List of demonyms for U.S. States and territories - wikipedia List of demonyms for U.S. States and territories This is a list of official and notable unofficial terms used to designate the citizens of specific states and territories of the United States. List State, district or territory Official ( recommended by U.S. GPO ) Official, unofficial, or informal alternatives Alabama Alabamian Alabaman, Bammer Alaska Alaskan Ice Chipper American Samoa † American Samoan Arizona Arizonan Sand Cutter Arkansas Arkansan Arkansawyer, Arkie California Californian Californio ( archaic ) Colorado Coloradan Coloradoan ( archaic ) Connecticut Connecticuter Connecticotian, Connecticutensian, Nutmeg, Nutmegger Delaware Delawarean Blue Hen 's Chicken, Muskrat District of Columbia † Washingtonian Florida Floridian Alligator, Cracker, Fly - Up - the - Creek Georgia Georgian Buzzard, Cracker, Goober - grabber Guam † Guamanian Hawaii Islander, Kama'aina. The Associated Press Stylebook restricts use of `` Hawaiian '' to people of Native Hawaiian descent. Idaho Idahoan Fortune Seekers Illinois Illinoisan Illinoisian, Illinoian, Flatlander, Sucker, Sand - hiller, Egyptian Indiana Hoosier Indianan ( former GPO demonym replaced by Hoosier in 2016 ) Iowa Iowan Hawkeye Kansas Kansan Sunflower, Jayhawker, Grasshopper Kentucky Kentuckian Corncracker Louisiana Louisianian Cajun Maine Mainer Down Easter or Downeaster, Mainiac, Pine Tree, Fox Maryland Marylander Massachusetts Massachusettsan Bay Stater ( official term used by state government ), Massachusettsian, Massachusite, Masshole ( derogatory as an exonym ; however, it can be affectionate when applied as an endonym ) Michigan Michigander Michigander, Wolverine, Michiganite, Yooper / Troll ( for residents of the Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula, respectively ), Michigoose ( used specifically for female residents, as a play on `` Michi gander '' ) Minnesota Minnesotan Gopher Mississippi Mississippian Missouri Missourian Montana Montanan Nebraska Nebraskan Cornhusker Nevada Nevadan New Hampshire New Hampshirite New Hampshireman or New Hampshirewoman, Granite Stater New Jersey New Jerseyan Jerseyite, New Jerseyite New Mexico New Mexican New York New Yorker Knickerbocker, Empire Stater, North Carolina North Carolinian Tar Heel, Tar Boiler, North Dakota North Dakotan NoDak Northern Mariana Islands † Mariana Islander Ohio Ohioan Buckeye, Ohian ( obsolete ) Oklahoma Oklahoman Okie, Sooner Oregon Oregonian Oregoner, Beaver Pennsylvania Pennsylvanian Pennamite, Keystoner Puerto Rico † Puerto Rican Boricua Rhode Island Rhode Islander Rhodean, Swamp Yankee South Carolina South Carolinian Sandlapper South Dakota South Dakotan Tennessee Tennessean Volunteer, Big Bender, Butternut Texas Texan Texian ( Anglo - Texan - historical ), Tejano ( Hispano - Texan ), Texican ( archaic ) Utah Utahn Utahan Vermont Vermonter Virginia Virginian Virgin Islands † Virgin Islander Washington Washingtonian Toner West Virginia West Virginian Mountaineer Wisconsin Wisconsinite Badger, Cheesehead Wyoming Wyomingite Wyomese, Wyomingian † - Not officially a U.S. state, rather a U.S. territory or district. See also Geography portal Demonym List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names List of adjectivals and demonyms for astronomical bodies List of adjectivals and demonyms for continental regions List of adjectivals and demonyms for subcontinental regions List of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nations List of adjectivals and demonyms for cities References Constructs such as ibid., loc. cit. and idem are discouraged by Wikipedia 's style guide for footnotes, as they are easily broken. Please improve this article by replacing them with named references ( quick guide ), or an abbreviated title. ( March 2018 ) ^ Jump up to : U.S. Government Publishing Office Style Manual. 2016. § 5.23. Jump up ^ Safire, William ( June 26, 1994 ). `` On Language : Foam Fell on Alabama ''. The New York Times. Safire reports that after he used the word `` Alabaman '' in a column, he received a letter from Vic Gold that said in part, `` The natives, I have learned to my sorrow, prefer Alabamian. '' Jump up ^ `` The State of Alabama ''. Netstate. Jump up ^ Common state demonyms ^ Jump up to : Op cit, # 4 Jump up ^ `` The State of Arizona - An Introduction to the Grand Canyon State from ''. Netstate.Com. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 22. Jump up ^ Arkansawyer definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta. Archived from the original on 2009 - 11 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Ar kie ''. Dictionary.infoplease.com. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 22. Jump up ^ Writers Style Guide. Colorado State University. p. 62,. Retrieved January 2, 2009. The correct name for a person from Colorado is Coloradan ( not Coloradoan ). Jump up ^ Quillen, Ed ( March 18, 2007 ). `` Coloradan or Coloradoan ? ''. The Denver Post. ^ Jump up to : `` The State of Connecticut - An Introduction to the Constitution State from ''. Netstate.Com. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 22. ^ Jump up to : `` The State of Delaware - An Introduction to the First State from ''. Netstate.Com. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 22. ^ Jump up to : `` The State of Florida ''. Netstate. Jump up ^ `` ' Cracker ' Means Something Entirely Different In Florida : A Source Of ' Pride ' ''. Mediaite. Retrieved 18 May 2014. Jump up ^ `` The State of Georgia ''. Netstate. Retrieved 22 July 2017. Jump up ^ `` The State of Hawaii - An Introduction to the Aloha State from ''. Netstate.Com. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 22. Jump up ^ Christian, Darrel ; Jacobsen, Sally A. ; Minthorn, David, eds. ( 2013 ). The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law. New York, NY : Basic Books. p. 112. ISBN 9780465082995. Jump up ^ `` The State of Idaho ''. Netstate. Jump up ^ Jim Fitzgerald ( 1987 - 10 - 06 ). `` A Friend Escapes To Illinois... And Now Is A Flatlander ! ''. ChicagoTribune.com. Jump up ^ `` The State of Illinois - An Introduction to the Prairie State from ''. Netstate.Com. 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History of New York During the Revolutionary War. New York : New York Historical Society. p. 465. Jump up ^ Nagy, Naomi ; Irwin, Patricia ( July 2010 ). `` Boston ( r ) : Neighbo ( r ) s nea ( r ) and fa ( r ) ''. Language Variation and Change. 22 ( 2 ) : 270. Jump up ^ `` ' Masshole ' among newest words added to Oxford English Dictionary ''. masslive.com. Retrieved 27 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` The State of Michigan - An Introduction to the Great Lakes State from ''. Netstate.Com. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 22. Jump up ^ Marckwardt, Albert H. ( 1952 ). `` Wolverine and Michigander ''. Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review. LVIII : 203 -- 8. Jump up ^ Sperber, Hans ( February 1954 ). `` Words and Phrases in American Politics : Michigander ''. American Speech. 29 ( 1 ) : 21 -- 7. doi : 10.2307 / 453592. ^ Jump up to : `` MDE - Michigan Glossary ''. Michigan.gov. 2008 - 01 - 30. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 22. Jump up ^ `` The State of New Hampshire - An Introduction to the Granite State from ''. Netstate.Com. 2009 - 04 - 13. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 22. Jump up ^ Merriam - Webster Dictionary Jump up ^ New York Knicks, What 's a Knickerbocker ? Jump up ^ Powell, William S. ( March 1982 ). `` What 's in a Name ? : Why We 're All Called Tar Heels ''. Tar Heel. Tar Heel Magazine, Inc. OCLC 005457348. Retrieved 2009 - 07 - 17. Jump up ^ `` The State of Ohio - An Introduction to the Buckeye State from ''. Netstate.Com. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 22. Jump up ^ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ohian. Missing or empty title = ( help ) Jump up ^ Stewart, Roy P. ( December 20, 1968 ). `` Postal Card Proves Sooners Were ' Okies ' Way Back In 1907 ''. The Daily Oklahoman. p. 9, col. 2. Now comes Mrs. Agness Hooks of Thomas with a postal card mailed at Newcastle, Ind. in 1907, address to a Miss Agness Kirkbridge, with the salutation : ' Hello Okie -- Will see you next Monday night. ' Signed : Myrtle M. Pence. Mrs. Hooks says Agness Kirkbridge was an aunt of hers. The Kirkbridge family came to Oklahoma Territory in 1904 and settled south of Custer City. Jump up ^ `` The State of Oklahoma - An Introduction to the Sooner State from ''. Netstate.Com. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 22. Jump up ^ Ibid. Jump up ^ `` History of ''. Luzerne County. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 22. Jump up ^ `` Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ''. Retrieved 2015 - 09 - 02. Jump up ^ `` The Providence Journal Rhode Island breaking news, sports, politics, business, entertainment, weather and traffic - providencejournal.com - Providence Journal ''. Projo.com. 2012 - 07 - 17. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 22. Jump up ^ http://www.sciway.net/hist/sandlapper.html Jump up ^ `` The State of Tennessee - An Introduction to the Volunteer State from ''. Netstate.Com. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 22. Jump up ^ de la Teja, Jesus F. ( 1997 ). `` The Colonization and Independence of Texas : A Tejano Perspective ''. In Rodriguez O., Jaime E. ; Vincent, Kathryn. 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