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This is a list of official U.S. state dances:^[1]

State	State dance	Year & Citation
Alabama	Square Dance	1981^[2]
Alaska	None
Arizona	None
Arkansas	Square Dance
California	West Coast Swing	^[3]
California	Square Dance (official folk dance)	^[3]
Colorado	Square Dance
Connecticut	Square Dance
Delaware	None
Florida	None
Georgia	Square Dance
Hawaii	Hula
Idaho	Square Dance
Illinois	Square Dance	1990^[4]
Indiana	None
Iowa	None
Kansas	None
Kentucky	Clogging	2006^[5]
Louisiana	Second line
Maine	None
Maryland	Square Dance
Massachusetts	Square Dance	1990^[6]^[7]
Michigan	None
Minnesota	square dance
Mississippi	Square Dance	1995^[8]
Missouri	Square Dance
Montana	None
Nebraska	Square Dance
Nevada	None
New Hampshire
New Jersey	Square Dance
New Mexico	None
New York	Lindy Hop
North Carolina	Clogging (official folk dance)	2005^[9]
North Carolina	Carolina Shag (official popular dance)	2005^[9]
North Dakota	Square Dance
Ohio	Charleston
Oklahoma	Square Dance
Oregon	Square Dance
Pennsylvania	Polka
Rhode Island	None
South Carolina	The Shag	1984^[10]
	Square dance (State American Folk Dance)	1994^[11]
	Richardson waltz (State waltz)	2000^[12]
South Dakota
Tennessee	Square Dance
Texas	Texas Two-Step
Utah	Square Dance	1994^[13]
Vermont	None
Virginia	Virginia Reel
Washington	Square Dance	1979^[14]
West Virginia	None
Wisconsin	Polka	1993^[15]
Wyoming	None

See also

Lists of U.S. state insignia

References

^ Official State Dances, NetState.com, accessed April 21, 2006.
^ "Official American Folk Dance of Alabama". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History. 2001-07-12. http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_dance.html. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
^ ^a ^b "History and Culture - State Symbols". The California State Library. State of California. 2007. http://www.library.ca.gov/history/symbols.html. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
^ "Illinois official Dance". State Symbols. Illinois State museum. http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/symbols/dance.html.
^ "Kentucky State Symbols". Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives. 2007-03-30. http://kdla.ky.gov/resources/KYSymbols.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-02.
^ Folk dance of the Commonwealth, General Laws of Massachusetts, Chapter 2, Section 32.
^ "State Symbols". Citizen Information Service. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cismaf/mf1a.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
^ Official State Dances from NETSTATE
^ ^a ^b "Official State Symbols of North Carolina". North Carolina State Library. State of North Carolina. http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/NC/SYMBOLS/SYMBOLS.HTM#dances. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
^ "SC Statehouse Student's web page, The State Dance - The Shag". South Carolina General Assembly. http://www.scstatehouse.net/studentpage/shag.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
^ "SC Statehouse Student's web page, The State Folk Dance - The Square Dance". South Carolina General Assembly. http://www.scstatehouse.net/studentpage/square.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
^ "SC Statehouse Student's web page, The State Waltz - The Richardson Waltz". South Carolina General Assembly. http://www.scstatehouse.net/studentpage/waltz.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
^ Utah State Folk Dance - Square Dance from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-09-08
^ "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. http://www1.leg.wa.gov/Legislature/StateSymbols/. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
^ "Wisconsin State Symbols". State of Wisconsin. http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/core/wisconsin_state_symbols.html. Retrieved 2007-07-11.

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