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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.
| Jurisdiction | Recommended by USGPO | Alternatives | ||||
| Official | Unofficial | Archaic | Non-English | |||
| Alabama | Alabamian | Alabaman | ||||
| Alaska | Alaskan | |||||
| American Samoa | American Samoan | Samoan: Amerika Samoa | ||||
| Arizona | Arizonan | Arizonian | Spanish: Arizonense | |||
| Arkansas | Arkansan | Arkansasan, Arkansawyer, Arkie | ||||
| California | Californian | Prune Picker, Californios | Spanish: Californio, Californiano, californiana | |||
| Colorado | Coloradan | Coloradoan | Spanish: Coloradino, coloradina Spanish: Coloradeño, coloradeña | |||
| Connecticut | Connecticuter | Nutmegger | ||||
| Delaware | Delawarean | Blue Hen's Chicken, Muskrat | ||||
| District of Columbia | Washingtonian | |||||
| Florida | Floridian | Alligator, Fly-Up-the-Creek | Spanish: Floridiano, floridiana | |||
| Georgia | Georgian | Buzzard, Cracker, Goober-grabber | ||||
| Guam | Guamanian | Chamorro: Tåotåo Guåhån | ||||
| Hawaii | Hawaii resident | Islander, Kamaʻāina. The Associated Press Stylebook restricts use of "Hawaiian" to people of Native Hawaiian descent. | Hawaiian: Kamaʻāina | |||
| Idaho | Idahoan | |||||
| Illinois | Illinoisan | Illinoisian, Illinoian, Flatlander, Sucker, Sand-hiller, Egyptian | ||||
| Indiana | Hoosier | Indianan (former GPO demonym replaced by Hoosier in 2016) | Indianian | |||
| Iowa | Iowan | Hawkeye | ||||
| Kansas | Kansan | Grasshopper, Jayhawker, Sunflower | ||||
| Kentucky | Kentuckian | Corncracker, Kentuckyan | ||||
| Louisiana | Louisianian | Louisianan | French: Louisianais Spanish: Luisiano, luisiana | |||
| Maine | Mainer | Down Easter or Downeaster, Mainiac, Yankee (rare) | ||||
| Maryland | Marylander | |||||
| Massachusetts | Massachusettsan | Bay Stater (official term used by state government) and Citizen of the Commonwealth (identifier used in state law) | Massachusettsian, Massachusite, Masshole (derogatory as an exonym; however, it can be affectionate when applied as an endonym) | |||
| Michigan | Michigander | Michigander | Michiganian, Wolverine, Michiganite, Yooper/Troll (for residents of the Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula, respectively), Michigoose (used specifically for female residents, as a play on "Michigander") | |||
| Minnesota | Minnesotan | Minne | ||||
| Mississippi | Mississippian | |||||
| Missouri | Missourian | Missouran | French: Missourien Spanish: Misuriano | |||
| Montana | Montanan | Spanish: Montanés, montanesa | ||||
| Nebraska | Nebraskan | Cornhuskers | Bugeaters | |||
| Nevada | Nevadan | Spanish: Nevadeño, nevadeña Spanish: Nevadense | ||||
| New Hampshire | New Hampshirite | New Hampshireman or New Hampshirewoman, Granite Stater, Granite Boys | ||||
| New Jersey | New Jerseyan | New Jerseyite | ||||
| New Mexico | New Mexican | Spanish: Neomexicano, neomexicana, Neomejicano, neomejicana | ||||
| New York | New Yorker | Knickerbocker | Spanish: Neoyorquino, neoyorquina | |||
| North Carolina | North Carolinian | Tar Heel, Tar Boiler | Spanish: Norcarolino, norcarolina | |||
| North Dakota | North Dakotan | Spanish: Nordakotense | ||||
| Northern Mariana Islands | Mariana Islander | Chamorro: Tåotåo Mariånas | ||||
| Ohio | Ohioan | Buckeye | Ohian | |||
| Oklahoma | Oklahoman | Okie, Sooner | ||||
| Oregon | Oregonian | |||||
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvanian | Penn, Quaker, Pennamite | Pennsylvania Dutch: Pennsylvanier | |||
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rican | Boricua | Spanish: Puertorriqueño, puertorriqueña | |||
| Rhode Island | Rhode Islander | Swamp Yankee | ||||
| South Carolina | South Carolinian | Sandlapper | Spanish: Sudcarolino, sudcarolina | |||
| South Dakota | South Dakotan | Spanish: Sudakotense | ||||
| Tennessee | Tennessean | Volunteer, Butternut | Big Bender | Spanish: Tennesiano, tennesiana | ||
| Texas | Texan | Texian (Anglo-Texan - historical), Tejano (Hispano-Texan) | Texican (archaic) | Spanish: Texano, texana Spanish: Tejano, tejana | ||