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.<ref>Official State Dances, NetState.com, accessed April 21, 2006.</ref>

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.<ref name="AP Square">Template:Cite news</ref>

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State, district, or territory	Dance	Year adopted	Template:Reference column heading
Alabama	Square dance	1981	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Arkansas	Square dance	1991	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
California	West Coast Swing	1988	<ref name="CA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Square dance (Official folk dance)
Colorado	Square dance	1992	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Connecticut	Square dance	1995	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Delaware	None (Maypole proposed in 2016–2017 legislative session)		<ref>Template:Citation</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref>
District of Columbia	Hand dancing	1999	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Georgia	Square dance	1996	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Hawaii	Hula	1999	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Idaho	Square dance	1989	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Illinois	Square dance	1990	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Kentucky	Clogging	2006	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="KRS 2.101">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Louisiana	Square dance	1999	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Maryland	Square dance	1994	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Massachusetts	Square dance	1990	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Minnesota	None (Square dance was proposed in 1992 and 1994)		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Mississippi	Square dance	1995	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Missouri	Square dance	1995	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Nebraska	Square dance	1997	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
New Jersey	Square dance (Official folk dance)	1983	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
North Carolina	Clogging (Official folk dance)	2005	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Carolina shag (Official popular dance)
North Dakota	Square dance	1995	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Oklahoma	Square dance	1988	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Oregon	Square dance	1977	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Pennsylvania	Polka	1990
South Carolina	Square dance (State American Folk Dance)	1994	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	The Shag	1984	citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>
Tennessee	Square dance	1980	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Texas	Square dance	1994	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Utah	Square dance	1994	<ref>Utah State Folk Dance - Square Dance Template:Webarchive from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-09-08</ref>
Virginia	Square dance	2011	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Washington	Square dance	1979	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Wisconsin	Polka	1993	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

• Lists of U.S. state insignia
• Flags of the U.S. states

External links

• "The State Folk Dance Conspiracy: Fabricating a National Folk Dance", originally published in Old-Time Herald, v.4(7) pp. 9–12, Spring 1995. The State Folk Dance Conspiracy: Fabricating a National Folk Dance Accessed 8 Dec 2017