state nicknames
alabama
heart of dixie/yellowhammer/cotton
alaska
frontier state/land of midnight sun/great land
arizona
grand canyon state
arkansas
land of opportunity
california
golden state
colorado
the centennial state
connecticut
the constitution state/nutmeg state
delaware
the first state/diamond state
florida
the sunshine state/the peninsula state
georgia
the peach state/empire state of the south
hawai'i
the aloha state
idaho
the gem state/the gem of the mountains
illinois
the land of lincoln/prairie state
indiana
the hoosier state
iowa
the hawkeye state/the corn state
kansas
the sunflower state/the jayhawker state
kentucky
the bluegrass state
louisiana
the pelican state
maine
the pine tree state
maryland
the old line state/the free state
Massachusetts
the bay state/the old colony state
michigan
the wolverine state/water wonderland
minnesota
the gopher state/the north star state
mississippi
the magnolia state
missouri
the show me state
montana
the treasure state
newbraska
the corn husker state
nevada
the silver state
new hampshire
the granite state
new jersey
the garden state
new mexico
the land of enchantment
new york
empire state
north carolina
the tarheel state
north dakota
the flickertail state/the sioux state
ohio
the buckeye state
oklahoma
the sooner state
oregon
the beaver state
pennsylvania
the keystone state
rhode island
the ocean state/little rhody
south carolina
the palmetto state
south dakota
the mount rushmore state/sunshine state/the coyote state
tennessee
the volunteer state
texas
the lone star state
utah
the beehive state
vermont
the green mountain state
virginia
the old dominion state/the mother of presidents state
washington
the evergreen state
west virginia
the mountain state
wisconsin
the badger state
wyoming
the equality state