Every state in the United States has adopted an official state song. Some of the states have changed their state songs over times, but most of them have kept the same song since they adopted it.
These state songs provide an interesting view into the history of each state and what type of environment the state was in while it gained its statehood.
Official US State Songs
Here’s a list of the official state songs for each State in the United States of America along with their publish dates and writers.
| State | Song Title | Songwriter: Words | Songwriter: Music | Year Written |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama (AL) | Alabama | Julia S. Tutwiler | Edna Gockel Gussen | 1931 |
| Alaska (AK) | Alaska's Flag | Marie Drake | Elinor Dusenbury | 1985 |
| Arizona (AZ) | Arizona | Margeret Rowe Clifford | Maurice Blumenthal | 1915 |
| Arkansas (AR) | Arkansas | Wayland Holyfield | Wayland Holyfield | 1987 |
| California (CA) | I Love You, California | F. B. Silverwood | A. F. Frankenstein | 1951 |
| Colorado (CO) | Where the Columbine Grows | A. J. Flynn | A. J. Flynn | 1915 |
| Connecticut (CT) | Yankee Doodle | Anonymous | Anonymous | 1767 |
| Delaware (DE) | Our Delaware | George B. Hynson | M. S. Brown | 1925 |
| Florida (FL) | The Swanee River | Stephen Collins Foster | Stephen Collins Foster | 1851 |
| Georgia (GA) | Georgia on My Mind | Stuart Gorrell | Hoagy Carmichael | 1930 |
| Hawaii (HI) | Hawaii Ponoi | King David Kalakana | Prof. Henry Berger | 1967 |
| Idaho (ID) | Here We Have Idaho | McKinley Helm & Albert J. Tompkins | Sallie Hume-Douglas | 1931 |
| Illinois (IL) | Illinois | C. H. Chamberlain | Archibald Johnston | 1925 |
| Indiana (IN) | On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away | Paul Dresser | Paul Dresser | 1897 |
| Iowa (IA) | The Song of Iowa | S. H. M. Byers | Melody: Tannenbaum | 1911 |
| Kansas (KS) | Home on the Range | Dr. Brewster M. Higley | Daniel F. Kelly | 1873 |
| Kentucky (KY) | My Old Kentucky Home | Stephen Collins Foster | Stephen Collins Foster | 1853 |
| Louisiana (LA) | You Are My Sunshine | Jimmy Davis | Charles Mitchell | 1940 |
| Maine (ME) | State of Maine Song | Roger Vinton Snow | Roger Vinton Snow | 1937 |
| Maryland (MD) | Maryland, My Maryland | James Ryder Randall | James Ryder Randall | 1861 |
| Massachusetts (MA) | All Hail to Massachusetts | Arthur J. Marsh | Arthur J. Marsh | 1966 |
| Michigan (MI) | Michigan, My Michigan | William Otto Miessner | Music: Tannenbaum | 1937 |
| Minnesota (MN) | Hail Minnesota | Anonymous | Anonymous | 1905 |
| Mississippi (MS) | Go, Mississippi | Houston Davis | Houston Davis | 1962 |
| Missouri (MO) | Missouri Waltz | J. R. Shannon | John Valentine Eppel | 1914 |
| Montana (MT) | Montana Melody | Carleen Harvey | LeGrande Harvey | 1983 |
| Nebraska (NE) | Beautiful Nebraska | Jim Fras | Jim Fras | 1967 |
| Nevada (NV) | Home Means Nevada | Bertha Raffetto | Bertha Raffetto | 1933 |
| New Hampshire (NH) | Old New Hampshire | Dr. John F. Holms | Maurice Hoffmann | 1949 |
| New Jersey (NJ) | I'm From New Jersey | Red Mascara | Red Mascara | 1961 |
| New Mexico (NM) | O, Fair New Mexico | Elizabeth Garrett | Elizabeth Garrett | 1917 |
| New York (NY) | I Love New York | Steve Karmen | Steve Karmen | 1900 |
| North Carolina (NC) | The Old North State | William Gaston | Mrs. E. E. Randolph | 1927 |
| North Dakota (ND) | North Dakota Hymn | James W. Foley | Music: The Austrian | 1926 |
| Ohio (OH) | Beautiful Ohio | Ballard MacDonald | Robert A. King | 1918 |
| Oklahoma (OK) | Oklahoma | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rogers | 1953 |
| Oregon (OR) | Oregon, My Oregon | J. A. Buchanan | Henry B. Murtagh | 1927 |
| Pennsylvania (PA) | Pennsylvania | Eddie Khoury | Ronnie Bonner | 1990 |
| Rhode Island (RI) | Rhode Island's It for Me | Charlie Hall | Maria Day | 1996 |
| South Carolina (SC) | Carolina | Henry Timrod | Anne Custin Burgess | 1911 |
| South Dakota (SD) | Hail! South Dakota! | DeeCourt Hammitt | DeeCourt Hammitt | 1943 |
| Tennessee (TN) | When It's Iris Time in Tennessee | Willis Wade Newman | Willis Wade Newman | 1935 |
| Texas (TX) | Texas, Our Texas | William J. Marsh | William J. Marsh | 1929 |
| Utah (UT) | Utah, We Love Thee | Evan Stephens | Evan Stephens | 1895 |
| Vermont (VT) | These Green Mountains | Diane Martin | Rita Burglass | 1999 |
| Virginia (VA) | Carry Me Back to Old Virginia | James Allen Bland | James Allen Bland | 1878 |
| Washington (WA) | Washington, My Home | Helen Davis | Helen Davis | 1959 |
| West Virginia (WV) | The West Virginia Hills | Mrs. Ellen King | H. E. Engle | 1963 |
| Wisconsin (WI) | On, Wisconsin | J. S. Hubbard & Charles D. Rosa | William T. Purdy | 1909 |
| Wyoming (WY) | Wyoming | C. E. Winter | G. E. Knapp | 1955 |
