List of U.S. state and territory nicknames


The following is a table of U.S. state and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames, and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states and territories.

State and territory nicknames

Current official state 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

  • Land of the Midnight Sun
  • Land of the Noonday Moon
  • The Last Frontier
  • Seward's Folly
  • Seward's Ice Box, Icebergia, Polaria, Walrussia, and Johnson's Polar Bear Garden were satirical names coined by members of the U.S. Congress during debate over the Alaska Purchase
  • Motu o Fiafiaga
  • Football Island
  • Apache State
  • Aztec State
  • Baby State
  • Copper State
  • Grand Canyon State
  • Italy of America
  • Sand Hill State
  • Sunset State
  • Sweetheart State
  • Valentine State
  • Bear State
  • Bowie State
  • Hot Springs State
  • Land of Opportunity
  • The Natural State
  • Razorback Crystal State
  • Toothpick State
  • Wonder State
  • El Dorado State
  • The Golden State
  • The Beach State
  • Buffalo Plains State
  • Centennial State
  • Colorful Colorado
  • Columbine State
  • Highest State
  • Lead State
  • Mother of Rivers
  • Rocky Mountain Empire
  • Rocky Mountain State
  • Silver State
  • Ski Country USA
  • Switzerland of America
  • Constitution State
  • Nutmeg State
  • Provision State
  • Blue Law State
  • Freestone State
  • Land of Steady Habits
  • Chemical Capital of the World
  • Corporate Capital
  • Diamond State
  • Blue Hen State or Blue Hen Chicken State
  • The First State
  • Peach State
  • Small Wonder
  • Nation's Capital
  • DMV
  • Inside the Beltway
  • Alligator State
  • Everglade State
  • Flower State
  • Gulf State
  • Orange State
  • Peninsula State or Peninsular State
  • Plywood State
  • Sunshine State
  • Peach State
  • 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. See also Atlanta Crackers: Origin of the name
  • Empire State of the South — Georgia is the largest state in land area east of the Mississippi and was the leading industrial state of the Old South.
  • Goober State — Refers to peanuts, the official state crop.
  • State of Adventure
  • Tano y Chamorro
  • Hub of the Pacific
  • Gateway to Micronesia
  • Aloha State
  • Paradise of the Pacific
  • Pineapple State
  • Rainbow State
  • Youngest State
  • 808 State
  • Gem State
  • Gem of the Mountains
  • Little Ida
  • Spud State
  • Land of Lincoln
  • Prairie State
  • Corn State
  • Garden of the West
  • Hoosier State
  • Hawkeye State
  • America's Heartland
  • Central State
  • Dorothy's Home
  • Free State
  • Midway USA
  • Sunflower State
  • Wheat State
  • Bluegrass State
  • Corn-cracker State
  • The Dark and Bloody Ground State
  • Hemp State
  • Tobacco State
  • Bayou State
  • Creole State
  • Pelican State
  • Sportsman's Paradise
  • Vacationland
  • Pine Tree State
  • Lumber State
  • America in Miniature
  • Chesapeake State
  • Cockade State
  • Free State
  • Monumental State
  • Old Line State
  • Oyster State
  • Queen State
  • Terrapin State
  • Baked Bean State
  • Codfish State
  • The Bay State
  • Old Colony State
  • Pilgrim State
  • The Spirit of America
  • The People's Republic of Massachusetts
  • Taxachusetts
  • The Great Lakes State
  • Water Wonderland and Water-Winter Wonderland
  • The Wolverine State
  • The Mitten State
  • Gopher State
  • Land of 10,000 Lakes
  • New England of the West
  • North Star State
  • State of Hockey
  • ”Minneta”
  • Bread and Butter State
  • Hospitality State
  • Magnolia State
  • The Birthplace of America's Music
  • The Bayou State
  • Bullion State
  • Show-Me State
  • The Gateway to the West
  • Big Sky Country
  • The Last Best Place
  • Treasure State
  • Antelope State
  • Beef State
  • Cornhusker State
  • Bugeating State
  • Blackwater State
  • The Good Life
  • Tree Planters State
  • Battle Born State
  • Sagebrush State
  • Silver State
  • Casino state
  • Granite State
  • The Live Free or Die State
  • Mother of Rivers
  • White Mountain State
  • Garden State
  • The Crossroads of the Revolution
  • Land of Enchantment
  • Land of Sunshine
  • Empire State
  • Excelsior State
  • Old North State
  • Tar Heel State
  • Turpentine State
  • Variety Vacationland
  • First in Flight State
  • First in Freedom
  • Flickertail State
  • Peace Garden State
  • Rough Rider State
  • Sioux State
  • Håfa Adai
  • America's Best Kept Secret
  • Buckeye State
  • Birthplace of Aviation
  • The Heart Of It All
  • Native America
  • Sooner State
  • Beaver State
  • Pacific Wonderland
  • Webfoot State
  • Keystone State
  • Quaker State
  • Coal State
  • Railroad State
  • Isla del Encanto
  • Borinquen
  • Little Rhody
  • Ocean State
  • Rogues Island
  • The Licentious Republic
  • Smallest State
  • Palmetto State
  • Iodine Products State
  • Artesian State
  • Blizzard State
  • Coyote State
  • Land of Infinite Variety
  • The Mount Rushmore State
  • Sunshine State
  • Big Bend State
  • Butternut State
  • Hog and Hominy State
  • The Mother of Southwestern Statesmen
  • Volunteer State
  • Lone Star State
  • America's Caribbean
  • American Paradise
  • Beehive State
  • Mormon State
  • Friendly State
  • Green Mountain State
  • Mother of Presidents
  • Mother of States
  • Horse Country
  • The Old Dominion State
  • Evergreen State
  • Mountain State
  • Panhandle State
  • The Switzerland of America
  • Almost Heaven
  • Badger State
  • America's Dairyland
  • The Mitten State
  • The Copper State
  • The Dairy State
  • Cowboy State
  • Equality State
  • Forever West