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| State | Motto | Nickname |
| Alabama | Audemus
jua nostra defendere (We Dare Defend Our Rights) |
The Heart of Dixie |
| Alaska | North to the Future | The Great Land |
| Arizona | Ditat
Deus (God Enriches) |
The Grand Canyon State |
| Arkansas | Regnat
Populus (The People Rule) |
The Natural State |
| California | Eureka
(I have found it) |
The Golden State |
| Colorado | Nil
Sine Numine Nothing Without Providence |
The
Mile-High State The Centennial State |
| Connecticut | Qui
Transtulit Sustinet (He Who Transplanted still sustains) |
The Constitution State |
| Delaware | Liberty and Independence | The First State |
| Florida | In God We Trust | The Sunshine State |
| Georgia | Wisdom, justice, and moderation | The Peach State |
| Hawaii | Ua
mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono (The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness) |
The Aloha State |
| Idaho | Esto
Perpetua (It is Perpetual) |
The Gem State |
| Illinois | State sovereignty, national union | The Prairie State |
| Iowa | Our
liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain |
The Hawkeye State |
| Indiana | The Crossroads of America | The Hoosier State |
| Kansas | Ad
Astra per Aspera (To the Stars Through Difficulties) |
The Sunflower State |
| Kentucky | United we stand, divided we shall fall | The Bluegrass State |
| Louisiana | Union, justice and confidence | The Pelican State |
| Maine | Dirigo (I Direct) | The Pine Tree State |
| Maryland | Fatti
Maschii Parole Femine (Strong Deeds, Gentle Words) |
The Old Line State |
| Massachusetts | Ense
Petit Placidam Sub Libertate Quietem (By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty) |
The Bay State |
| Michigan | Si
Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumsice (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you) |
The Wolverine State |
| Minnesota | L'Etoile
du Nord (The Star of the North) |
The Land of 10,000 Lakes |
| Mississippi | Virtute
et Armis (By Valor and Arms) |
The South's Warmest Welcome |
| Missouri | Salus
Populi Suprema Lex Esto (The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law) |
The Show Me State |
| Montana | Gold and Silver | Big Sky Country |
| Nebraska | Equality before the law | Cornhusker State |
| Nevada | All for our country | The Silver State |
| New Hampshire | Live free or die | The Granite State |
| New Jersey | Liberty and Prosperity | The Garden State |
| New Mexico | Crescit Eundo (It Grows as It Goes) | Land of Enchantment |
| New York | Exelsior
(Ever Upward) |
The Empire State |
| North Carolina | Esse
Quam Videri (To Be Rather than to Seem) |
The Tar Heel State |
| North Dakota | Liberty
and union, now and forever, one and inseparable |
Peace Garden State |
| Ohio | With God, all things are possible | The Buckeye State |
| Oklahoma | Labor
Omnia Vincit (Labor Conquers All Things) |
The Sooner State |
| Oregon | Alis
Volat Propriis (She Flies with Her Own Wings) |
The Beaver State |
| Pennsylvania | Virtue, liberty and independence | The Keystone State |
| Rhode Island | Hope | The Ocean State |
| South Carolina | Animis
Opibusque Parati (Prepared in Mind and Resources) |
The Palmetto State |
| South Dakota | Under God, the people rule | The Mount Rushmore State |
| Tennessee | Agriculture and commerce | The Volunteer State |
| Texas | Friendship | The Lone Star State |
| Utah | Industry | The Beehive State |
| Vermont | Freedom and unity | The Green Mountain State |
| Virginia | Sic Semper Tyrannis (Thus Always to Tyrants) | The Old Dominion |
| Washington | Al-ki (By and By) | The Evergreen State |
| West Virginia | Montani
Semper Liberi (Mountaineers are Always Free) |
The Mountain State |
| Wisconsin | Forward | The Badger State |
| Wyoming | Equal Rights | The Cowboy State |
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