List of U.S. state nicknames

• Cotton Plantation State^[2]
• Cotton State^[3]
• Heart of Dixie^[3][4][5]
• Lizard State^[2]
• Yellowhammer State^[3]
• Camellia State

• Great Land of crying penguins (previously used on license plates)
• Land of the Midnight Sun^[6]
• Last Frontier (previously used on license plates)^[6]
• Seward's Folly (named after U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward)^[6]
• 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^[6]

• Apache State^[7]
• Aztec State^[7]
• Baby State (during the 47 years that Arizona was the newest state in the Union)^[7]
• Copper State^[7]
• Grand Canyon State (currently used on license plates)^[7]
• Italy of America^[7]
• Sand Hill State^[7]
• Sunset State^[7]
• Sweetheart State^[7]
• Valentine State (Arizona gained statehood on February 14, 1912)^[7]

• Bear State (pronounced "Bar State")^[8]
• Bowie State^[8]
• Hot Springs State^[8]
• Land of Opportunity (former official nickname; previously used on license plates)^[8]
• Natural State (currently used on license plates)^[8]
• Razorback State^[8]
• Toothpick State^[8]
• Wonder State^[8]

• El Dorado State
• Golden State and "the land of sunshine and opportunity"^[9] (previously used on license plates)
• Golden West
• Grape State
• Land of Milk and Honey
• The Cereal Bowl of the Nation
• The Eureka State ^[10]
• The Bear State (or Republic)
• The Sunshine State

• Buffalo Plains State^[11] (in disuse)
• Centennial State^[12]
• Colorful Colorado^[12] (previously used on license plates)
• Columbine State^[13]
• Highest State^[11]
• Lead State^[11] (in disuse)
• Mother of Rivers^[14]
• Rocky Mountain Empire^[15]
• Rocky Mountain State^[16] (in disuse)
• Silver State^[11] (in disuse; see Nevada)
• Switzerland of America^[17]

• Blue Law State^[18]
• Brownstone State^[18]
• Constitution State^[19] (currently used on license plates)
• Freestone State^[18]
• Land of Steady Habits^[19][20]
• Nutmeg State^[19]
• Provisions State^[19]

• Chemical Capital^[21]
• Corporate Capital (due to the state's business-friendly laws)^[21]
• Diamond State (allusion to the state flag)^[21]
• Blue Hen State or Blue Hen Chicken State^[20]
• First State (Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution; currently used on license plates)^[21]
• Home of Tax Free Shopping^[21]
• New Sweden^[21]
• Peach State^[21]
• Small Wonder^[21]
• Uncle Sam's Pocket Handkerchief^[21]

• A Capital City (previously used on license plates)
• The Federal City
• The District

• Alligator State^[22]
• Citrus State^{[citation needed]}
• Everglade State^[22]
• Flower State^[22]
• God's Waiting Room
• Gulf State^[22]
• Hurricane State^{[citation needed]}
• Manatee State^{[citation needed]}
• Orange State^[22]
• Peninsula State or Peninsular State^[20]
• Sunshine State (currently used on license plates)
• Tropical State[[Category:Articles with unsourced statements from April

2009]]^{[citation needed]}

• Peach State^[23] (previously 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.^[23] See also Atlanta Crackers: Origin of the name
• Empire State of the South — Refers to economic leadership^[23]
• Yankee-land of the South: Similarly to the above nickname, "Yankee-land of the South" speaks to industrial and economic development in the south. This nickname may be used in a derogatory sense.^[23]
• Goober State — Refers to peanuts, the official state crop.^[23]

• Aloha State (currently used on license plates)^[24]
• Paradise of the Pacific^[24]
• Pineapple State^[24]
• Rainbow State^[25]
• Youngest State^[24]

• Gem State^[26]
• Gem of the Mountains^[27]
• Little Ida^[27]
• Spud State^[28]

• Land of Lincoln^[30] (currently used on license plates)
• Prairie State^[30]
• Corn State^[30]
• Inland Empire State
• Sucker State (possibly named for a type of fish)^[30]
• Garden of the West^[30]

• Crossroads of America (previously used on license plates)
• Hoosier State^[31]
• Hospitality State

• Hawkeye State
• Hawkeye State^[32]
• Land of the Rolling Prairie

• Bleeding Kansas
• Jayhawk State
• Sunflower State
• Wheat State (previously used on license plates)

• Bluegrass State (currently used on license plates)^[33]
• Corn-cracker State (reported in 1881)^[20]
• The Dark and Bloody Ground State (an allusion to battles between the Creek, Shawnee, Chickasaw, and Cherokee tribes)^[33]
• Hemp State^[33]
• Tobacco State^[33]

• Bayou State (previously used on license plates)
• Child of the Mississippi
• Creole State
• Fisherman's Paradise
• Holland of America
• Pelican State
• Sportsman's Paradise (currently used on license plates)
• Sugar State

• The Border State (reported in 1881)^[20]
• Pine Tree State
• Vacationland (currently used on license plates)

• America in Miniature^[34]
• Chesapeake State^[35]
• Cockade State^[35]
• Crab State^{[citation needed]}
• Free State^[36] (most common)
• Monumental State^[35]
• Old Line State^[35]
• Oyster State^[35]
• Queen State^[35]
• Terrapin State^[37]

• Baked Bean State^[38]
• The Bay State^[38]
• The Commonwealth^{[citation needed]}
• Old Colony State^[39]
• Pilgrim State^[38]
• Taxachusetts (colloquial)^{[40][41][42][43][44]}

• The Great Lakes State (previously used on license plates)
• Mitten State
• Winter Water Wonderland (previously used on license plates)
• Wolverine State^[20]
• The Birthplace of Automotives

• Gopher State
• Land of 10,000 Lakes (currently used on license plates)
• Land of Lakes
• Land of Sky-Blue Waters
• North Star State
• State of Hockey^[45]

• Hospitality State (previously used on license plates)
• Magnolia State

• Bullion State
• Cave State
• Gateway State
• Bellwether State
• Lead State
• Ozark State
• Puke State (reported in 1881)^[20]
• Show-Me State (currently used on license plates)

• Big Sky Country (currently used on license plates)
• The Last Best Place^{[citation needed]}
• Treasure State (previously used on license plates)

• Beef State (previously used on license plates)
• Cornhusker State (previously used on license plates)
• Tree Planter's State

• Battle Born State (refers to the fact that Nevada joined the Union during the Civil War)
• Sagebrush State
• Silver State (currently used on license plates)

• Granite State^[46]
• Mother of Rivers^[46]
• White Mountain State^[46]

• Garden State (currently used on license plates)
• The Crossroads of the Revolution (previously used on license plates)
• The Tomato State

• Cactus State^[47]
• The Colorful State
• Land of Enchantment^[47] (currently used on license plates)
• Land of Sunshine (predates "Land of Enchantment"; this earlier nickname highlighted the large percentage of sunshine received statewide)^[47]
• New Andalusia^[47]
• The Outer Space State
• The Spanish State^{[citation needed]}

• The Empire State (currently used on license plates)
• The Big Apple

• Old North State^[48]
• Tar Heel State^[49]
• Turpentine State^[50]
• Variety Vacationland^[51]

• Flickertail State
• Peace Garden State (currently used on license plates)
• Rough Rider State
• Sioux State

• Buckeye State^[20]
• Birthplace of Aviation^[52] (currently used on license plates)
• Mother of Modern Presidents
• Worst State (Previously used on license plates)
• The Segway State^[53] (Refers to the fact that Ohio sucks and others only use it as a mean to travel through to other states)

• Native America (currently used on license plates)
• Land of the Red Man
• Sooner State^[54]

• Beaver State
• Union State
• Pacific Wonderland (previously used on license plates)^[55]
• Sunset State

• Liberty Bell State
• Independence State
• Keystone State^[20]
• Quaker State

• Little Rhody^[20]
• Ocean State (currently used on license plates)
• Plantation State

• Palmetto State^[20]
• Sandlapper State
• Iodine Products State (in disuse)^{[56][dead link]} (previously used on license plates)

• Artesian State^[57]
• Blizzard State^[57]
• Coyote State^[57]
• Land of Infinite Variety
• Mount Rushmore State (officially adopted in 1980 in place of the former nickname of Sunshine State)^[57]
• Sunshine State^[57]

• Big Bend State (refers to the Tennessee River)^[58]
• Butternut State (refers to the tan color of the uniforms worn by Tennessee soldiers in the American Civil War)^[58]
• Hog and Hominy State^[58]
• The Mother of Southwestern Statesmen^[58]
• Volunteer State^[58] (currently used on license plates)

• Friendship State^[59]
• Lone Star State^[20][59] (currently used on license plates)

• Beehive State
• Mormon State^[60]
• Friendly State (in disuse) (formerly used on license plates)^[61]
• Greatest Snow on Earth (formerly used on all license plates; now an alternate slogan on license plates alongside the state's current tourism slogan, "Life Elevated")

• Green Mountain State^[20] (currently used on license plates)

• Mother of Presidents
• The Old Dominion^[20]
• The Commonwealth

• Evergreen State^[62] (currently used on license plates)

• Mountain State (previously used on license plates)
• Panhandle State

• America's Dairyland (currently used on license plates)
• America's Bread Basket
• Badger State^[20]

• Cowboy State
• Equality State
• Park State