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).

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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
CanadaArmed Forces
Middle EastArmed Forces Africa

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

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