List of U.S. state dances

Many states of the United States have adopted official dances as one of their state symbols. The practice has extended to U.S. territories and Washington, D.C.[1]

Starting in the 1970s, many states adopted square dance as their state dance, the result of a campaign by square dancers to make it the national dance.[2]

Table
State, district,
or territory		DanceYear adopted Ref.
AlabamaSquare dance1981 [3]
ArkansasSquare dance1991 [4]
California West Coast Swing1988 [5][6]
Square dance (Official folk dance)
ColoradoSquare dance1992 [7]
ConnecticutSquare dance1995 [8]
DelawareNone (Maypole 2016–2017) [9][10]
District of Columbia Hand dancing 1999 [11]
GeorgiaSquare dance1996 [12]
HawaiiHula1999 [13]
IdahoSquare dance1989 [14]
IllinoisSquare dance1990 [15]
KentuckyClogging2006 [16]
LouisianaSquare dance1999 [17]
MarylandSquare dance1994 [18]
MassachusettsSquare dance1990 [19][20]
MinnesotaNone (Square dance was proposed in 1992 and 1994)[21]
MississippiSquare dance1995 [22]
MissouriSquare dance1995 [23]
NebraskaSquare dance1997 [24]
New JerseySquare dance (Official folk dance)1983 [25]
North Carolina Clogging (Official folk dance)2005 [26]
Carolina shag (Official popular dance)
North DakotaSquare dance1995 [27]
OklahomaSquare dance1988 [28]
OregonSquare dance1977 [29]
South Carolina The Shag1984 [30]
Square dance (State American Folk Dance)1994 [31]
Richardson waltz (State waltz)2000 [32]
TennesseeSquare dance1980 [33]
TexasSquare dance1994 [34]
UtahSquare dance1994 [35]
VirginiaSquare dance2011 [36]
WashingtonSquare dance1979 [37]
WisconsinPolka1993 [38]

See also

References
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  7. "Symbols & Emblems | Archives". archives.colorado.gov.
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  9. "Chapter3. State Seal, Song, and Symbols", Title 29. State Government: General Provisions, retrieved 2019-05-28
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  13. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol01_Ch0001-0042F/HRS0005/HRS_0005-0021.htm
  14. "Idaho State American Folk Dance, Square Dance, from NETSTATE.COM". www.netstate.com.
  15. "Illinois official Dance". State Symbols. Illinois State museum.
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  19. Folk dance of the Commonwealth, General Laws of Massachusetts, Chapter 2, Section 32.
  20. "State Symbols". Citizen Information Service. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
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  26. "Official State Symbols of North Carolina". North Carolina State Library. State of North Carolina. Archived from the original on 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
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  29. "Square Dance". 8 October 2014.
  30. "SC Statehouse Students' web page, The State Dance - The Shag". South Carolina General Assembly. Archived from the original on 2008-03-18. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
  31. "SC Statehouse Students' web page, The State Folk Dance - The Square Dance". South Carolina General Assembly. Archived from the original on 2008-03-15. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
  32. "SC Statehouse Students' web page, The State Waltz - The Richardson Waltz". South Carolina General Assembly. Archived from the original on 2008-03-15. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
  33. "Tennessee State Folk Dance, Square Dance, from NETSTATE.COM". www.netstate.com.
  34. "Texas Legislature Online - 72(R) History for HCR 153". Texas State Legislature. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
  35. Utah State Folk Dance - Square Dance from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-09-08
  36. "Virginia Emblems And Designations". Virginia State Legislature. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
  37. "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Archived from the original on 2007-03-05. Retrieved 2007-03-05.
  38. "Wis. Stat. § 1.10(2)". State of Wisconsin. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
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