The map above shows what you call someone from each US state, what is known as Demonym. It also color codes them based on if it ends in (a)n, (e)r, ian, or ite.
The names come from the U.S. Government Publishing Office Style Manual, but are not always the only ones used.
Here’s a full list below along with some alternatives (some of which are quite old):
| US State/Territory | USGPO Recommendation | Alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Alabamian | Alabaman |
| Alaska | Alaskan | |
| American Samoa | American Samoan | |
| Arizona | Arizonan | Arizonian |
| Arkansas | Arkansan | Arkansasan, Arkansawyer, Arkie |
| California | Californian | Prune Picker, Californios |
| Colorado | Coloradan | Coloradoan |
| Connecticut | Connecticuter | Nutmegger |
| Delaware | Delawarean | Blue Hen's Chicken, Muskrat |
| District of Columbia | Washingtonian | |
| Florida | Floridian | Alligator, Fly-Up-the-Creek |
| Georgia | Georgian | Buzzard, Cracker, Goober-grabber |
| Guam | Guamanian | |
| Hawaii | Hawaii resident | Islander, Kamaʻāina |
| Idaho | Idahoan | |
| Illinois | Illinoisan | Illinoisian, Illinoian, Flatlander, Sucker, Sand-hiller, Egyptian |
| Indiana | Hoosier | Indianan, Indianian |
| Iowa | Iowan | Hawkeye |
| Kansas | Kansan | Grasshopper, Jayhawker, Sunflower |
| Kentucky | Kentuckian | Corncracker, Kentuckyan |
| Louisiana | Louisianian | Louisianan |
| Maine | Mainer | Down Easter, Mainiac |
| Maryland | Marylander | |
| Massachusetts | Massachusettsan | Bay Stater, Massachusettsian, Massachusite, Masshole |
| Michigan | Michiganian | Michigander, Wolverine, Michiganite, Yooper/Troll |
| Minnesota | Minnesotan | Minne |
| Mississippi | Mississippian | |
| Missouri | Missourian | Missouran |
| Montana | Montanan | |
| Nebraska | Nebraskan | Bugeaters, Cornhuskers |
| Nevada | Nevadan | |
| New Hampshire | New Hampshirite | Granite Stater, Granite Boys |
| New Jersey | New Jerseyan | New Jerseyite |
| New Mexico | New Mexican | |
| New York | New Yorker | Knickerbocker |
| North Carolina | North Carolinian | Tar Heel, Tar Boiler |
| North Dakota | North Dakotan | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Mariana Islander | |
| Ohio | Ohioan | Buckeye, Ohian |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoman | Okie, Sooner |
| Oregon | Oregonian | |
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvanian | Penn, Quaker, Pennamite |
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rican | Boricua |
| Rhode Island | Rhode Islander | Swamp Yankee |
| South Carolina | South Carolinian | Sandlapper |
| South Dakota | South Dakotan | |
| Tennessee | Tennessean | Volunteer, Butternut |
| Texas | Texan | Texian, Tejano, Texican |
| Utah | Utahn | Utahian, Utahan |
| Vermont | Vermonter | Woodchuck |
| United States Virgin Islands | Virgin Islander | |
| Virginia | Virginian | |
| Washington | Washingtonian | |
| West Virginia | West Virginian | Mountaineer |
| Wisconsin | Wisconsinite | Badger, Cheesehead, Sconnie, Wisconsonian, Wisconsese |
| Wyoming | Wyomingite | Wyomese, Wyomingian |
I’m a big fan of the term Swamp Yankee? Which one is your favourite?
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