U.S. state nicknames -- both official and traditional (official state nicknames are in bold).

State	Nickname(s)
Alabama (No official Nickname)	Cotton State[1] Heart of Dixie[2][1] Yellowhammer State[1] Stars Fell on Alabama[1]
Alaska	Great Land Last Frontier
Arizona	Apache State Copper State Grand Canyon State
Arkansas	Bear State Land of Opportunity Natural State Wonder State Razorback State What a State!
California	El Dorado State Golden State Golden West The Left Coast Grape State Land of Milk and Honey Land of Fruits and Nuts (derisive) Entertainment State Land of the Fires Movie State
Colorado	Buffalo Plains State[3] - disused Centennial State[4] Colorful Colorado[4] Columbine State[5] Highest State[3] Lead State[3] - disused Mother of Rivers[6] Rocky Mountain Empire[7] Rocky Mountain State[8] - disused Silver State[3] - disused
Connecticut	Constitution State[9] Land of Steady Habits[9] Nutmeg State[9] Provisions State[9]
Delaware	Diamond State First State Land of Tax-Free Shopping Small Wonder Blue Hen State
District of Columbia	Chocolate City The Federal City The District
Florida	Peninsula State Hurricane State Tropical State Everglades State Citrus State Flower State Manatee State Orange State Sunshine State
Georgia	Peach State Empire State of the South
Hawaii	Aloha State Pineapple State Rainbow State
Idaho	Gem State Potatoland
Illinois[10]	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 Canada's Florida,
Maryland	Cockade State Free State Monumental State Old Line State Terrapin State
Massachusetts	Bay State Colony State Old Colony The Spirit of America Taxachusetts
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 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 Bug-eating State
Nevada	Battle-Born State Sagebrush State Silver State
New Hampshire	Granite State[11] Mother of Rivers[11] White Mountain State[11]
New Jersey	Garden State The Crossroads of the Revolution
New Mexico	The Colorful State The Land of Enchantment
New York	Empire State
North Carolina	Old North State Tar Heel State Turpentine State North Cackalacky
North Dakota	Flickertail State Peace Garden State Rough Rider State Sioux State
Ohio	Buckeye State Birthplace of Aviation[12] Mother of Modern Presidents
Oklahoma	Land of the Red Man Sooner State
Oregon	Beaver State Union State Pacific Wonderland[13]
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[14]
South Dakota	Coyote State Land of Infinite Variety Mount Rushmore State Sunshine State
Tennessee	Butternut State Volunteer State
Texas	Cowboy State Lone Star State
Utah	Beehive State Mormon State
Vermont	Green Mountain State
Virginia	Mother of Presidents Old Dominion
Washington	Evergreen State[15]
West Virginia	Mountain State Panhandle State
Wisconsin	America's Dairyland America's Bread Basket Badger State Cheese State
Wyoming	Cowboy State Equality State Park State

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