diff --git a/lib/geocoder/results/nominatim.rb b/lib/geocoder/results/nominatim.rb
index 05e51805a9388045613bbc07f4fd7d0da860be8f..59ef04678bef6d94da01c2f9e86c808d86556302 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/results/nominatim.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/results/nominatim.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module Geocoder::Result
     end
 
     def city
-      %w[city town village hamlet state].each do |key|
+      %w[city town village hamlet].each do |key|
         return @data['address'][key] if @data['address'].key?(key)
       end
       return nil