State
abbreviations
Postal
abbreviations
AL
Alabama
AK
Alaska
AZ
Arizona
AR
Arkansas
CA
California
CO
Colorado
CT
Connecticut
DE
Delaware
**DC
District
of
Columbia
FL
Florida
GA
Georgia
HI
Hawaii
ID
Idaho
IL
Illinois
IN
Indiana
IA
Iowa
KS
Kansas
KY
Kentucky
LA
Louisiana
ME
Maine
MD
Maryland
MA
Massachusetts
MI
Michigan
MN
Minnesota
MS Mississippi
MO
Missouri
MT
Montana
NE
Nebraska
NV
Nevada
NH
New
Hampshire
NJ
New
Jersey
NM
New
Mexico
NY
New
York
NC
North
Carolina
ND
North
Dakota
OH
Ohio
OK
Oklahoma
OR
Oregon
PA
Pennsylvania
RI
Rhode
Island
SC
South
Carolina
SD
South
Dakota
TN
Tennessee
TX
Texas
UT
Utah
VT
Vermont
VA
Virginia
WA
Washington
WV
West
Virginia
WI
Wisconsin
WY
Wyoming
**Use
the
abbreviation
DC
with
ZIP
codes,
and
D.C.
without
ZIP
codes.
In
general,
do
not
abbreviate
state
names
in
copy.
In
some
instances,
such
as
charts
and
lists,
abbreviations
may
be
used;
follow
Associated
Press
style
in
those
cases.
Addresses, SR2.1
State abbreviations, SR2.2
Street Abbreviations, SR2.3
Web site addresses, SR2.4
Stand-alone cities, SR2.5
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