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