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The Associated Press Stylebook states that in contexts other than mailing addresses, the traditional state abbreviations should be used. [16] However, the Chicago Manual of Style now recommends use of the uppercase two-letter abbreviations, with the traditional forms as an option. [17]
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is US, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the United States. The second part is two letters, which is the postal abbreviation of the state, district, or outlying area, except the United States Minor Outlying Islands which do not have a postal abbreviation.
FIPS state codes were numeric and two-letter alphabetic codes defined in U.S. Federal Information Processing Standard Publication ("FIPS PUB") 5-2 to identify U.S. states and certain other associated areas. The standard superseded FIPS PUB 5-1 on May 28, 1987, and was superseded on September 2, 2008, by ANSI standard INCITS 38:2009. [1]
The source is talking about the modern two-letter abbreviations or codes. When the article talks about the post office preferring the complete state name rather than an abbreviation, it is talking about the old abbreviations that predate the two-letter ones. Indyguy 02:01, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
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Indiana, a state in the United States of America (archaic: 2-letter abbreviation "IN" is now preferred to avoid confusion with India or Indianapolis) Indianapolis, a city in the U.S. state Indiana (also abbreviated as "Indy") Indianapolis (Amtrak station), a railway station located in the city
Indiana has had Republican governors for the last 20 years. In November, Hoosiers will vote on whether to continue the state's GOP reign for another four years.
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