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Codes and abbreviations for U.S. states, federal district, territories, and other regions
Name	Status of region	ISO	ANSI		USPS	USCG	GPO	AP	Other abbreviations
Name	Status of region						GPO	AP	Other abbreviations
United States of America	Federal state	US USA 840	US	00			U.S.	U.S.	U.S.A., U. Stat., States, Usa.
Alabama	State	US-AL	AL	01	AL	AL	Ala.	Ala.	Alab.
Alaska	State	US-AK	AK	02	AK	AK	Alaska	Alaska	Ak., Alas.
Arizona	State	US-AZ	AZ	04	AZ	AZ	Ariz.	Ariz.	Az., A:zona
Arkansas	State	US-AR	AR	05	AR	AR	Ark.	Ark.	Ar., Arks.
California	State	US-CA	CA	06	CA	CF	Calif.	Calif.	Ca., Cal.
Colorado	State	US-CO	CO	08	CO	CL	Colo.	Colo.	Co., C:rado
Connecticut	State	US-CT	CT	09	CT	CT	Conn.	Conn.	Ct., Ccut., Conncut.
Delaware	State	US-DE	DE	10	DE	DL	Del.	Del.	De., D:ware, Delaw.
District of Columbia	Federal district	US-DC	DC	11	DC	DC	D.C.	D.C.	Dis. Col., Wash. DC, Wash. D.C., Colum.
Florida	State	US-FL	FL	12	FL	FL	Fla.	Fla.	Fl., Flo., Flor.
Georgia	State	US-GA	GA	13	GA	GA	Ga.	Ga.	Geo., G:gia
Hawaii	State	US-HI	HI	15	HI	HA	Hawaii	Hawaii	Hi.;^[1] Haw.
Idaho	State	US-ID	ID	16	ID	ID	Idaho	Idaho	Id., Ida.
Illinois	State	US-IL	IL	17	IL	IL	Ill.	Ill.	Il., I:nois, 'Nois
Indiana	State	US-IN	IN	18	IN	IN	Ind.	Ind.	In., I:diana
Iowa	State	US-IA	IA	19	IA	IA	Iowa	Iowa	Ioa.^[a]
Kansas	State	US-KS	KS	20	KS	KA	Kans.	Kan.	Ka.
Kentucky	State (officially Commonwealth)	US-KY	KY	21	KY	KY	Ky.	Ky.	Ken., Kent.^[b]
Louisiana	State	US-LA	LA	22	LA	LA	La.	La.
Maine	State	US-ME	ME	23	ME	ME	Maine	Maine
Maryland	State	US-MD	MD	24	MD	MD	Md.	Md.	Mar., Mary.
Massachusetts	State (officially Commonwealth)	US-MA	MA	25	MA	MS	Mass.	Mass.
Michigan	State	US-MI	MI	26	MI	MC	Mich.	Mich.
Minnesota	State	US-MN	MN	27	MN	MN	Minn.	Minn.
Mississippi	State	US-MS	MS	28	MS	MI	Miss.	Miss.
Missouri	State	US-MO	MO	29	MO	MO	Mo.	Mo.
Montana	State	US-MT	MT	30	MT	MT	Mont.	Mont.
Nebraska	State	US-NE	NE	31	NE	NB	Nebr.	Neb.
Nevada	State	US-NV	NV	32	NV	NV	Nev.	Nev.
New Hampshire	State	US-NH	NH	33	NH	NH	N.H.	N.H.
New Jersey	State	US-NJ	NJ	34	NJ	NJ	N.J.	N.J.	N. Jersey^[2]
New Mexico	State	US-NM	NM	35	NM	NM	N. Mex.	N.M.	New M., New Mex.
New York	State	US-NY	NY	36	NY	NY	N.Y.	N.Y.	N. York^[2]
North Carolina	State	US-NC	NC	37	NC	NC	N.C.	N.C.	N. Car.
North Dakota	State	US-ND	ND	38	ND	ND	N. Dak.	N.D.
Ohio	State	US-OH	OH	39	OH	OH	Ohio	Ohio	O.,^[3] Oh.^[1]
Oklahoma	State	US-OK	OK	40	OK	OK	Okla.	Okla.
Oregon	State	US-OR	OR	41	OR	OR	Oreg.	Ore.
Pennsylvania	State (officially Commonwealth)	US-PA	PA	42	PA	PA	Pa.	Pa.	Penn.,^[1] Penna.^[4]
Rhode Island	State	US-RI	RI	44	RI	RI	R.I.	R.I.	R.I. & P.P.
South Carolina	State	US-SC	SC	45	SC	SC	S.C.	S.C.	S. Car.
South Dakota	State	US-SD	SD	46	SD	SD	S. Dak.	S.D.	SoDak
Tennessee	State	US-TN	TN	47	TN	TN	Tenn.	Tenn.
Texas	State	US-TX	TX	48	TX	TX	Tex.	Texas
Utah	State	US-UT	UT	49	UT	UT	Utah	Utah	Ut.^[1]
Vermont	State	US-VT	VT	50	VT	VT	Vt.	Vt.	Verm.^[5]
Virginia	State (officially Commonwealth)	US-VA	VA	51	VA	VA	Va.	Va.	Virg.
Washington	State	US-WA	WA	53	WA	WN	Wash.	Wash.	Wn.^[6]
West Virginia	State	US-WV	WV	54	WV	WV	W. Va.	W.Va.	W.V., W. Virg.
Wisconsin	State	US-WI	WI	55	WI	WS	Wis.	Wis.	Wisc.
Wyoming	State	US-WY	WY	56	WY	WY	Wyo.	Wyo.
American Samoa	Insular area (Territory)	AS ASM 016 US-AS	AS	60	AS	AS	A.S.
Guam	Insular area (Territory)	GU GUM 316 US-GU	GU	66	GU	GU	Guam
Northern Mariana Islands	Insular area (Commonwealth)	MP MNP 580 US-MP	MP	69	MP	CM	M.P.		CNMI^[7]
Puerto Rico	Insular area (Commonwealth)	PR PRI 630 US-PR	PR	72	PR	PR	P.R.
U.S. Virgin Islands	Insular area (Territory)	VI VIR 850 US-VI	VI	78	VI	VI	V.I.		U.S.V.I.
U.S. Minor Outlying Islands	Insular areas	UM UMI 581 US-UM	UM	74	UM^[8]
Baker Island	Island	UM-81		81					XB^[9]
Howland Island	Island	UM-84		84					XH^[9]
Jarvis Island	Island	UM-86		86					XQ^[9]
Johnston Atoll	Atoll	UM-67		67					XU^[9]
Kingman Reef	Atoll	UM-89		89					XM^[9]
Midway Atoll	Atoll	UM-71		71					QM^[9]
Navassa Island	Island	UM-76		76					XV^[9]
Palmyra Atoll^[c]	Atoll^[c]	UM-95		95					XL^[9]
Wake Island	Atoll	UM-79		79					QW^[9]
Marshall Islands	Freely associated state	MH MHL 584	MH	68	MH
Micronesia	Freely associated state	FM FSM 583	FM	64	FM
Palau	Freely associated state	PW PLW 585	PW	70	PW
U.S. Armed Forces – Americas^[d]	US military mail code				AA
U.S. Armed Forces – Europe^[e]	US military mail code				AE
U.S. Armed Forces – Pacific^[f]	US military mail code				AP
Nebraska	Obsolete postal code^[g]				NB
Northern Mariana Islands	Obsolete postal code^[h]				CM
Panama Canal Zone	Obsolete postal code	PZ PCZ 594			CZ
Philippine Islands	Obsolete postal code	PH PHL 608^[10]			PI
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands	Obsolete postal code	PC PCI 582			TT

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^ ^a ^b Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Navy of the United States. Washington, D.C.: [U.S.] Government Printing Office. 1 January 1863. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
^ USPS Postal History: State Abbreviations Accessed November 7, 2011. ^{[dead link‍]}
^ Arthur, Andy. "Penna. the Abbreviation". AndyArthur.org. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
^ Fisher, Richard S. (1857). A new and complete statistical gazetteer of the United States of America. J. H. Colton and Company. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
^ "search on WN". Digitum.washingtonhistory.org. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
^ "Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands". www.doi.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
^ "United States of America Minor Outlying Islands" (PDF). Universal Postal Union. March 2005. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Geopolitical Entities, Names, and Codes Standard". NSG Standards Registry. Retrieved 2017-02-06.
^ "Philippine diplomats will now use PH or PHL instead of RP". GMA News. October 28, 2010. Retrieved March 17, 2013.

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[Navy-1863-4] Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Navy of the United States. Washington, D.C.: [U.S.] Government Printing Office. 1 January 1863. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

[USPS_History-5] USPS Postal History: State Abbreviations Accessed November 7, 2011. ^{[dead link‍]}

[penna-6] Arthur, Andy. "Penna. the Abbreviation". AndyArthur.org. Retrieved 15 February 2021.

[Gazatteer-7] Fisher, Richard S. (1857). A new and complete statistical gazetteer of the United States of America. J. H. Colton and Company. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

[8] "search on WN". Digitum.washingtonhistory.org. Retrieved 2018-02-26.

[9] "Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands". www.doi.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-07.

[10] "United States of America Minor Outlying Islands" (PDF). Universal Postal Union. March 2005. Retrieved 23 February 2024.

[:0-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Geopolitical Entities, Names, and Codes Standard". NSG Standards Registry. Retrieved 2017-02-06.

[18] "Philippine diplomats will now use PH or PHL instead of RP". GMA News. October 28, 2010. Retrieved March 17, 2013.

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