This is a list of demonyms used to designate the citizens of specific states, federal district, and territories of the United States. Official English-language demonyms are established by the United States Government Publishing Office (USGPO); however, many other terms are in common use. Though most states use suffixes in their demonyms, Hawaii is an anomaly, as the USGPO demonym is "Hawaii resident." This is to distinguish people of various ethnic groups who live in Hawaii from the native Hawaiians.
List + Jurisdiction Recommended by USGPO AlternativesOfficialUnofficialArchaic 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 Nutmegger Delawarean Blue Hen's Chicken, Muskrat Washingtonian Floridian Alligator, Fly-Up-the-Creek Georgia 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 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) Michigander MichiganderMichiganian, 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") Minnesotan Mississippian Missourian Missouran Montanan Nebraskan Cornhusker Bugeater Nevadan New Hampshirite New Hampshireman or New Hampshirewoman, Granite Stater, Granite Boys New Jerseyan New Jerseyite New Mexican New York New Yorker KnickerbockerNew York Knicks, What's a Knickerbocker? North Carolinian Tar Heel, Tar Boiler North Dakotan Mariana Islander Ohioan Buckeye Ohian Oklahoman Okie, Sooner Oregonian Pennsylvanian Penn, Quaker, Pennamite 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 Utahn Utahn Utahan (a common exonym not typically used by Utahns) Vermonter Woodchuck Virgin Islands Virgin Islander Virginian Washington Washingtonian West Virginian Mountaineer Wisconsinite Badger, Cheesehead, Sconnie, Wisconsonian, Wisconsese Wyomingite Wyomese, Wyomingian
See also
List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names List of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nations List of adjectivals and demonyms for cities
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