List of demonyms for U.S. states and territories

Table columns:
State, district or territory
Official (recommended by U.S. GPO)[1]
Official, unofficial, or informal alternatives

Table rows:
cells: Alabama
Alabamian
Alabaman,[2][3] Bammer[4]
cells: Alaska
Alaskan
Ice Chipper[5]
cells: American Samoa†
American Samoan
cells: Arizona
Arizonan
Sand Cutter[6]
cells: Arkansas
Arkansan
Arkansawyer,[7] Arkie[8]
cells: California
Californian
Californio (archaic)
cells: Colorado
Coloradan
Coloradoan (archaic)[9][10]
cells: Connecticut
Connecticuter
Connecticotian,[11] Connecticutensian,[11] Nutmeg,[11] Nutmegger[11]
cells: Delaware
Delawarean
Blue Hen's Chicken,[12] Muskrat[12][5]
cells: District of Columbia†
Washingtonian
cells: Florida
Floridian
Alligator,[13] Cracker,[14] Fly-Up-the-Creek[13]
cells: Georgia
Georgian
Buzzard, Cracker, Goober-grabber[15]
cells: Guam†
Guamanian
cells: Hawaii
Islander,[16] Kama'aina. The Associated Press Stylebook restricts use of "Hawaiian" to people of Native Hawaiian descent.[17]
cells: Idaho
Idahoan
Fortune Seekers[18]
cells: Illinois
Illinoisan
Illinoisian, Illinoian, Flatlander,[19] Sucker, Sand-hiller, Egyptian[20]
cells: Indiana
Hoosier
Indianan (former GPO demonym replaced by Hoosier in 2016)[1]
cells: Iowa
Iowan
Hawkeye[21]
cells: Kansas
Kansan
Sunflower, Jayhawker, Grasshopper[22]
cells: Kentucky
Kentuckian
Corncracker[23]
cells: Louisiana
Louisianian
Cajun
cells: Maine
Mainer
Down Easter or Downeaster,[24] Mainiac,[25] Pine Tree, Fox[citation needed]
cells: Maryland
Marylander
cells: Massachusetts
Massachusettsan
Bay Stater (official term used by state government),[26] Massachusettsian,[27] Massachusite,[28][29] Masshole (derogatory[30] as an exonym; however, it can be affectionate when applied as an endonym[31])
cells: Michigan
Michigander
Michigander,[32] Wolverine,[33][34] Michiganite, Yooper/Troll (for residents of the Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula, respectively),[35] Michigoose (used specifically for female residents, as a play on "Michigander")[35]
cells: Minnesota
Minnesotan
Gopher
cells: Mississippi
Mississippian
cells: Missouri
Missourian
cells: Montana
Montanan
cells: Nebraska
Nebraskan
Cornhusker[5]
cells: Nevada
Nevadan
cells: New Hampshire
New Hampshirite
New Hampshireman or New Hampshirewoman,[36] Granite Stater[5]
cells: New Jersey
New Jerseyan
Jerseyite, New Jerseyite
cells: New Mexico
New Mexican
cells: New York
New Yorker
Knickerbocker,[37][38] Empire Stater,[5]
cells: North Carolina
North Carolinian
Tar Heel, Tar Boiler,[39]
cells: North Dakota
North Dakotan
NoDak[5]
cells: Northern Mariana Islands†
Mariana Islander
cells: Ohio
Ohioan
Buckeye,[40] Ohian (obsolete)[41]
cells: Oklahoma
Oklahoman
Okie,[42] Sooner[43]
cells: Oregon
Oregonian
Oregoner,[5] Beaver[44]
cells: Pennsylvania
Pennsylvanian
Pennamite,[45] Keystoner
cells: Puerto Rico†
Puerto Rican
Boricua[46]
cells: Rhode Island
Rhode Islander
Rhodean, Swamp Yankee[47]
cells: South Carolina
South Carolinian
Sandlapper[48]
cells: South Dakota
South Dakotan
cells: Tennessee
Tennessean
Volunteer, Big Bender, Butternut[49]
cells: Texas
Texan
Texian (Anglo-Texan - historical),[50] Tejano (Hispano-Texan), Texican (archaic)
cells: Utah
Utahn
Utahan
cells: Vermont
Vermonter
cells: Virginia
Virginian
cells: Virgin Islands†
Virgin Islander
cells: Washington
Washingtonian
Toner[5]
cells: West Virginia
West Virginian
Mountaineer[5]
cells: Wisconsin
Wisconsinite
Badger,[51] Cheesehead[52][53]
cells: Wyoming
Wyomingite
Wyomese,[54] Wyomingian[5]

Questions about this table:
originalText: what do you call a person from arkansas
answer: answerTexts: Arkansan