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The United States is comprised of fifty states and a
national capital district, as well as a number of
territories and possessions throughout the world. Because
their names are commonly used and some of them are fairly
long, they are often abbreviated in written documents and on
mailing addresses.
Here, we feature a table of
U.S. States, Districts, Territories, and Possessions, their
standard and postal service abbreviations, and their state
capitals. Each State name contains an active link to its
official state government website. Each District,
Territory, or Possession name contains an active link to its
official government or tourism website.
The standard, or traditional, abbreviations,
were widely used on mailing addresses and in other contexts
before the two-letter postal abbreviations were introduced.
Use the standard state abbreviations, with periods and
spaces as shown, for all purposes other than postal
addresses. The United States Post Office instituted two
letter state abbreviations along with five digit zip codes
in 1963. These postal abbreviations should only be used in
mailing addresses. When abbreviating the name of a state in
a mailing address, use uppercase letters, with no space
between the letters.
US State Abbreviations, State Capitals
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