List of U.S. state dances

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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]

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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 proposed in 2016–2017 legislative session) [9][10]
District of Columbia Hand dancing 1999 [11]
GeorgiaSquare dance1996 [12]
HawaiiHula1999 [13]
IdahoSquare dance1989 [14]
IllinoisSquare dance1990 [15]
KentuckyClogging2006 [16][17]
LouisianaSquare dance1999 [18]
MarylandSquare dance1994 [19]
MassachusettsSquare dance1990 [20][21]
MinnesotaNone (Square dance was proposed in 1992 and 1994) [22]
MississippiSquare dance1995 [23]
MissouriSquare dance1995 [24]
NebraskaSquare dance1997 [25]
New JerseySquare dance (Official folk dance)1983 [26]
North Carolina Clogging (Official folk dance)2005 [27]
Carolina shag (Official popular dance)
North DakotaSquare dance1995 [28]
OklahomaSquare dance1988 [29]
OregonSquare dance1977 [30]
PennsylvaniaPolka1990
South CarolinaSquare dance (State American Folk Dance) 1994 [31]
The Shag 1984 [32]
TennesseeSquare dance1980 [33]
TexasSquare dance1994 [34]
UtahSquare dance1994 [35]
VirginiaSquare dance2011 [36]
WashingtonSquare dance1979 [37]
WisconsinPolka1993 [38]
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