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This is a 'list of U.S. state nicknames' -- both official and traditional (official state nicknames are in 'bold').

State	Nickname(s)
Alabama (No official Nickname)	★ Cotton State Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors ★ Heart of Dixie[1] ★ Yellowhammer State ★ Stars Fell on Alabama
Alaska	★ Great Land ★ Land of the Midnight Sun ★ 'Last Frontier'
Arizona	★ Apache State ★ Copper State ★ 'Grand Canyon State'
Arkansas	★ Bear State ★ Land of Opportunity ★ 'Natural State' ★ Wonder State ★ Razorback State ★ What a State!
California	★ El Dorado State ★ 'Golden State' ★ Golden West ★ Grape State ★ Land of Milk and Honey ★ Land of Fruits and Nuts (derisive) ★ Entertainment State ★ Land of the Fires ★ Movie State
Colorado	★ Buffalo Plains State Colorado - disused ★ 'Centennial State' Colorado State Name and Nicknames ★ Colorful Colorado ★ Columbine State Colorado State Flower ★ Highest State ★ Lead State - disused ★ Mother of Rivers ★ Rocky Mountain State Colorado - disused ★ Rocky Mountain Empire Denver ★ Silver State - disused ★ Switzerland of America
Connecticut	★ Arsenal of the Nation ★ 'Constitution State'STATE OF CONNECTICUT, Sites º Seals º Symbols; ''Connecticut State Register & Manual''; retrieved on January 4, 2007 ★ Land of Steady Habits ★ Nutmeg State ★ Provisions State
Delaware	★ Diamond State ★ 'First State' ★ Land of Tax-Free Shopping ★ Small Wonder ★ Blue Hen State
District of Columbia	★ Chocolate City ★ The Federal City ★ The District
Florida	★ Peninsula State ★ Tropical State ★ Everglades State ★ Citrus State ★ Flower State ★ Manatee State ★ Orange State ★ 'Sunshine State'
Georgia	★ 'Peach State' ★ Empire State of the South ★ Cracker State ★ Goober State
Hawaii	★ 'Aloha State' ★ Pineapple State ★ Rainbow State
Idaho	★ 'Gem State' ★ Potatoland
Illinois Illinois	★ 'Land of Lincoln' ★ Prairie State ★ The Corn State ★ The Sucker State (for a type of fish) ★ Garden of the West
Indiana	★ Crossroads of America ★ 'Hoosier State' ★ Hospitality State
Iowa	★ 'Hawkeye State' ★ Tall Corn State ★ Land of the Rolling Prairie ★ Land of never ending corn
Kansas	★ Bleeding Kansas ★ Jayhawk State ★ 'Sunflower State' ★ Wheat State
Kentucky	★ 'Bluegrass State'
Louisiana	★ Bayou State ★ Child of the Mississippi ★ Creole State ★ 'Pelican State' ★ Sportsman's Paradise ★ Sugar State
Maine	★ Down East ★ 'Pine Tree State' ★ Vacationland ★ Canada's Florida,
Maryland	★ Cockade State ★ Free State ★ Monumental State ★ 'Old Line State' ★ Terrapin State
Massachusetts	★ 'Bay State' ★ Colony State ★ Old Colony ★ The Spirit of America ★ Taxachusetts
Michigan	★ 'Great Lakes State' ★ Mitten State ★ Winter Water Wonderland ★ Wolverine State
Minnesota	★ Gopher State ★ Land of 10,000 Lakes ★ Land of Lakes ★ Land of Sky-Blue Waters ★ 'North Star State'
Mississippi	★ Hospitality State ★ 'Magnolia State'
Missouri	★ Bullion State ★ Cave State ★ Gateway State ★ Lead State ★ Ozark State ★ 'Show Me State'
Montana	★ Big Sky Country ★ The Last Best Place ★ 'Treasure State'
Nebraska	★ Beef State ★ 'Cornhusker State' ★ Tree Planter's State
Nevada	★ Battle-Born State ★ Sagebrush State ★ 'Silver State'
New Hampshire	★ 'Granite State' State of New Hampshire Division of Travel and Tourism Development ★ Mother of Rivers ★ White Mountain State ★ Switzerland of America
New Jersey	★ 'Garden State' ★ The Crossroads of the Revolution
New Mexico	★ The Colorful State ★ 'The Land of Enchantment'
New York	★ 'Empire State'
North Carolina	★ 'Old North State' ★ Tar Heel State ★ Turpentine State
North Dakota	★ Flickertail State ★ 'Peace Garden State' ★ Rough Rider State ★ Sioux State
Ohio	★ 'Buckeye State' ★ Birthplace of Aviation It's official: Ohio IS the birthplace of aviation ★ Mother of Modern Presidents
Oklahoma	★ Land of the Red Man ★ Sooner State
Oregon	★ 'Beaver State' ★ Union State ★ Pacific Wonderland Oregon's license plate from 1960 to circa 1966
Pennsylvania	★ Liberty Bell State ★ Independence State ★ 'Keystone State' ★ Quakers State
Rhode Island	★ Little Rhody ★ 'Ocean State' ★ Plantation State
South Carolina	★ 'Palmetto State' ★ Smiling Faces, Beautiful Places ★ Iodine Products State - disused Iodine
South Dakota	★ Coyote State ★ Land of Infinite Variety ★ 'Mount Rushmore State' ★ Sunshine State
Tennessee	★ Butternut State ★ 'Volunteer State'
Texas	★ Cowboy State ★ 'Lone Star State'
Utah	★ 'Beehive State' ★ Mormon State
Vermont	★ 'Green Mountain State'
Virginia	★ Mother of Presidents ★ 'Old Dominion'
Washington	★ Evergreen State[2]
West Virginia	★ 'Mountain State' ★ Panhandle State
Wisconsin	★ America's Dairyland ★ America's Bread Basket ★ 'Badger State' ★ Cheese State
Wyoming	★ Cowboy State ★ 'Equality State' ★ Park State

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References

1. Heart of Dixie
2. Symbols of Washington State


★ Information about U.S. State Nicknames