U.S. postal abbreviations

This is a list of postal code abbreviations used by the United States Postal Service. They are used to help the postal service process mail. United States Postal Service Publication 28 - Postal Addressing Standards. Accessed February 4, 2007. In other contexts, such as newspaper articles, the traditional abbreviations for the states are used. 

 States 
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In alphabetical order by postal abbreviation (not by state):

State AbbreviationState NameAK AlaskaAL AlabamaAR ArkansasAZ ArizonaCA CaliforniaCO ColoradoCT ConnecticutDE DelawareFL FloridaGA GeorgiaHI HawaiiIA IowaID IdahoIL IllinoisIN IndianaKS KansasKY KentuckyLA LouisianaMA MassachusettsMD MarylandME MaineMI MichiganMN MinnesotaMO MissouriMS MississippiMT MontanaNC North CarolinaND North DakotaNE NebraskaNH New HampshireNJ New JerseyNM New MexicoNV NevadaNY New YorkOH OhioOK OklahomaOR OregonPA PennsylvaniaRI Rhode IslandSC South CarolinaSD South DakotaTN TennesseeTX TexasUT UtahVA VirginiaVT VermontWA WashingtonWI WisconsinWV West VirginiaWY Wyoming

 Other codes 
 Federal districts 

AbbreviationLocationDC District of Columbia

 Territories 
AbbreviationLocation AS American Samoa  GU Guam MP Northern Mariana Islands  PR Puerto Rico  VI U.S. Virgin Islands

 Freely associated states 
AbbreviationLocation FM Federated States of Micronesia MH Marshall Islands PW Palau

 Armed Forces 
AbbreviationLocation 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

 Codes that are no longer used
AbbreviationLocation CZ Canal Zone TT Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands PI Philippines

References

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