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State Holidays
Below is a list of the official holidays of every U.S. state—plus
Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands—on which state
employees have the day off.
This list does not include election-related days or federal holidays,
even when given a different or additional name. For instance, while many
states designate Washington's Birthday as Presidents' Day or Washington
and Lincoln's Birthday, we don't include such variations below.
The federal holidays are New Year's
Day (Jan. 1), Martin Luther King
Jr.'s Birthday (third Mon. in Jan.), George Washington's
Birthday (third Mon. in Feb.), Memorial Day
(last Mon. in May), Independence Day
(July 4), Labor
Day (first Mon. in Sept.), Columbus Day
(second Mon. in Oct.), Veterans Day
(Nov. 11), Thanksgiving
Day (fourth Thurs. in Nov.), and Christmas Day
(Dec. 25).
When a designated date falls on the weekend, the holiday is usually
moved to the preceding Friday or following Monday.
January, February, March
- Jan. 2, New
Year's: Ky., Mich.
- Jan. 6, Three
Kings' Day: P.R., V.I.
- Jan. (second Mon.), De Hostos's Birthday: P.R.
- Jan. (Friday before third Mon.), Lee-Jackson Day: Va.
- Jan. 19, Confederate Heroes'
Day: Tex.
- Feb. 12, Lincoln's
Birthday: Conn., Ill., Mo., N.J., N.Y.
- March (first Mon.), Casimir Pulaski Day,
Illinois
- March (first Mon.), Guam Discovery Day, Guam
- March 2, Texas
Independence Day: Tex.
- March (first Tues.), Town Meeting Day: Vt.
- March 17, Evacuation Day:
Mass. (in Suffolk County)
- March 22, Emancipation
Day: P.R.
- March 26, Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day: Hawaii
- March (last Mon.), Seward Day:
Alaska
- March 31, Cesar Chavez Day:
Calif., Colo.
- March 31, Transfer Day: V.I.
Moveable Feasts
(Variable holidays, falling on different dates every year.)
- Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras
Day: Ala. (in Baldwin and Mobile Counties), La.
- Holy Thursday, Holy Thursday:
V.I.
- Good Friday, Good
Friday: Conn., Del., Guam, Hawaii, Ind., Ky. (half day), La., N.J.,
N.C., N.D., P.R., Tenn.
- Day after Easter, Easter Monday:
V.I.
April, May, June
- April (third Mon.), Patriots Day: Maine,
Mass.
- April (third Mon.), De Diego's Birthday: P.R.
- April 21, San
Jacinto Day: Tex.
- April (fourth Mon.), Confederate
Memorial Day: Ala.
- April 26, Confederate
Memorial Day: Ga.
- April (last Mon.), Confederate
Memorial Day: Miss.
- April (last Fri.), Arbor Day:
Nebr.
- May 10, Confederate
Memorial Day: S.C.
- June (first Mon.), Jefferson
Davis' Birthday: Ala.
- June 11, King
Kamehameha I Day: Hawaii
- June 17, Bunker Hill
Day: Mass. (in Suffolk County)
- June 19, Emancipation
Day: Tex.
- June 20, West
Virginia Day: W.Va.
- June (third Mon.), Organic Act
Day: V.I.
July, August, September
- July 3, Emancipation Day: V.I.
- July (third Mon.) Rivera's Birthday: P.R.
- July 21, Liberation Day: Guam
- July 24, Pioneer
Day: Utah
- July 25, Constitution Day: P.R.
- July 27, Barbosa's Birthday: P.R.
- July (fourth Mon.) Hurricane Supplication Day: V.I.
- Aug. (second Mon.), Victory Day:
R.I.
- Aug. 16, Bennington Battle
Day: Vt.
- Aug. (third Fri.), Statehood Day:
Hawaii
October, November, December
- Oct. 18, Alaska Day:
Alaska
- Oct. (third Mon.), Hurricane Thanksgiving Day: V.I.
- Oct. (last Fri.), Nevada Day: Nev.
- Nov. 1, Liberty Day:
V.I.
- Nov. 2, All Souls'
Day: Guam
- Nov. 19, Discovery Day: P.R.
- Nov. (day after fourth Thurs.), (Day After) Thanksgiving:
Del., Fla., Iowa, Kans., Ky., Md., Mich., Nebr., N.H., N.M., N.C., Pa.,
S.C., Tex., Vt., Va., Wash., W.V.
- Nov. (day after fourth Thurs.), Robert E. Lee's Birthday:
Ga.
- Nov. (day after fourth Thurs.), Lincoln's
Birthday: Ind.
- Nov. (day after fourth Thurs.), Family Day: Nev.
- Nov. 8, Lady of Camarin Day: Guam
- Dec. 24, Christmas Eve:
Ark., Wis.
- Dec. 26, (Day After) Christmas: Ky., Mich., N.C., S.C.,
V.I.
- Dec. 31, New Years
Eve: Wis.
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Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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