Wikipedia:Categories/US people

When categorizing people from the United States, it is common to include which state they are from. The state they are born in is certainly notable and should be listed. Any other states they are notable for being in should also be listed. For example, A person born in California who became the Governor of Minnesota would be listed as both California and Minnesota. In a case like this, the Minnesota category would be covered by Category:Governors of Minnesota since it is a sub-category of Category:People from Minnesota.

Because of the large number of articles on people from certain states or certain professions, sub-categories are used to sort them further. For example: Category:Singers from New York. In extreme cases, for the largest of cities, these categories may be broken down even further to include the city and its nearby area (Category:Actors from New York City. Two main examples of this are the Greater Los Angeles Area and New York City. These two cities have such large populations that they can support their own category trees. In these cases, the people categories are usually limited to the most upper level sections (i.e. actors, athletes, singers, musicians, musical groups, writers, scientists) but not all cities or states will have all of these groups as there are not enough articles for them to be created.

Categories in addition to basic "People from <State>"
Location actors athletes musicians musical
groups
politicians scientists singers writers
Alabama actor Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
Alaska actor Athlete Musician Politicians Science Singer Writer
Arizona actor Athlete Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
Arkansas actor Athlete Musician Politicians Science Singer Writer
California actor Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
--- Los Angeles
--- San Diego actor Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
--- San Francisco actor Musician Group Writer
Colorado actor Athlete Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
Delaware actor Musician Politicians Science Singer Writer
Florida actor Athlete Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
--- Miami Athlete
--- Orlando actor Musician Group Politicians Writer
Georgia actor Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
--- Atlanta Athlete
Hawaii actor Athlete Musician Politicians Science Singer Writer
Idaho actor Athlete Musician Politicians Science Singer Writer
Illinois actor Athlete Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
--- Chicago actor Athlete Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
Indiana actor Athlete Musician Politicians Science Singer Writer
Iowa actor Athlete Musician Politicians Science Singer Writer
Kansas actor Athlete Musician Politicians Science Singer Writer
Louisiana actor Athlete Musician Politicians Science Singer Writer
Massachusetts actor Athlete Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
--- Boston Athlete
Maryland actor Athlete Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
--- Baltimore Athlete
Michigan actor Athlete Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
--- Detroit Athlete
Mississippi actor Athlete Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
Missouri actor Athlete Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
Nevada actor Athlete Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
North Carolina actor Athlete Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
North Dakota actor Musician Politicians Science Singer Writer
New Jersey actor Athlete Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
New Mexico actor Athlete Musician Politicians Science Singer Writer
New York
--- New York City actor Athlete Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
Ohio actor Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
--- Cleveland
Oklahoma actor Athlete Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
Oregon actor Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
Pennsylvania actor Athlete Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
--- Philadelphia Athlete
Rhode Island actor Athlete Musician Politicians Science Singer Writer
South Carolina actor Athlete Musician Politicians Science Singer Writer
Tennessee actor Athlete Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
--- Memphis actor Athlete Musician Politicians Singer Writer
Texas actor Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
--- Austin actor Musician Politicians Science Singer Writer
--- Dallas Athlete
--- Houston Athlete
--- San Antonio actor Musician Politicians Science Singer Writer
Vermont actor Musician Politicians Science Singer Writer
Washington, D.C. actor Athlete Musician Group Politicians Science Singer Writer
Washington Athlete Musician
--- Seattle
Wisconsin actor Athlete Musician Politicians Science Singer Writer
Wyoming actor Musician Politicians Science Singer Writer