| | slave state; free state; Alabama, Heart of Dixie, Camellia State, AL; Alaska, Last Frontier, AK; Arizona, Grand Canyon State, AZ; Arkansas, Land of Opportunity, AR; California, Golden State, CA, Calif.; Colorado, Centennial State, CO; Connecticut, Nutmeg State, Constitution State, CT; Delaware, Diamond State, First State, DE; Florida, Sunshine State, Everglade State, FL; Georgia, Empire State of the South, Peach State, GA; Hawaii, Aloha State, HI; Idaho, Gem State, ID; Illinois, Prairie State, Land of Lincoln, IL; Indiana, Hoosier State, IN; Iowa, Hawkeye State, IA; Kansas, Sunflower State, KS; Kentucky, Bluegrass State, KY; Louisiana, Pelican State, LA; Maine, Pine Tree State, ME; Maryland, Old Line State, Free State, MD; Massachusetts, Bay State, Old Colony, MA; Michigan, Wolverine State, Great Lakes State, MI; Minnesota, Gopher State, North Star State, MN; Mississippi, Magnolia State, MS; Missouri, Show Me State, MO; Montana, Treasure State, MT; Nebraska, Cornhusker State, NE; Nevada, Silver State, Battle Born State, Sagebrush State, NV; New Hampshire, Granite State, NH; New Jersey, Garden State, NJ; New Mexico, Land of Enchantment, NM; New York, New York State, Empire State, NY; North Carolina, Old North State, Tar Heel State, NC; North Dakota, Peace Garden State, ND; Ohio, Buckeye State, OH; Oklahoma, Sooner State, OK; Oregon, Beaver State, OR; Pennsylvania, Keystone State, PA; Rhode Island, Little Rhody, Ocean State, RI; South Carolina, Palmetto State, SC; South Dakota, Coyote State, Mount Rushmore State, SD; Tennessee, Volunteer State, TN; Texas, Lone-Star State, TX; Utah, Beehive State, Mormon State, UT; Vermont, Green Mountain State, VT; Virginia, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA; Washington, Evergreen State, WA; West Virginia, Mountain State, WV; Wisconsin, Badger State, WI; Wyoming, Equality State, WY |