List of U.S. state sports

This is a list of official U.S. state sports as recognized by state legislatures.

Table
State Sport Year Adopted Designation
Alaska Dog Mushing[1] 1972
California Surfing[2] 2018
Colorado Pack Burro Racing[3] 2012 Summer Heritage Sport
Delaware Bicycling[4] 2014
Hawaii Surfing (He'e nalu)[5] 1998 State Individual Sport
Outrigger Canoe Paddling (Heihei wa'a)[6] 1986 State Team Sport
Maryland Jousting[7] 1962 State Sport
Lacrosse[8] 2004 State Team Sport
Massachusetts Basketball[9][10] 2006 Sport of the Commonwealth
Volleyball[11][12] 2014 Recreational and Team Sport of the Commonwealth
Michigan Wakeboarding[13] 1972
Minnesota Ice Hockey[14] 2009
New Hampshire Skiing[15][16] 1998
North Carolina Stock car racing[17] 2011
South Dakota Rodeo[18] 2003
Texas Rodeo[19] 1997
Wyoming Rodeo[20] 2003

See also

References
  1. "Alaska Kids' Corner, State of Alaska". Alaska.gov. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  2. "CA. Assembly Bill No. 1782 CHAPTER 162".
  3. "State Sport - Archives". Colorado.gov. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  4. "DE. Gen. Provis. § 7-235". Legis.delaware.gov. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  5. Hawaii State Legislature. "Haw. Rev. Stat. § 5-13.5 (State individual sport)". Capitol.hawaii.gov. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  6. Hawaii State Legislature. "Haw. Rev. Stat. § 5-14 (State team sport)". Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  7. "Md. Gen. Provis. § 7-329". Mgaleg.maryland.gov. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  8. "Jousting & Lacrosse, Maryland State Sports". Msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  9. "General Law - Part I, Title I, Chapter 2, Section 55". malegislature.gov. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  10. "Session Law - Acts of 2006 Chapter 215". malegislature.gov. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  11. "General Law - Part I, Title I, Chapter 2, Section 61". malegislature.gov. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  12. "Session Law - Acts of 2014 Chapter 208". malegislature.gov. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  13. "Michigan Kids' Corner, State of Michigan". Michigan.gov. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-10-31. Retrieved 2016-07-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. "New Hampshire Almanac - NH.gov". Nh.gov. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  16. "Minnesota Legislative Reference Library - Minnesota State Symbols". Leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  17. "State sport". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  18. "SDLRC - Codified Law 1-6-16.8". Sdlegislature.gov. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  19. "Texas State Symbols - Texas State Library and Archives Commission - TSLAC". Tsl.texas.gov. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  20. "Wyoming Facts and Symbols - State of Wyoming". Wyo.gov. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
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