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The traditional abbreviations for U.S. states and territories, widely used in mailing addresses prior to the introduction of two-letter U.S. postal abbreviations, are still commonly used for other purposes (such as legal citation), and are still recognized (though discouraged) by the Postal Service.
The FIPS state alpha code for each U.S. states and the District of Columbia are identical to the postal abbreviations by the United States Postal Service. From September 3, 1987, the same was true of the alpha code for each of the outlying areas, with the exception of U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (UM) as the USPS routes mail for these islands ...
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The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]
Information about All States from UCB Libraries GovPubs; State Resource Guides, from the Library of Congress; Tables with areas, populations, densities and more (in order of population) Tables with areas, populations, densities and more (alphabetical) State and Territorial Governments on USA.gov; StateMaster – statistical database for U.S. states
List of initialisms, acronyms ("words made from parts of other words, pronounceable"), and other abbreviations used by the government and the military of the United States. Note that this list is intended to be specific to the United States government and military—other nations will have their own acronyms.
An enlargeable map of the state of Iowa. Names Common name: Iowa. Pronunciation: / ˈ aɪ oʊ. ə,-ə w ə / ⓘ Official name: State of Iowa; Abbreviations and name codes Postal symbol: IA; ISO 3166-2 code: US-IA; Internet second-level domain: .ia.us; Nicknames Hawkeye State [4] Land of the Rolling Prairie; Tall Corn State; Adjectival: Iowa ...
Pages in category "Lists of United States abbreviations" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G.