List of U.S. state songs
48 states of the United States (except Maryland and Virginia) have a state song, chosen by the state legislature as a symbol of the state. On July 1st 2021 Maryland My Maryland as state song was repealed. Some states have more than one official state song.
| State | State song | State Law |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | "Alabama" (not the Kurt Weill song)
"Sweet Home Alabama" (unofficial) | |
| Alaska | "Alaska's Flag" | |
| Arizona | "Arizona" | |
| Arkansas | "Arkansas" "Oh, Arkansas"" "The Arkansas Traveler" (former) | |
| California | "I Love You, California" "California, Here I Come" (unofficial) | |
| Colorado | "Where the Columbines Grow"
"Rocky Mountain High" | |
| Connecticut | "Yankee Doodle" | |
| Delaware | "Our Delaware" | |
| Florida | "(Way Down Upon The) Swannee River" ("Old Folks At Home") "Florida" "Florida, My Florida" | |
| Georgia | "Georgia on My Mind" | |
| Hawaii | "Hawai'i pono'i" | |
| Idaho | "Here We Have Idaho" | |
| Illinois | "Illinois" | |
| Indiana | "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away"
"Back Home Again in Indiana" (unofficial) | |
| Iowa | "The Song of Iowa" "Iowa State Fight Song" "The Bells of Iowa State" | |
| Kansas | "Home on the Range" | |
| Kentucky | "My Old Kentucky Home" "Blue Moon of Kentucky" (bluegrass song) | |
| Louisiana | "Give Me Louisiana" "Every Man A King" "You Are My Sunshine" "Belle Louisiane" (unofficial French song) | |
| Maine | "State of Maine Song" | |
| Maryland Repealed 7-1-2021 | "Maryland, My Maryland" (to the tune of "O Tannenbaum") | |
| Massachusetts |
"All Hail to Massachusetts," words and music by Arthur J. Marsh - official song | |
| Michigan | "My Michigan" "Michigan, My Michigan" (unofficial) | |
| Minnesota | "Hail! Minnesota" | |
| Mississippi | "Go Mis-sis-sip-pi" | |
| Missouri | "Missouri Waltz" | |
| Montana | "Montana" "Montana Melody" | |
| Nebraska | "Beautiful Nebraska" | |
| Nevada | "Home Means Nevada" | |
| New Hampshire | "Old New Hampshire"- official "New Hampshire, my New Hampshire" - honorary "New Hampshire Hills" - honorary "Autumn in New Hampshire" - honorary "New Hampshire's Granite State" - honorary "Oh, New Hampshire" - honorary "The Old Man of the Mountain" - honorary "The New Hampshire State March" - honorary "New Hampshire Naturally" - honorary | |
| New Jersey | Hail, New Netherland "Be Proud To Be In New Jersey" | - by Mark Winter & Ellen Winter, nominated as official "New Jersey State Song" by the NJ State Council on the Arts in 1996. "Born To Run (unofficial)" - popularly associated with state |
| New Mexico | "O Fair New Mexico" (English) "Así Es Nuevo Méjico" (Spanish) "Land of Enchantment" (Ballad) "New Mexico - Mi Lindo Nuevo México" (bilingual) | |
| New York | "I Love New York" | |
| North Carolina | "The Old North State" | |
| North Dakota | "North Dakota Hymn" | |
| Ohio | "Beautiful Ohio" "Hang on Sloopy" | |
| Oklahoma | "Oklahoma!" "Faded Love" "Oklahoma, My Native Land" | |
| Oregon | "Oregon, My Oregon" | |
| Pennsylvania | "Pennsylvania" | |
| Rhode Island | "Rhode Island" "Rhode Island, It's for Me" | |
| South Carolina | "Carolina" | |
| South Dakota | "Hail, South Dakota!" | |
| Tennessee | "My Homeland, Tennessee" "When It's Iris Time in Tennessee" "My Tennessee" "The Tennessee Waltz" "Rocky Top, Tennessee" | |
| Texas | "Texas, Our Texas" "Bluebonnets" | |
| Utah | "Utah, This is the Place" (until recently "Utah, We Love Thee") | |
| Vermont | "These Green Mountains" (until recently "Hail, Vermont!") | |
| Virginia | (No official state song) "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia" (state song emeritus) "Shenandoah (interim state song) | |
| Washington | "Washington, My Home" (almost "Louie Louie") | |
| West Virginia | "The West Virginia Hills" "This Is My West Virginia" "West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home" "Take Me Home, Country Roads" | |
| Wisconsin | "On Wisconsin" | |
| Wyoming | "Wyoming" |