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state abbreviations

The following is a list of abbreviations used by the United States Postal Service. They are used to help the postal service process mail with optical character recognition and other automated equipment. [1]

Contents

  • 1 States
  • 2 Other codes
    • 2.1 Federal districts
    • 2.2 Insular areas
    • 2.3 Freely associated states
    • 2.4 Armed Forces
    • 2.5 Obsolete Codes
  • 3 Example of Address
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 See also
  • 6 External links

States


Postal codes alphabetized by postal abbreviation (not by state)

State Abbr. FIPS State Code State
AK 02 Alaska
AL 01 Alabama
AR 05 Arkansas
AZ 04 Arizona
CA 06 California
CO 08 Colorado
CT 09 Connecticut
DE 10 Delaware
FL 12 Florida
GA 13 Georgia
HI 15 Hawaii
IA 19 Iowa
ID 16 Idaho
IL 17 Illinois
IN 18 Indiana
KS 20 Kansas
KY 21 Kentucky
State Abbr. FIPS State Code State
LA 22 Louisiana
MA 25 Massachusetts
MD 24 Maryland
ME 23 Maine
MI 26 Michigan
MN 27 Minnesota
MO 29 Missouri
MS 28 Mississippi
MT 30 Montana
NC 37 North Carolina
ND 38 North Dakota
NE 31 Nebraska
NH 33 New Hampshire
NJ 34 New Jersey
NM 35 New Mexico
NV 32 Nevada
NY 36 New York
State Abbr. FIPS State Code State
OH 39 Ohio
OK 40 Oklahoma
OR 41 Oregon
PA 42 Pennsylvania
RI 44 Rhode Island
SC 45 South Carolina
SD 46 South Dakota
TN 47 Tennessee
TX 48 Texas
UT 49 Utah
VA 51 Virginia
VT 50 Vermont
WA 53 Washington
WI 55 Wisconsin
WV 54 West Virginia
WY 56 Wyoming


These codes do not overlap with the thirteen Canadian subnational postal abbreviations.

Other codes

Federal districts

Abbreviation FIPS State Code Location
DC 11 District of Columbia

Insular areas

Abbreviation FIPS State Code Location
AS 60 American Samoa
GU 66 Guam
MP 69 Northern Mariana Islands
PR 72 Puerto Rico
VI 78 U.S. Virgin Islands

Freely associated states

Abbreviation FIPS State Code Location
FM 64 Federated States of Micronesia
MH 68 Marshall Islands
PW 70 Palau

Armed Forces

Abbreviation FIPS State Code Location
AA Armed Forces Americas (except Canada)
AE Armed Forces Europe (covers all USARAEUR)
Armed Forces Canada
Armed Forces Middle East
Armed Forces Africa
AP Armed Forces Pacific

Obsolete Codes

Abbreviation FIPS State Code Location
CZ Canal Zone
TT Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
PI Philippine Islands

Example of Address

John Doe
38 Birch Lane
Florham Park, NJ 07932

Trivia

Of the 50 states:

  • 19 states are abbreviated by their first two letters:
AL, AR, CA*, CO*, DE*, FL, ID, IL, IN, MA, MI, NE, OH, OK, OR, UT, WA, WI, WY
  • 15 state abbreviations are the first and last letter in a state's name:
CA*, CO*, CT, DE*, GA, HI, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, PA, VA, VT
  • 10 two-word states are abbreviated by the first letter of each word:
NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NY, RI, SC, SD, WV
  • The second letter for 9 states is from elsewhere in the name, often the second consonant:
AK, AZ, MN, MO, MS, MT, NV, TN, TX

* three states (CA*, CO*, DE*) are same for first two letters and first and last letters.

See also

  • List of U.S. states by traditional abbreviation
  • ISO 3166-2 International standard codes for subdivisions of countries – lists similar abbreviations for many more countries
  • Canadian subnational postal abbreviations
  • FIPS state code for the numerical equivalents that should be used by computer systems for storage

External links

  • Official addressing instructions and abbreviations from the USPS (including abbreviations for street addresses)
  • Official US State Abbreviations (including state capital postal abbreviations)
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