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	Dance	Year adopted	Ref.
Alabama	Square dance	1981	[3]
Arkansas	Square dance	1991	[4]
California	West Coast Swing	1988	[5][6]
	Square dance (Official folk dance)
Colorado	Square dance	1992	[7]
Connecticut	Square dance	1995	[8]
Delaware	None (Maypole proposed in 2016–2017 legislative session)		[9][10]
District of Columbia	Hand dancing	1999	[11]
Georgia	Square dance	1996	[12]
Hawaii	Hula	1999	[13]
Idaho	Square dance	1989	[14]
Illinois	Square dance	1990	[15]
Kentucky	Clogging	2006	[16][17]
Louisiana	Square dance	1999	[18]
Maryland	Square dance	1994	[19]
Massachusetts	Square dance	1990	[20][21]
Minnesota	None (Square dance was proposed in 1992 and 1994)		[22]
Mississippi	Square dance	1995	[23]
Missouri	Square dance	1995	[24]
Nebraska	Square dance	1997	[25]
New Jersey	Square dance (Official folk dance)	1983	[26]
North Carolina	Clogging (Official folk dance)	2005	[27]
	Carolina shag (Official popular dance)
North Dakota	Square dance	1995	[28]
Oklahoma	Square dance	1988	[29]
Oregon	Square dance	1977	[30]
Pennsylvania	Polka	1990
South Carolina	Square dance (State American Folk Dance)	1994	[31]
	The Shag	1984	[32]
Tennessee	Square dance	1980	[33]
Texas	Square dance	1994	[34]
Utah	Square dance	1994	[35]
Virginia	Square dance	2011	[36]
Washington	Square dance	1979	[37]
Wisconsin	Polka	1993	[38]

See also

• United States portal

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