Postal abbreviations for states of the United States
The following article contains a list of abbreviations for individual states in the United States that are used by the United States Postal Service. The abbreviations are intended to facilitate and expedite mail delivery (including through automated optical address recognition).
Postal code in alphabetical order. The postal code corresponds to the ISO 3166-2 coding for all 50 states.
Other codings
Federal District
| Abbreviation | FIPS Code | Area |
| DC | 11 | District of Columbia |
Islands in the Pacific and the Caribbean
| Abbreviation | FIPS Code | Area |
| AS | 60 | American Samoa |
| GU | 66 | Guam |
| MP | 69 | Northern Mariana Islands |
| PR | 72 | Puerto Rico |
| VI | 78 | American Virgin Islands |
| UM | United States Minor Outlying Islands UM is the FIPS code. However, the U.S. Postal Service does not use the term U.S. Minor Outlying Islands because mail to these islands is delivered via other territories (PR, HI, AA or AP). |
Freely Associated States
| Abbreviation | FIPS Code | Area |
| FM | 64 | Federated States of Micronesia |
| MH | 68 | Marshall Islands |
| PW | 70 | Palau |
U.S. Military Mail
| Abbreviation | FIPS Code | Area |
| AA | Armed Forces Americas (except Canada) | |
| AE | Armed Forces EuropeArmed Forces | |
| AP | Armed Forces Pacific |
Older, now invalid codes
| Abbreviation | FIPS Code | Area |
| CM | Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 1988 changed to MP | |
| CZ | Panama Canal Zone | |
| TT | Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands | |
| PI | Philippines |
Addressing example
JOHN DOE359
OAK LANEGIBBSBORO
, NJ 08026
See also
- ZIP Code (Postal Codes of the USA)
- ISO 3166-2 Code
- Postal abbreviations for provinces and territories of Canada
