Template:Adjectivals and demonyms for US states
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Note: In the U.S.A., states' names are used as adjectives as well as nouns; adding -an or other such suffix to a state's name produces a demonym, not an adjective.[citation needed] This is unlike elsewhere in the English-speaking world.[citation needed]
| State/territory | Adjective | Demonym | |
|---|---|---|---|
| colloquial | |||
| Alabama | Alabamian | Alabamians | |
| Alaska | Alaskan | Alaskans | |
| Arizona | Arizonan | Arizonans | |
| Arkansas | Arkansan | Arkansans | |
| California | Californian | Californians | |
| Colorado | Coloradan | Coloradans, Coloradoans | |
| Connecticut | Connecticuters | "Nutmeggers" | |
| Delaware | Delawarean | Delawareans | |
| Florida | Floridian | Floridians | |
| Georgia | Georgian | Georgians | |
| Hawaii | Hawaiian | Hawaiians² | "Islanders" Hawaiian: "Kamaʻāina" (natives) "Malihini" (non-natives) |
| Idaho | Idahoan | Idahoans | |
| Indiana | Hoosier | "Hoosiers" | |
| Illinois | Illinoisan | Illinoisans | |
| Iowa | Iowan | Iowans | "Hawkeyes" |
| Kansas | Kansan | Kansans | |
| Kentucky | Kentuckian | Kentuckians | |
| Louisiana | Louisianan | Louisianans, Louisianians | |
| Maine | Mainers | "Down Easters" | |
| Maryland | Marylanders | "Free-Staters" "Old Liners" |
|
| Massachusetts | Bay Staters (official),[1] Massachusites (traditional)[2][3] | ||
| Michigan | Michiganders, Michiganians | ||
| Minnesota | Minnesotan | Minnesotans | |
| Mississippi | Mississippian | Mississippians | |
| Missouri | Missourian | Missourians | |
| Montana | Montanan | Montanans | |
| Nebraska | Nebraskan | Nebraskans | |
| Nevada | Nevadan | Nevadans | |
| New Hampshire | New Hampshirite | New Hampshirites | |
| New Jersey | New Jerseyans, New Jerseyites | ||
| New Mexico | New Mexican | New Mexicans | |
| New York | New Yorkers | ||
| North Carolina | North Carolinian | North Carolinians | "Tar Heels" |
| North Dakota | North Dakotan | North Dakotans | |
| Ohio | Ohioans | "Buckeyes" | |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoman | Oklahomans | "Sooners" |
| Oregon | Oregonian | Oregonians | |
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvanian | Pennsylvanians | |
| Rhode Island | Rhode Islanders | ||
| South Carolina | South Carolinian | South Carolinians | |
| South Dakota | South Dakotan | South Dakotans | |
| Tennessee | Tennessean | Tennessean, volunteers | |
| Texas | Texan | Texans | |
| Utah | Utahn, Utahan | Utahns, Utahans | |
| Vermont | Vermonters | ||
| Virginia | Virginian | Virginians | |
| Washington | Washingtonian | Washingtonians | |
| West Virginia | West Virginian | West Virginians | |
| Wisconsin | Wisconsinites | ||
| Wyoming | Wyomes | ||
- ^ Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 2, Section 35: Designation of citizens of commonwealth. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved on 2008-03-30.: "Bay Staters shall be the official designation of citizens of the commonwealth."
- ^ _____, page 435. Collections, Massachusetts Historical Society. MHS, Boston; 1877. Additional on-line source: Google Books.
- ^ Jones, Thomas, page 465. History of New York During the Revolutionary War, New York Historical Society. Edward Floyd DeLancey, Ed., New York; 1879. Additional on-line source: Google Books.
