The odds say you’ve more than likely heard of a Californian or Texan, but what about a Flatlander?
(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
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