<P> This is a list of official and notable unofficial terms used to designate the citizens of specific states and territories of the United States . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> State, district or territory </Th> <Th> Official (recommended by U.S. GPO) </Th> <Th> Official, unofficial, or informal alternatives </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> Alabamian </Td> <Td> Alabaman </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alaska </Td> <Td> Alaskan </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> American Samoa † </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> American Samoan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Arizona </Td> <Td> Arizonan </Td> <Td> Sand Cutter </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Arkansas </Td> <Td> Arkansan </Td> <Td> Arkansawyer, Arkie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> California </Td> <Td> Californian </Td> <Td> Californio (archaic) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Colorado </Td> <Td> Coloradan </Td> <Td> Coloradoan (archaic) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Connecticut </Td> <Td> Connecticuter </Td> <Td> Connecticotian, Connecticutensian, Nutmeg, Nutmegger </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Delaware </Td> <Td> Delawarean </Td> <Td> Blue Hen's Chicken, Muskrat </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> District of Columbia † </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Washingtonian </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Florida </Td> <Td> Floridian </Td> <Td> Alligator, Cracker, Fly - Up - the - Creek </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Georgia </Td> <Td> Georgian </Td> <Td> Buzzard, Cracker, Goober - grabber </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Guam † </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Guamanian </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hawaii </Td> <Td> Hawaiian </Td> <Td> Islander, Kama'aina . The Associated Press Stylebook restricts use of "Hawaiian" to people of Native Hawaiian descent . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Idaho </Td> <Td> Idahoan </Td> <Td> Fortune Seekers </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Illinois </Td> <Td> Illinoisan </Td> <Td> Illinoisian, Illinoian, Flatlander, Sucker, Sand - hiller, Egyptian </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Indiana </Td> <Td> Hoosier </Td> <Td> Indianan (former GPO demonym replaced by Hoosier in 2016) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Iowa </Td> <Td> Iowan </Td> <Td> Hawkeye </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kansas </Td> <Td> Kansan </Td> <Td> Sunflower, Jayhawker, Grasshopper </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kentucky </Td> <Td> Kentuckian </Td> <Td> Corncracker </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Louisiana </Td> <Td> Louisianian </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Maine </Td> <Td> Mainer </Td> <Td> Down Easter or Downeaster, Mainiac, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Maryland </Td> <Td> Marylander </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Massachusetts </Td> <Td> Massachusettsan </Td> <Td> Bay Stater (official term used by state government), Massachusettsian, Massachusite, Masshole (derogatory as an exonym; however, it can be affectionate when applied as an endonym) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Michigan </Td> <Td> Michigander </Td> <Td> 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 "Michi gander") </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Minnesota </Td> <Td> Minnesotan </Td> <Td> Gopher </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mississippi </Td> <Td> Mississippian </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Missouri </Td> <Td> Missourian </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Montana </Td> <Td> Montanan </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nebraska </Td> <Td> Nebraskan </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nevada </Td> <Td> Nevadan </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New Hampshire </Td> <Td> New Hampshirite </Td> <Td> New Hampshireman or New Hampshirewoman </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New Jersey </Td> <Td> New Jerseyan </Td> <Td> Jerseyite, New Jerseyite </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New Mexico </Td> <Td> New Mexican </Td> <Td> Spanish: Neomexicano, Neomejicano </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> New Yorker </Td> <Td> Knickerbocker </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> North Carolina </Td> <Td> North Carolinian </Td> <Td> Tar Heel, Tar Boiler, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> North Dakota </Td> <Td> North Dakotan </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Northern Mariana Islands † </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mariana Islander </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ohio </Td> <Td> Ohioan </Td> <Td> Buckeye, Ohian (obsolete) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Oklahoma </Td> <Td> Oklahoman </Td> <Td> Okie, Sooner </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Oregon </Td> <Td> Oregonian </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> Pennsylvanian </Td> <Td> Pennamite, Keystoner </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Puerto Rico † </Td> <Td> Puerto Rican </Td> <Td> Boricua </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rhode Island </Td> <Td> Rhode Islander </Td> <Td> Rhodean, Swamp Yankee </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Carolina </Td> <Td> South Carolinian </Td> <Td> Sandlapper </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Dakota </Td> <Td> South Dakotan </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tennessee </Td> <Td> Tennessean </Td> <Td> Volunteer, Big Bender, Butternut </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Texas </Td> <Td> Texan </Td> <Td> Texian (Anglo - Texan - historical), Tejano (Hispano - Texan), Texican (archaic) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Utah </Td> <Td> Utahn </Td> <Td> Utahan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vermont </Td> <Td> Vermonter </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Virginia </Td> <Td> Virginian </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Virgin Islands † </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Virgin Islander </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Washington </Td> <Td> Washingtonian </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> West Virginia </Td> <Td> West Virginian </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wisconsin </Td> <Td> Wisconsinite </Td> <Td> Badger, Cheesehead </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wyoming </Td> <Td> Wyomingite </Td> <Td> Wyomese </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> State, district or territory </Th> <Th> Official (recommended by U.S. GPO) </Th> <Th> Official, unofficial, or informal alternatives </Th> </Tr>

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