US states and territories : postal codes and abbreviations
FIPS USP : Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) two-letter alphabetic codes, identical to the postal codes by the US Postal Service;
FIPS # : Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) two-digit numeric codes;
GPO : US Government Printing Office (GPO): A manual of Style (1986); some states being left unabbreviated;
APS : Associated Press: AP Stylebook, the usage guide for most US newspapers; some states being left unabbreviated;
CMS : University of Chicago: The Chicago Manual of Style (1969; 15th edition 2003); some states being left unabbreviated.
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FIPS USP |
FIPS # |
GPO | APS | CMS |
FIPS USP |
FIPS # |
GPO | APS | CMS |
FIPS USP |
FIPS # |
GPO | AP | CMS | |||||
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Alabama |
AL | 01 | Ala. | Ala. | Ala. |
Kansas |
KS | 20 | Kans. | Kan. | Kans. |
Northern Mariana Islands |
MP | 69 | M.P. | ||||
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Alaska |
AK | 02 | Alaska | Alaska | Alaska |
Kentucky |
KY | 21 | Ky. | Ky. | Ky. |
Ohio |
OH | 39 | Ohio | Ohio | Ohio | ||
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American Samoa |
AS | 60 | A.S. | Amer. Samoa |
Kingman Reef |
89 |
Oklahoma |
OK | 40 | Okla. | Okla. | Okla. | |||||||
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Arizona |
AZ | 04 | Ariz. | Ariz. | Ariz. |
Louisiana |
LA | 22 | La. | La. | La. |
Oregon |
OR | 41 | Oreg. | Ore. | Oreg. | ||
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Arkansas |
AR | 05 | Ark. | Ark. | Ark. |
Maine |
ME | 23 | Maine | Maine | Maine |
Palau |
PW | 70 | |||||
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Baker Island |
81 |
Marshall Islands |
MH | 68 |
Palmyra Atoli |
95 | |||||||||||||
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California |
CA | 06 | Calif. | Calif. | Calif. |
Maryland |
MD | 24 | Md. | Md. | Md. |
Pennsylvania |
PA | 42 | Pa. | Pa. | Pa. | ||
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Colorado |
CO | 08 | Colo. | Colo. | Colo. |
Massachusetts |
MA | 25 | Mass. | Mass. | Mass. |
Puerto Rico |
PR | 72 | P.R. | P.R. | |||
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Connecticut |
CT | 09 | Conn. | Conn. | Conn. |
Michigan |
MI | 26 | Mich. | Mich. | Mich. |
Rhode Island |
RI | 44 | R.I. | R.I. | R.I. | ||
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Delaware |
DE | 10 | Del. | Del. | Del. |
Midway Islands |
71 |
South Carolina |
SC | 45 | S.C. | S.C. | S.C. | ||||||
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District of Columbia |
DC | 11 | D.C. | D.C. | D.C. |
Minnesota |
MN | 27 | Minn. | Minn. | Minn. |
South Dakota |
SD | 46 | S.Dak. | S.D. | S.Dak. | ||
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Florida |
FL | 12 | Fla. | Fla. | Fla. |
Mississippi |
MS | 28 | Miss. | Miss. | Miss. |
Tennessee |
TN | 47 | Tenn. | Tenn. | Tenn. | ||
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Federated States of Micronesia |
FM | 64 |
Missouri |
MO | 29 | Mo. | Mo. | Mo. |
Texas |
TX | 48 | Tex. | Texas | Tex. | |||||
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Georgia |
GA | 13 | Ga. | Ga. | Ga. |
Montana |
MT | 30 | Mont. | Mont. | Mont. |
US Minor Outlying Islands |
UM | 74 | |||||
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Guam |
GU | 66 | Guam | Guam |
Navassa Island |
76 |
Utah |
UT | 49 | Utah | Utax | ||||||||
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Hawaii |
HI | 15 | Hawaii | Hawaii | Hawaii |
Nebraska |
NE | 31 | Nebr. | Neb. | Nebr. |
Vermont |
VT | 50 | Vt. | Vt. | Vt. | ||
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Howland Island |
84 |
Nevada |
NV | 32 | Nev. | Nev. | Nev. |
Virginia |
VA | 51 | Va. | Va. | Va. | ||||||
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Idaho |
ID | 16 | Idaho | Idaho | Idaho |
New Hampshire |
NH | 33 | N.H. | N.H. | N.H. |
Virgin Islands of the US |
VI | 78 | V.I. | V.I. | |||
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Illinois |
IL | 17 | Ill. | Ill. | Ill. |
New Jersey |
NJ | 34 | N.J. | N.J. | N.J. |
Wake Island |
79 | ||||||
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Indiana |
IN | 18 | Ind. | Ind. | Ind. |
New Mexico |
NM | 35 | N.Mex. | N.M. | N.Mex. |
Washington |
WA | 53 | Wash. | Wash. | Wash. | ||
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Iowa |
IA | 19 | Iowa | Iowa | Iowa |
New York |
NY | 36 | N.Y. | N.Y. | N.Y. |
West Virginia |
WV | 54 | W.Va. | W.Va. | W.Va. | ||
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Jarvis Island |
86 |
North Carolina |
NC | 37 | N.C. | N.C. | N.C. |
Wisconsin |
WI | 55 | Wis. | Wis. | Wis. | ||||||
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Johnston Atoll |
67 |
North Dakota |
ND | 38 | N.Dak. | N.D. | N.Dak. |
Wyoming |
WY | 56 | Wyo. | Wyo. | Wyo. |
Canada provinces and territories : postal codes and abbreviations
CPS : Canadian Postal Service codes (two capital letters, fully compatible with US Postal Service codes)
| CPS | English Name | French Name | Abbreviations and notes | CPS | English Name | French Name | Abbreviations and notes | |
| AB | Alberta | Alberta | Alta. | NT | Northwest Territories | Territoires du Nord-Ouest | N.W.T. and T.N.O. (French) | |
| BC | British Columbia | Columbie-Britannique | B.C. and C.-B. (French) | NU | Nunavut | Nunavut | ||
| LB | Labrador | Labrador | (for the mainland section of the province of Newfoundland) | ON | Ontario | Ontario | Ont. | |
| MB | Manitoba | Manitoba | Man. | PE | Prince Edward Island | Île-du-Prince-Édouard | P.E.I. and Î.P.É. (French) | |
| NB | New Brunswick | Nouveau-Brunswick | N.B. | QC | Quebec | Québec | Que. and P.Q. (French, for Province de Québec) | |
| NF | Newfoundland | Terre-Neuve | Nfld. and T.-N. (French) | SK | Saskatchewan | Saskatchewan | Sask. | |
| NL | Newfoundland and Labrador | Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador | (after the province's name changed from Newfoundland to Newfoundland and Labrador) | YT | Yukon | Yukon | Yuk. | |
| NS | Nova Scotia | Nouvelle-Écosse | N.S. and N.É. (French) |
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