This is a list of official and notable unofficial terms used to designate the citizens of specific states, federal district, and territories of the United States of America.
Jurisdiction | Recommended by US GPO[1] | Alternatives | |||
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Official | Unofficial | Archaic | Non-English | ||
Alabama | Alabamian | Alabaman[2] | |||
Alaska | Alaskan | Russian: аляскинец, romanized: alyaskinets[3] | |||
American Samoa | American Samoan | Samoan: Amerika Samoa | |||
Arizona | Arizonan | Arizonian[4] | Spanish: Arizonense | ||
Arkansas | Arkansan | Arkansasan, Arkansawyer,[5] Arkie[6] | |||
California | Californian | Prune Picker,[7][8][9][10][11][12] | |||
Colorado | Coloradan | Coloradoan[13][14] | |||
Connecticut | Connecticuter | Connecticotian,[15] Connecticutensian,[15] Connecticuteer,[15] | |||
Delaware | Delawarean | Blue Hen's Chicken,[16] Muskrat[16] | |||
District of Columbia | Washingtonian | ||||
Florida | Floridian | Alligator,[17] Fly-Up-the-Creek[17] | Spanish: Floridano | ||
Georgia | Georgian | Buzzard, Cracker, Goober-grabber[18] | |||
Guam | Guamanian | Chamorro: Tåotåo Guåhån | |||
Hawaii | Hawaii resident | Islander,[19] Kamaʻāina. The Associated Press Stylebook restricts use of "Hawaiian" to people of Native Hawaiian descent.[20] | Hawaiian: Kamaʻāina | ||
Idaho | Idahoan | ||||
Illinois | Illinoisan | Illinoisian, Illinoian, Flatlander,[21] Sucker, Sand-hiller, Egyptian[22] | |||
Indiana | Hoosier | Indianan (former GPO demonym replaced by Hoosier in 2016),[1] Indianian (archaic)[23] | |||
Iowa | Iowan | Hawkeye[24] | |||
Kansas | Kansan | Grasshopper, Jayhawker, Sunflower[25] | |||
Kentucky | Kentuckian | Corncracker,[26] Kentuckyan | |||
Louisiana | Louisianian | Louisianan | French: Louisianais Spanish: Luisiano | ||
Maine | Mainer | Down Easter or Downeaster,[27] Mainiac,[28] Yankee (rare) | |||
Maryland | Marylander | ||||
Massachusetts | Massachusettsan | Bay Stater (official term used by state government) and Citizen of the Commonwealth (identifier used in state law)[29] | Massachusettsian,[30] Massachusite,[31][32] Masshole (derogatory[33] as an exonym; however, it can be affectionate when applied as an endonym[34]) | ||
Michigan | Michiganian | Michigander,[35] Wolverine,[36][37] Michiganite, Yooper/Troll (for residents of the Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula, respectively),[38] Michigoose (used specifically for female residents, as a play on "Michigander")[38] | |||
Minnesota | Minnesotan | Minne | |||
Mississippi | Mississippian | ||||
Missouri | Missourian | Missouran | French: Missourien Spanish: Misuriano | ||
Montana | Montanan | ||||
Nebraska | Nebraskan | Bugeaters (fake) or Cornhuskers[39] | |||
Nevada | Nevadan | ||||
New Hampshire | New Hampshirite | New Hampshireman or New Hampshirewoman, Granite Stater, Granite Boys[40] | |||
New Jersey | New Jerseyan | New Jerseyite | |||
New Mexico | New Mexican | Spanish: Neomexicano, Neomejicano[41] | |||
New York | New Yorker | Knickerbocker[42][43] | |||
North Carolina | North Carolinian | Tar Heel, Tar Boiler[44] | |||
North Dakota | North Dakotan | ||||
Northern Mariana Islands | Mariana Islander | Chamorro: Tåotåo Mariånas | |||
Ohio | Ohioan | Buckeye[45] | Ohian[46] | ||
Oklahoma | Oklahoman | Okie,[47] Sooner[48] | |||
Oregon | Oregonian | ||||
Pennsylvania | Pennsylvanian | Penn, Quaker, Pennamite[49] | Pennsylvania Dutch: Pennsylvanier[50] | ||
Puerto Rico | Puerto Rican | Boricua[51] | Puertorriqueña Puertorriqueño | ||
Rhode Island | Rhode Islander | Swamp Yankee[52] | |||
South Carolina | South Carolinian | Sandlapper[53] | |||
South Dakota | South Dakotan | ||||
Tennessee | Tennessean | Volunteer, Butternut[54] | Big Bender | ||
Texas | Texan | Texian (Anglo-Texan - historical),[55] Tejano (Hispano-Texan), Texican (archaic) | |||
Utah | Utahn | Utahian, Utahan | |||
Vermont | Vermonter | Woodchuck[56] | |||
Virgin Islands | Virgin Islander | ||||
Virginia | Virginian | ||||
Washington | Washingtonian | ||||
West Virginia | West Virginian | Mountaineer | |||
Wisconsin | Wisconsinite | Badger,[57] Cheesehead,[58][59] Sconnie,[60] Wisconsonian, Wisconsese | |||
Wyoming | Wyomingite | Wyomese,[61] Wyomingian |