US States with most name recognition around the world? (fit in, 2013)

[Brave New World]

Originally Posted by GeoffD

People know New York as a city, not as a state. It’s Paris. Nobody knows Ile de France. People know Frankfurt, not Hesse.

Of the lower 48, I’ll go with Florida, California, and Texas.

Exactly, it tends to certain cities or tourist areas within states rather than the whole states.

In terms of New York it's New York City, whilst in terms of Florida it's the tourist beaches and Disneyland etc, whilst in California it's areas such as Los Angeles, San Francisco and the Napa Valley wine region.

As for New England it's most popular during Autumn (the Fall) and some areas are more tourist orientated than others, whilst Texas also has it's tourist areas and cities.

[nasser1990]

Texas- Arizona-Florida- Tennessee

[svelten]

Hawaii is probably the very top spot, like absolutely everyone with basic education is going to know it even if they don't understand the concept of a US State but moreso as a destination. California a close second, it's in all kinds of songs and cultural icons and identities.

Florida and Texas are close behind but people might know very little about them, just the general ideas.

Other famous places are known more by their cities than states (i.e. Las Vegas, New York, Boston). There are loads of people around the world that have no idea what Nevada or Massachusetts are, nor realize New York is a State.

[Davy-040]

Originally Posted by Davy-040

for people in the Netherlands i guess...

Most (not in order): Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, California, Colorado, Texas, Mississippi, Florida, New Jersey, New York

Least (not in order): Idaho, Wyoming, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Delaware, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine

This needs a update...

from most to least name recognition:

Tier 1:
Hawaii, California, Texas, Florida

Tier 2:
Alaska, Utah, Colorado, New Jersey, New York

Tier 3:
Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia's

Tier 4:
Washington, Oregon, Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Carolina's

Tier 5:
Nevada, New Mexico, Wyoming, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Dakota's

Tier 6:
Idaho, Montana, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Georgia, Maryland, Delaware

Tier 7:
Arkansas, Missouri, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine

[danielj72]

I would say only Canadians really know our states. There have been many exercises where Europeans (including Brits) have been asked to label our states on a map and it is not pretty. They know about as little about the states as we do about the subdivisions of European countries. They hear about California and New York from movies and that is the extent of their knowledge. Vermont? Nebraska? Michigan? You can forget about any chance of them knowing a thing about them or where they are.

[Brave New World]

Originally Posted by danielj72

I would say only Canadians really know our states. There have been many exercises where Europeans (including Brits) have been asked to label our states on a map and it is not pretty. They know about as little about the states as we do about the subdivisions of European countries. They hear about California and New York from movies and that is the extent of their knowledge. Vermont? Nebraska? Michigan? You can forget about any chance of them knowing a thing about them or where they are.

In 2019, 4.8 million Britons visited the US. Almost a third of them – 1.4 million – went to the “Sunshine State” of Florida, whilst 1.3 million visited New York City.

The other major tourists destinations are California and more especially Los Angeles and San Francisco, Nevada in relation to Las Vegas, Hawaii and New England in the Fall.

In terms of business travellers main destinations include New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C, San Francisco, Houston, Seattle etc.

I really don't think most Brits have much knowledge of what Americans refer to as the fly over states and Brits tend to go to areas that involve shorter flights, such as NYC or Florida when compared to California.

Brits generally just want sunshine and entertainment in terms of beach holidays, whilst in terms of shopping and entertainment cities NYC is by far the most popular, although Los Angeles and San Francisco are destinations many Brits would like to visit, however the East Coast and Florida involves less flying time.

[Anhityk]

I think everybody knows: California, Florida, New York, Alaska,Texas, Hawaii.

Little known: Iowa, Idaho, Ohio (well, I think these three names are all pretty similar ; ), Vermont, Wyoming, Arkansas, Nebraska etc.

[EduardoFinatto]

The states of California, Florida, Texas, Hawaii and Alaska are the most famous overall, even if only by the names and stereotypes.

Las Vegas and New York City are famous, but Nevada and New York state are unknown by a lot of people.

[cmptrwlt]

Overall: California, Florida and Texas
Least known: I guess Iowa and Rhode Island

Many do not know that Washington is a state located in the Pacific Northwest.

Minnesota is well-known in Norway due to the large-scale emigration in the 1800s and early 20th century. Most Norwegians ended up in the Midwest (Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas).

[Brave New World]

Originally Posted by cmptrwlt

Overall: California, Florida and Texas
Least known: I guess Iowa and Rhode Island

Many do not know that Washington is a state located in the Pacific Northwest.

Minnesota is well-known in Norway due to the large-scale emigration in the 1800s and early 20th century. Most Norwegians ended up in the Midwest (Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas).

Washington is probably more well known among the British as it's named after George Washington, whose ancestors were British, and the North West Coast of the US has strong ties to Canada and links to Britain.

Mount Rainier, the highest mountain in Washington State is named after British Royal Navy Officer Rear Admiral Peter Rainier who was a close friend of British Royal Navy Captain George Vancouver, who had a city in British Columbia in Canada named after him.

Rhode Island is part of New England and has historic ties to Britain, whilst both the East and West coast have a few British names in common such as Portland, an historic naval town in Britain.

Washington State, with it's beautiful scenery and wild life and vibrant cities, has increasingly become a tourist destination, albeit not on the same scale as Florida, California or NYC.

British Columbia and many other areas of Canada are also fantastic and extremely beautiful tourist destinations.