STATE: The American Sign Language (ASL) sign for "state"

To sign "state" as in, "the U.S. has 50 states," touch the side of an "S" hand to your left palm and then use a small arc to move the "S" hand to the lower part of palm.

STATE:

STATEWIDE:

If you are referring to STATE as in "a state of shock" or "in an excited state" one way to sign is:

If you mean STATE as in "comment, assert, or articulate" you could sign:

SAY:

TELL:

EXPLAIN:

If you want to convey STATEMENT, here are some options:

statement-[title / topic / phrase / QUOTE]:

LANGUAGE / sentence / statement / string of words / line of words:

If you are more specifically referring to a "bank statement" you can sign:

statement / PAPER:

States:

Note: Some states and cities have signs others you fingerspell.

Alabama:  Fingerspell "ALA"

Alaska: Fingerspell "Alaska" or do the "fur around face" sign.

ALASKA-[advanced/casual version]:

Arizona: Fingerspell "Arizona" or do the "A" at the corners of the mouth sign.

Arkansas:  Fingerspell "ARK" 

California:  ILY-hand index fingertip to earlobe swing once into a "Y"-hand.

 
Colorado:  Do a "C" arc on the forearm or sign [COLOR and spell "do" or "ado"] or spell Fingerspell "Colorado" (Some people just spell "COLO" but that feels weird to me.)

COLOR + DO-[version]:

Connecticut:  CONN

Delaware:  DEL

Florida:  FLA

Georgia:  GA

Hawaii:  Spell or H-FACE or FACE

HAWAII-[initialized-version]:

HAWAII-[non-initialized-version] / face / looks:

Idaho:  Spell or "potato"

Illinois:  Spell ILL but it ends up looking like ILY sign.

Indiana:  IND  (Using a bit of a bounce)

INDIANA-[version]:

Iowa:  Spell

Kansas: Spell, or KAN-(some-people-sign), KS

KANSAS-[ks-version]:

Kentucky:  KY

Louisiana:  L sideways movement into an "A"

Maine:  Spell or sign "profit"

Maryland:  MD

Massachusetts: MASS 

Michigan:  MICH

Minnesota:  MINN

Mississippi:  MISS

Missouri:  sideways-M into an O

Montana: spell or sign MUSEUM

MONTANA-[museum version]:

MONTANA / MCDONALD'S:

Nebraska:  NEB

Nevada: spell or NEV

New Hampshire: NH

New Jersey:  NJ

New Mexico:  NM

New York:  palm-down-Y sliding on non-dominant-palm

NEW YORK:

NEW YORK-[one-movement-version]:

North Carolina: NC

North Dakota:  ND (with a modified D)

Ohio: Spell

Oklahoma:  OKLA-(lexicalized with a bit of a clockwise arc from the signer perspective)

Oregon:  Spell or circle an O in the air.

OREGON-[circled-O-version]:

OREGON-[shoulder version / not recommended]:

Pennsylvania:  sideways-P changes into an "A"

Rhode Island:  RI

South Carolina: SC

South Dakota: SD with a modified D

Tennessee:  TENN

Texas:  X moves in a "7 path" (draw a 7 in the air with an X-hand)

Utah:  Spell

Vermont:  VT

Virginia:  VA

Washington:  W moves forward off of the shoulder 

West Virginia:  Sign WEST then VA.  Note: Some people move the W to the right.

Wisconsin:  WIS or WISC

Wyoming:  WYO (a bit lexicalized with a dip on the Y)

United States Territories:

Washington, DC

Puerto Rico

Notes: 

Also see: State Employment Vocabulary