What do you call people in all 50 states?
The official(?) names of people who live in all 50 states of the USA.
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@patrickboldea599
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
The general rule about “New Yorker” as a demoynm is that only the governor or state officials can refer to people from New York State as “New Yorkers” but in every other context New Yorker just means someone from the five boroughs. In all other contexts, people will just refer to themselves as being from or of a region within the state.
@sparsehumor7521
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
As a dude for CT ive taken to calling people from my state Conneticunts. I don't think that ones catching on with our governor tho.
@grandlordkaching9560
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
9:08 in “Mt. McKinley, the pioneer climbs” by Terris Moore, there is reference to a man from Maine as a “State of Mainer”, not sure if this is in opposition to any other sort of Mainer?
@christophertaylor952
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
@JJMcCullough you didn’t do enough research 😩😩😩 Maine People are called “Mainers” all the time, New Hampshirites and Massholes are next door. 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
@GarrettMerkin
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
Born in Connecticut and it's Connecticuter. I always wanted it to be Connecticutian (Connecti-cution, the tion like in the word nation).
@7MAO_DED
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
Yankees
@Mrtorrespony
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
There American abc book I read
@lvademetre6792
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
theyre called demonyms right?
@revibard-harvey6919
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
Apparently during the days of the Republic of Texas Hispanic people were exclusively called Tejaños and white people were exclusively called Texians but somewhere along the line we all became Texans. Given how proud we are of our unique history and identity I'm shocked that I only learned this last year.
@tomsenior7405
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
What do you call people in all 50 states? My best guess is Cupid Stunts.
@daarkengeist
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
As a lifelong West Virginian, I am deeply sorry that you had to watch anything Jim Justice had to say.
@California.sun77
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
The first sign that somebody is a transplant in Colorado is when they say "Coloradoan" instead of "Coloradan".
@TimeForTjer
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
3:29 Wait, Alabamians or Alabamans? It's mildly interesting if this one changes in a way the other A-Ending-States in that list don't
@awsmguy175
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
demonym
@HarryPurvis-i5j
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
People from Minnesota: HEROS
@glaxtar
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
I think we call these things demonyms. Some really interesting ones in the UK
@Arjunkathiravan
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
THe amount of those words that sounded like slurs.
@DenimNinja
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
As someone of at least the 4th Generation of my family to be born and raised in Colorado, I can tell you that, in fact, older generations do say "Coloradoans." The term "Coloradans" is a newer development.
@LARAUJO_0
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
17:07 Yes there is: demonyms, which literally means "people names"
@mattman221
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
God the flash bang of kotek ragebaited me
@homicidal_duck
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
Crazy that Americans know how to pronounce "shire" in "New Hampshire", but revert straight back to Hobbit pronunciation when referring to the original Hampshire
@TwoGoblinsInATrenchCoat
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
Connecticutter is still the funniest option for Connecticut.
@owenkepler3474
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
I used to live in New Hampshire, and I’m pretty sure we called ourselves New Hampshirites.
@igedamilare-x4y
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
Hi
@C.I.A67
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
I hate going to the Oregonist
@meccalovett4616
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
As a Hoosier myself, I love that we’re called that because it’s so random and mysterious. Like, why are we like this?
@awesomeshortfilms5104
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
17:06 Demonyms! That’s the word you’re looking for
@mattsteadystudio4006
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
There is actually a word for identifying people based on location: demonym.
@OnusofStrife
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
In Connecticut we prefer Nutmegger. But, the governor is correct we never use this demonym in practice. The US Government says is some crazy thing like Connecticuter or something. No one would dare use this term ever nor have I ever heard it used.
@NicklasZande
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
People in Connecticut do have a name, they're unofficially called "Nutmeggers", after their nickname, the "Nutmeg State", just as Indiana's residents are referred to as "Hoosiers".
@Bumpersam
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
As a Hoosier, my favorite explanation of where the term originated is the explanation offered by "The Hoosier Poet," James Whitcomb Riley. He claimed that Hoosier originated in the pugnacious habits of our early settlers. They were enthusiastic and vicious fighters who gouged, scratched and bit off noses and ears. This was so common an occurrence that a settler coming into a tavern the morning after a fight and seeing an ear on the floor would touch it with his toe and casually ask, "Whose ear?"
@annuitcoeptis9997
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
I just tried to find this video to rewatch it:
"JJ McCullough demonyms"
"JJ McCullough US demonyms"
"JJ McCullough hoosiers"
– didn't find it.
What term worked?
"JJ McCullough states"
…
@bororusrooroo8010
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
What I would name the people if I was in charge:
New Hampshirites
Coneticcans
Masachuts
The Maine People
Wyomers
Hawai'landers
@SusanRice-h1r
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
A Massachusetts citizen is actually….a Bay Stater…..it being known as the bay state…..and any person from Maine would say Mainer
@SusanRice-h1r
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
Most people outside Massachusetts call people from Massachusetts…..MassHoles
@KirAnimation.
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
JJ sacrificed himself to watch state speeches from every US states so that we don't have to
@JacksonForster-i1y
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
Jersey people are called bad drivers they can't even fill their own gas
@MisakiMeiCurse
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
People from wyoming are called wyominites. 🥀
@NorseNorman
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
5:50 There are a lot of demonyms for people of 'old' Jersey – our Chief Minister and Jersey's politicians often use the term 'islanders' to be inclusive for everyone in Jersey considering our large transient immigrant population. Otherwise we use the term 'Jersey' (by itself, without a suffix) to refer to people who are island-born (~45% of our population). 'Locals' and 'island/local-born' are also used. For people who are ethnically indigenous (~20-35% of our population) a term that is becoming more common is 'Jèrriais/Jèrriaise'.
@SchlieffenSchlieff
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
Other interesting words like this are international, like “Briton” for Britain, and “Frenchmen” for France.
@welcometomynightmare1983
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
You missed the mark a bit on New Hampshire as someone who grew up there they definitely refer to them as granite staters
@sachemofboston3649
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
If you look back to the origin of Massachusetts the state is named after the Massachusett people who spoke Massachusett, so technically the name for somebody from Massachusetts is a Massachusett.
Colloquially we just call ourselves Massholes.
@randyhelzerman
June 13, 2026 at 12:48 pm
Actually, New Yorkers call themselves "New Yawkers."
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