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US State Postal Abbreviations

The following list summarizes the official United States Postal Code State Abbreviations, and shows the presumed derivations. There is no absolute rule in coming up with the two-letter state codes, which means that one must memorize them all. Missouri is the weirdest state abbreviation, in a class by itself. This chart should help you to remember each state's abbreviation.


The Second Letter of the State abbreviation comes from :  

 2nd Letter of State
Last Letter of 1st Syllable
First Letter of 2nd Syllable
First Letter of 3rd Syllable
 Weird
 Last Letter of State
First Letter of 2nd Word

 State

 Abbr.
 (19)
(4)
(2)
(2)
(1)
(12)
(10)

1

Alabama

AL
AL

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Alaska

AK

 

 

 

AK

 

 

 

3

Arizona

AZ

 

 

 

AZ

 

 

 

4

Arkansas

AR
AR

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

California

CA
CA

 

 

 

 

 CA-?

 

6

Colorado

CO
CO

 

 

 

 

 CO-?

 

7

Connecticut

CT

 

 

 

 

 

CT

 

8

Delaware

DE
DE

 

 

 

 

 DE-?

 

9

Florida

FL
FL

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

Georgia

GA

 

 

 

 

 

GA

 

11

Hawaii

HI

 

 

 

 

 

HI

 

12

Idaho

ID
ID

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

Illinois

IL
IL

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

Indiana

IN
IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

Iowa

IA

 

 

 

 

 

IA

 

16

Kansas

KS

 

 

 

 

 

KS

 

17

Kentucky

KY

 

 

 

 

 

KY

 

18

Louisana

LA

 

 

 

 

 

LA

 

19

Maine

ME

 

 

 

 

 

ME

 

20

Maryland

MD

 

 

 

 

 

MD

 

21

Massachusetts

MA
MA

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

Michigan

MI
MI

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

Minnesota

MN

 

MN

 MN-?

 

 

 

 

24

Mississippi

MS

 

MS

 MS-?

 

 

 

 

25

Missouri

MO

 

 

 

 

MO

 

 

26

Montana

MT

 

 

MT

 

 

 

 

27

Nebraska

NE
NE

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

Nevada

NV

 

 

NV

 

 

 

 

29

New Hampshire

NH

 

 

 

 

 

 

NH

30

New Jersey

NJ

 

 

 

 

 

 

NJ
31

New Mexico

NM

 

 

 

 

 

 

NM
32

New York

NY

 

 

 

 

 

 

NY
33

North Carolina

NC

 

 

 

 

 

 

NC
34

North Dakota

ND

 

 

 

 

 

 

ND
35

Ohio

OH
OH

 

 

 

 

 

 

36

Oklahoma

OK
OK

 

 

 

 

 

 

37

Oregon

OR
OR

 

 

 

 

 

 

38

Pennsylvania

PA

 

 

 

 

 

PA

 

39

Rhode Island

RI

 

 

 

 

 

 

RI

40

South Carolina

SC

 

 

 

 

 

 

SC
41

South Dakota

SD

 

 

 

 

 

 

SD
42

Tennessee

TN

 

TN

 TN-?

 

 

 

 

43

Texas

TX

 

TX

 

 

 

 

 

44

Utah

UT
UT

 

 

 

 

 

 

45

Vermont

VT

 

 

 

 

 

VT

 

46

Virginia

VA

 

 

 

 

 

VA

 

47

Washington

WA
WA

 

 

 

 

 

 

48

West Virginia

WV

 

 

 

 

 

WV
49

Wisconsin

WI
WI

 

 

 

 

 

 

50

Wyoming

WY
WY

 

 

 

 

 


 Disclaimer: I hope there are no errors.

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This Vaughns 1-Pagers US State Postal Abbreviations web page was updated on 2009-09-23.