State Dictionary, United States of America

A listing of abbreviations and full names for U.S. states, territories, and military "states" used for addressing mail to members of the U.S. armed forces. This dictionary includes all territories given two-letter state (or equivalent) abbreviations by the U.S. Postal Service.

data(dic_us_states)

Format

A tibble with 124 rows and 2 variables:

state.output

standard two-letter abbreviations

state.input

standard full names and two-letter abbreviations

See also

U.S. Postal Service, Publication 28, Appendix B

Examples

head(dic_us_states)
#> # A tibble: 6 x 2
#>   state.output state.input                                     
#>   <chr>        <chr>                                           
#> 1 AA           AA                                              
#> 2 AA           Armed Forces Americas                           
#> 3 AE           AE                                              
#> 4 AE           Armed Forces Europe, the Middle East, and Canada
#> 5 AK           AK                                              
#> 6 AK           Alaska