Legal Holidays by State
The following federal public holidays are observed throughout the United States:
United States
Jan 1 New Year’s Day
Jan, third Mon Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday
Feb, third Mon Presidents’ Day
May, last Mon Memorial Day
Jul 4 Independence Day
Sep, first Mon Labor Day
Oct, second Mon . Columbus Day
Nov 11 Veterans Day
Nov, fourth Thurs Thanksgiving Day
Dec 25 Christmas
Listed below are additional legal holidays observed by the various states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. For Christian movable holidays, the range of months during which the day may fall is provided.
Alabama
Jan, third Mon Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday and Robert E. Lee’s Birthday
Feb, third Mon Washington and Jefferson’s Birthdays
Apr, fourth Mon Confederate Memorial Day
Jun, first Mon Jefferson Davis’s Birthday
Oct, second Mon Columbus Day and American Indian Heritage Day
Alaska
Mar, last Mon Seward’s Day
Oct 18 Alaska Day
Arizona
Jan, third Mon Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday and Civil Rights Day
Sep 17 Constitution Commemoration Day
Arkansas
Jan, third Mon Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday and Robert E. Lee’s Birthday
Feb, third Mon Washington’s Birthday and Daisy Gatson Bates Day
Dec 24 Christmas Eve
California
Feb 12 Lincoln’s Birthday
Feb, third Mon Washington’s Birthday
Mar 31 (or next Mon) Cesar Chavez Day
Nov, Fri after Thanksgiving Day after Thanksgiving
Colorado
None in addition to the standard holidays
Connecticut
Feb 12 Lincoln Day
Feb, third Mon Washington’s Birthday
Mar-Apr: Fri, before Easter Good Friday
Delaware
Mar-Apr: Fri, before Easter Good Friday
Nov, Fri after Thanksgiving Day after Thanksgiving
Nov, every two years General Election Day as it occurs
District of Columbia
Jan 20 Inauguration Day (in years when a new president is elected)
April 16 DC Emancipation Day
Florida
Nov, Fri after Thanksgiving Day after Thanksgiving
Georgia
Apr 26 Confederate Memorial Day
Nov, Fri after Thanksgiving Robert E. Lee’s Birthday (traditionally observed Jan 19)
Dec 26 Presidents’ Day (traditionally observed Feb, third Mon)
Hawaii
Mar 26 Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day
Mar-Apr: Fri before Easter Good Friday
Jun 11 King Kamehameha I Day
Aug, third Fri Statehood Day
Nov, first Tues (even years) Election Day
Idaho
None in addition to the standard holidays
Illinois
Feb 12 Lincoln’s Birthday
Feb, third Mon Washington’s Birthday
Nov General Election Day
Nov, Fri after Thanksgiving Day after Thanksgiving
Dec 24 Christmas Eve
Indiana
Presidents’ Day not a legal holiday
Mar-Apr: Fri before Easter Good Friday
May, first Tues Primary Election Day (except year following presidential election)
Nov, first Tues General Election Day (except year following presidential election)
Nov, Fri after Thanksgiving Lincoln’s Birthday (traditionally observed Feb 12)
Dec 26 Washington’s Birthday (traditionally observed Feb, third Mon)
Iowa
Presidents’ Day not a legal holiday
Nov, Fri after Thanksgiving Day after Thanksgiving
Kansas
Presidents’ Day not observed
Nov, Fri after Thanksgiving Day After Thanksgiving
Kentucky
Jan, dates vary New Year’s (2 days)
Mar-Apr, Fri before Easter Good Friday (half day)
Nov General Presidential Election
Nov, Fri after Thanksgiving Day after Thanksgiving
Dec, dates vary Christmas (2 days)
Louisiana
Jan, second Mon every four years in Baton Rouge . Inauguration Day
Feb, day before Ash Wednesday Mardi Gras Day
Mar-Apr: Fri before Easter Good Friday
Nov (even years) . Election Day
Maine
Apr, third Mon Patriots’ Day
Nov, Fri after Thanksgiving Day after Thanksgiving
Maryland
Nov . Election Day
Nov, Fri after Thanksgiving Day after Thanksgiving
Massachusetts
Apr, third Mon Patriots’ Day
Michigan
Nov, first Tues (even years) Election Day
Nov, Fri after Thanksgiving Day after Thanksgiving
Dec 24 Christmas Eve
Dec 31 New Year’s Eve
Minnesota
None in addition to the standard holidays
Mississippi
Jan, third Mon Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday and Robert E. Lee’s Birthday
Apr, last Mon Confederate Memorial Day
May, last Mon Memorial Day and Jefferson Davis’s Birthday
Missouri
Feb 12 Lincoln Day
May 8 . Harry S. Truman Day
Montana
Nov, first Tues General Election Day
Nebraska
Apr, last Fri Arbor Day
Nov, Fri after Thanksgiving Day after Thanksgiving
Nevada
Oct, last Fri Nevada Day
Nov, Fri after Thanksgiving . Family Day
New Hampshire
Nov, first Tues (even years) Election Day
Nov, Fri after Thanksgiving Day after Thanksgiving
New Jersey
Feb 12 Lincoln’s Birthday
Feb, third Mon Washington’s Birthday
Mar-Apr: Fri before Easter Good Friday
Nov . Election Day
New Mexico
None in addition to the standard holidays
New York
Feb 12 Lincoln’s Birthday
Feb, third Mon Washington’s Birthday
Nov . Election Day
North Carolina
Presidents’ Day not a legal holiday
Mar-Apr: Fri before Easter Good Friday
Nov, Fri after Thanksgiving Day After Thanksgiving
Dec 24 Christmas Eve
North Dakota
Mar-Apr: Fri before Easter Good Friday
Ohio
None in addition to the standard holidays
Oklahoma
Nov, Fri after Thanksgiving Day after Thanksgiving
Oregon
None in addition to the standard holidays
Pennsylvania
Nov, Fri after Thanksgiving Day after Thanksgiving
Rhode Island
Presidents’ Day not a legal holiday
Aug, second Mon Victory Day (V-J Day)
Nov Election Day
South Carolina
May 10 Confederate Memorial Day
Nov, Fri after Thanksgiving Day after Thanksgiving
Dec 26 Day after Christmas
South Dakota
Oct, second Mon Native Americans’ Day
Tennessee
Mar-Apr: Fri before Easter Good Friday
Texas
Jan 19 Confederate Heroes Day
Mar 2 Texas Independence Day
Apr 21 San Jacinto Day
Jun 19 Emancipation Day (Juneteenth)
Aug 24 Lyndon Baines Johnson Day
Nov Election Day
Nov, Fri after Thanksgiving Day after Thanksgiving
Dec 24 Christmas Eve
Dec 26 Day after Christmas
Utah
Jul 24 Pioneer Day
Vermont
Mar, first Tues Town Meeting Day
Aug 16 Bennington Battle Day
Nov, Fri after Thanksgiving Day after Thanksgiving
Virginia
Jan, Fri before third Mon Lee-Jackson Day
Oct, second Mon Columbus Day and Yorktown Victory Day
Nov, Fri after Thanksgiving Day after Thanksgiving
Washington
Nov, Fri after Thanksgiving Day after Thanksgiving
West Virginia
Feb, third Mon Presidents’ Day/Washington’s Birthday
May, second Tues (even years) Primary Election Day
Jun 20 West Virginia Day
Nov, first Tues (even years) Election Day
Nov, Fri after Thanksgiving Day after Thanksgiving
Dec 24 Christmas Eve (half day)
Dec 31 New Year’s Eve (half day)
Wisconsin
Presidents’ Day not a legal holiday
Dec 24 Christmas Eve
Wyoming
None in addition to the standard holidays
American Samoa
Apr 17 American Samoa Flag Day
Jul 17 Manu’a Day
Dec 31 New Year’s Eve
Guam
Presidents’ Day and Columbus Day not legal holidays
Jul 21 Liberation Day
Nov 2 All Souls Day
Dec 8 . Our Lady of Camarin Day
Northern Mariana Islands
Mar 24 Commonwealth Covenant Day
Mar-Apr: Fri before Easter Good Friday
Oct, second Mon Commonwealth Cultural Day
Nov 4 Citizenship Day
Dec 8 Constitution Day
Puerto Rico
Jan 6 Three Kings’ Day
Jan, second Mon Eugenio María de Hostos Day
Mar 22 Emancipation Day
Mar-Apr: Fri before Easter Good Friday
Apr, third Mon José de Diego Day
Jul 17 Luis Muñoz Rivera Day
Jul 25 Constitution Day
Jul 27 José Celso Barbosa’s Birthday
Nov, first Tuesday General Election Day
Nov 19 Discovery Day
Dec 24 Christmas Eve (half day)
U.S. Virgin Islands
Jan 6 Three Kings’ Day
Mar 31 Transfer Day
Mar-Apr: Thurs before Easter Holy Thursday
Mar-Apr: Fri before Easter Good Friday
Mar-Apr: Mon after Easter Easter Monday
Jul 3 Virgin Islands Emancipation Day
Nov 1 D. Hamilton Jackson Day (Liberty Day)
Dec 26 Christmas Second Day
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