How people in US States are called

It’s common knowledge that people living in Florida are called Floridians and that, on the West Coast, the people living in California are straightforwadly called Californians.

Those two States have made it easy on us but some other ones, like Massachussetts have generally unknown demonyms like Massachusites which merely has a few hundred hits in the Google Search engine!

So in order to help everybody make sense of how people are called in the 50 US States, here’s the updated list, straight from the Wikipedia but with a few adjustments, here and there.

Now, you’ll be able to impress your “Mississippian” friends by merely knowing how they’re called.

State/territory	Adjective	Demonym
State/territory	Adjective		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	Hawaiians	“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), Massachusites (traditional)
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