List of demonyms for US states and territories

This is a list of official and unofficial terms used to describe the citizens of specific states, federal district, and territories of the United States of America.

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+ State Recommended by US GPOOthersOfficialUnofficialOldNon-English   Alabamian  Alabaman 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."   Alaskan    American Samoan   Arizonan  Arizonian   Arkansan   Arkansasan, Arkansawyer, Arkie   Californian  Prune Picker,
Californios   Coloradan  Coloradoan   Connecticuter   Connecticotian, Connecticutensian, Nutmeg, Nutmegger   Delawarean   Blue Hen's Chicken, Muskrat   Washingtonian   Floridian   Alligator, Fly-Up-the-CreekGeorgia Georgian    Buzzard, Cracker, Goober-grabber    Guamanian   Hawaii resident   Islander, Kamaʻāina. The Associated Press Stylebook restricts use of "Hawaiian" to people of Native Hawaiian descent.   Idahoan     Illinoisan   Illinoisian, Illinoian, Flatlander, Sucker, Sand-hiller, Egyptian   Hoosier  Indianan (former GPO demonym replaced by Hoosier in 2016), Indianian (archaic)   Iowan   Hawkeye   Kansan    Grasshopper, Jayhawker, Sunflower   Kentuckian   Corncracker, Kentuckyan   Louisianian   Louisianan    Mainer   Down Easter or Downeaster, Mainiac, (term used in reference to Maine author Kenneth Roberts) Yankee (rare)   Marylander     Massachusettsan Bay Stater (official term used by state government) and Citizen of the Commonwealth (identifier used in state law): "Bay Staters shall be the official designation of citizens of the commonwealth."  Massachusettsian, Massachusite, Masshole (derogatory as an exonym; however, it can be affectionate when applied as an endonym)   Michiganian  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 "Michigander")   Minnesotan   MinneMississippian   Missourian   Missouran    Montanan     Nebraskan   Bugeaters (fake) or Cornhuskers   Nevadan     New Hampshirite New Hampshireman or New Hampshirewoman, Granite Stater, Granite Boys   New Jerseyan   New Jerseyite   New Mexican  , Neomexicano definition by Royal Spanish Academy (Real Academia Española)  New York New Yorker   KnickerbockerNew York Knicks, What's a Knickerbocker?   North Carolinian   Tar Heel, Tar Boiler   North Dakotan      Mariana Islander   Ohioan   BuckeyeOhian   Oklahoman   Okie, Sooner   Oregonian     Pennsylvanian   Penn, Quaker, PennamitePennsylvania Dutch: Pennsylvanier   Puerto Rican   Boricua   Rhode Islander   Swamp Yankee   South Carolinian   Sandlapper   South Dakotan     Tennessean   Volunteer, ButternutBig Bender  Texan  Texian (Anglo-Texan - historical), Tejano (Hispano-Texan), Texican (archaic)   Utahn   Utahian, Utahan   Vermonter   Woodchuck  Virgin Islands Virgin Islander     Virginian    Washington Washingtonian     West Virginian   Mountaineer   Wisconsinite   Badger, Cheesehead, Sconnie, Wisconsonian, Wisconsese   Wyomingite   Wyomese, Wyomingian

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