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The two-letter postal abbreviation system is complicated by the fact that several state names begin with the same letter (e.g., eight state names begin with ''M'' and eight begin with ''N'', four "New" and two "North"). To avoid duplications, some abbreviations are not intuitive.
 
The two-letter postal abbreviation system is complicated by the fact that several state names begin with the same letter (e.g., eight state names begin with ''M'' and eight begin with ''N'', four "New" and two "North"). To avoid duplications, some abbreviations are not intuitive.
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Latest revision as of 15:26, 12 May 2024

Several sets of codes and abbreviations are used to represent the political divisions of the United States of America for postal addresses, data processing, general abbreviations, and other purposes.

Table

This table includes abbreviations for three independent countries related to the United States through Compacts of Free Association, and other comparable postal abbreviations.

Name and status of region ANSI
 
United States of America Federal state US 00
Alabama
 State AL 01
Alaska
 State AK 02
Arizona
 State AZ 04
Arkansas
 State AR 05
California
 State CA 06
Colorado
 State CO 08
Connecticut
 State CT 09
Delaware
 State DE 10
District of Columbia
 Federal district DC 11
Florida
 State FL 12
Georgia (U.S. state)
 State GA 13
Hawaii
 State HI 15
Idaho
 State ID 16
Illinois
 State IL 17
Indiana
 State IN 18
Iowa
 State IA 19
Kansas
 State KS 20
Kentucky
 State KY 21
Louisiana
 State LA 22
Maine
 State ME 23
Maryland
 State MD 24
Massachusetts
 State MA 25
Michigan
 State MI 26
Minnesota
 State MN 27
Mississippi
 State MS 28
Missouri
 State MO 29
Montana
 State MT 30
Nebraska
 State NE 31
Nevada
 State NV 32
New Hampshire
 State NH 33
New Jersey
 State NJ 34
New Mexico
 State NM 35
New York
 State NY 36
North Carolina
 State NC 37
North Dakota
 State ND 38
Ohio
 State OH 39
Oklahoma
 State OK 40
Oregon
 State OR 41
Pennsylvania
 State PA 42
Rhode Island
 State RI 44
South Carolina
 State SC 45
South Dakota
 State SD 46
Tennessee
 State TN 47
Texas
 State TX 48
Utah
 State UT 49
Vermont
 State VT 50
Virginia
 State VA 51
Washington
 State WA 53
West Virginia
 State WV 54
Wisconsin
 State WI 55
Wyoming
 State WY 56
American Samoa Insular area (Territory) AS 60
Guam Insular area (Territory) GU 66
Northern Mariana Islands Insular area (Commonwealth) MP 69
Puerto Rico Insular area (Commonwealth) PR 72
U.S. Virgin Islands Insular area (Territory) VI 78
U.S. Minor Outlying Islands Insular areas UM 74
   Baker Island Island 81
   Howland Island Island 84
   Jarvis Island Island 86
   Johnston Atoll Atoll 67
   Kingman Reef Atoll 89
   Midway Islands Atoll 71
   Navassa Island Island 76
   Palmyra Atoll Atoll 95
   Wake Island Atoll 79
Marshall Islands Freely associated state MH 68
Micronesia Freely associated state FM 64
Palau Freely associated state PW 70

The two-letter postal abbreviation system is complicated by the fact that several state names begin with the same letter (e.g., eight state names begin with M and eight begin with N, four "New" and two "North"). To avoid duplications, some abbreviations are not intuitive.

See also

External links

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