(WNTZ) – The odds say you’ve more than likely heard of a Californian or Texan, but what about a Flatlander? These are all examples of demonyms: names used for residents of any particular place.
Some are pretty straightforward, like “Californian,” while others, like “Goober Grabber,” may have you scratching your head.
That’s right, Georgia is well known for being The Peach State, but it has another nickname that dates back to the Civil War, according to Southern Living. Peanuts are also called goobers, and Georgia is famous for its peanut production – according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in 2022 it led all others combined. During the Civil War, recruits from Georgia were reportedly dubbed “goober grabbers” for their love of the snack.
Read the list below to learn your state’s demonym.
States:
- Alabama – Alabamian, Barners
- Alaska – Alaskan
- Arizona – Arizonian, Arizonan, Sonorian
- Arkansas- Arkansan, Arkansawyer, Arkie
- California – Californian
- Colorado – Coloradan
- Connecticut – Connecticuter, Nutmegger
- Delaware – Delawarean, Blue Hen, Chicken
- Florida – Floridian
- Georgia – Georgian, Goober Grabber
- Hawaii – Kamaʻāina, Hawaiian (Indigenous descent)
- Idaho – Idahoan
- Illinois – Illinoisan, Sandhiller
- Indiana – Hoosiers, Indianan
- Iowa – Iowans, Hawkeye
- Kansas – Kansan, Jayhawkers
- Kentucky – Kentuckian, Corn Cracker
- Louisiana – Louisianians
- Maine – Mainers, Down Easter, Yankee
- Maryland – Marylander
- Massachusetts – Massachusettsans, Bay Stater
- Michigan – Michiganders, Michiganian
- Minnesota – Minnesotan, Minne
- Mississippi – Mississippian, Mississippers
- Missouri – Missourian, Missouran
- Montana – Montanans
- Nebraska – Nebraskan, Cornhusker
- Nevada – Nevadan
- New Hampshire – New Hampshirite, Granite Stater
- New Jersey – New Jerseyite, New Jerseyan
- New Mexico – New Mexican
- New York – New Yorkian, Knickerbocker
- North Carolina – North Carolinian, Tar Heel
- North Dakota – North Dakotan
- Ohio – Ohioan – Buckeye
- Oklahoma – Oklahoman, Sooner and Okie
- Oregon – Oregonian (Locals pronounce the final syllable like “gin,” with a hard g)
- Pennsylvania – Pennsylvanians, Penn and Quaker
- Rhode Island – Rhode Islanders, Swamp Yankee
- South Carolina – South Carolinian, Sandlapper
- South Dakota – North Dakotan
- Tennessee – Tennesseans, Volunteers, Butternuts
- Texas – Texan, Texians, Tejano
- Utah – Utahns
- Vermont – Vermonters, Woodchuck, (Those who move to Vermont from elsewhere are dubbed “Flatlanders.”)
- Virginia – Virginian
- Washington – Washingtonian
- West Virginia – Virginian, Mountaineer
- Wisconsin – Wisconsinites, Cheese Heads, Badgers
- Wyoming – Wyomingite, Wyomese
Territories:
- Washington D.C. – Washingtonian
- American Samoa – Samoan Americans
- Guam – Guamanians
- Northern Mariana Islands – Mariana Islanders
- Puerto Rico – Puerto Rican, Boricua
- U.S. Virgin Islands – Virgin Islanders
