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US Postal State Abbreviations

By Cassidy Lackey · · Updated

The following two-digit state designations are standard codes used by the U. S. Postal Service. They are used in The Texians Database, as well as in the Texas History Forum and Texas Genealogy Register sections of Lone Star Junction.

Alabama

AL

Lousiana

LA

Ohio

OH

Alaska

AK

Maryland

MD

Oklahoma

OK

Arizona

AZ

Maine

ME

Oregon

OR

Arkansas

AR

Massachussets

MA

Pennsylvania

PA

California

CA

Michigan

MI

Rhode Island

RI

Colorado

CO

Minnesota

MN

South Carolina

SC

Connecticut

CT

Mississippi

MS

South Dakota

SD

Deleware

DE

Missouri

MO

Tennessee

TN

Florida

FL

Montana

MT

Texas

TX

Georgia

GA

Nebraska

NE

Utah

UT

Hawaii

HI

North Carolina

NC

Virginia

VA

Idaho

ID

North Dakota

ND

Vermont

VT

Illinois

IL

Nevada

NV

Washington

WA

Indiana

IN

New Hampshire

NH

Wash., D. C.

DC

Iowa

IA

New Jersey

NJ

West Virgina

WV

Kansas

KS

New Mexico

NM

Wisconsin

WI

Kentucky

KY

New York

NY

Wyoming

WY