NationMaster - Encyclopedia: United States postal abbreviations

The following is a list of abbreviations used by the United States Postal Service. They are used to help the postal service process mail with optical character recognition and other automated equipment. [1] A previous USPS logo A USPS truck in San Francisco A smaller truck (a Long Life Vehicle or LLV) used in suburban areas The United States Postal Service (USPS) is an independent establishment of the executive branch of the United States government (see ) responsible for providing postal service in the... Optical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, involves computer software designed to translate images of typewritten text (usually captured by a scanner) into machine-editable text, or to translate pictures of characters into a standard encoding scheme representing them in (ASCII or Unicode). ...

States

* three states (CA*, CO*, DE*) are same for first two letters and first and last letters.

codes"> A two-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code (FIPS 5-2) uniquely identifies a state, territory, or commonwealth within or of the U.S.. These codes are used by the U.S. Census Bureau, by the Department of Agriculture to form milk-processing plant numbers, and in the Emergency... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Juneau Anchorage Area Ranked 1st - Total 663,267 sq. ... Official language(s) English Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Area Ranked 30th - Total 52,423 sq. ... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Little Rock Little Rock Area Ranked 29th - Total 53,179 sq mi (137,732 kmÂ²) - Width 239 miles (385 km) - Length 261 miles (420 km) - % water 2. ... Official language(s) None Capital Largest city Phoenix Phoenix Area Ranked 6th - Total 113,998 sq mi (295,254 kmÂ²) - Width 310 miles (500 km) - Length 400 miles (645 km) - % water 0. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq. ... Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 8th 104,185 sq mi 269 837 kmÂ² 280 miles 451 km 380 miles 612 km 0. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Official language(s) None Capital Dover Largest city Wilmington Area Ranked 49th - Total 2,491 sq. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Area Ranked 22nd - Total 65,794 sq. ... Official language(s) Hawaiian and English Capital Largest city Honolulu Honolulu Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 43rd 10,941 sq mi 28,337 kmÂ² n/a miles n/a km 1,522 miles 2,450 km 41. ... Official language(s) English Capital Des Moines Largest city Des Moines Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 26th 145,743 kmÂ² 320 km 500 km 0. ... Official language(s) None Capital Largest city Boise Boise Area Ranked 14th - Total 83,642 sq. ... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Springfield Chicago Area Ranked 25th - Total 57,918 sq. ... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Indianapolis Indianapolis Area Ranked 38th - Total 36,418 sq. ... Official language(s) None Capital Topeka Largest city Wichita Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 15th 82,277 miÂ²; 213,096 kmÂ² 211 mi; 340 km 400 mi; 645 km 0. ... Official language(s) English Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area Ranked 37th - Total 40,444 sq. ... Official language(s) English and French Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans at last census; probably Baton Rouge since Hurricane Katrina Area Ranked 31st - Total 51,885 sq. ... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Boston Boston Area Ranked 44th - Total 10,555 sq. ... Official language(s) None Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area Ranked 42nd - Total 12,417 sq. ... Official language(s) None Capital Augusta Largest city Portland Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 39th 33,414 sq mi 86,542 kmÂ² 190 miles 305 km 320 miles 515 km 13. ... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Largest city Lansing Detroit Area Ranked 11th - Total 102,384 sq. ... Official language(s) None Capital Largest city Saint Paul Minneapolis Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 12th 87,014 sq mi 225,365 kmÂ² 250 miles 400 km 400 miles 645 km 8. ... Official language(s) none, English most common Capital Largest city Jefferson City Kansas City Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 21st 69,709 sq mi 180,693 kmÂ² 240 miles 385 km 300 miles 480 km 1. ... Official language(s) English Capital Jackson Largest city Jackson Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 32nd 125,443 kmÂ² 275 km 545 km 3 30Â°13N to 35Â°N 88Â°7W to 91Â°41W Population - Total (2000) - Density Ranked 31st 2,697,243 23. ... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Helena Billings Area Ranked 4th - Total 147,165 sq. ... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Raleigh Charlotte Area Ranked 28th - Total 53,865 sq. ... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Bismarck Fargo Area Ranked 19th - Total 70,762 sq mi (183,272 kmÂ²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 340 miles (545 km) - % water 2. ... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Lincoln Omaha Area Ranked 16th - Total 77,421 sq mi (200,520 kmÂ²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 430 miles (690 km) - % water 0. ... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Concord Manchester Area Ranked 46th - Total 9,359 sq. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Largest city Trenton Newark Area Ranked 47th - Total 8,729 sq. ... Official language(s) None; English and Spanish de facto Capital Largest city Santa Fe Albuquerque Area Ranked 5th - Total 121,665 sq. ... Official language(s) None Capital Largest city Carson City Las Vegas Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 7th 110,567 sq mi 286,367 kmÂ² 322 miles 519 km 490 miles 788 km 0. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Largest city Albany New York City Area Ranked 27th - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 kmÂ²) - Width 285 miles (455 km) - Length 330 miles (530 km) - % water 13. ... Official language(s) None Capital Largest city Columbus Columbus (largest metropolitan area is Cleveland) Area Ranked 34th - Total 44,825 sq. ... Official language(s) None Capital Oklahoma City Largest city Oklahoma City Area Ranked 20th - Total 69,960 sq. ... Official language(s) None Capital Largest city Salem Portland Area Ranked 9th - Total 98,466 sq. ... Official language(s) None Capital Largest city Harrisburg Philadelphia Area Ranked 33rd - Total 46,055 sq. ... Official language(s) None Capital Largest city Providence Providence Area Ranked 50th - Total 1,214 sq. ... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Columbia Columbia Area Ranked 40th - Total 34,726 sq. ... Official language(s) English Capital Pierre Largest city Sioux Falls Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 17th 199,905 kmÂ² 340 km 610 km 1. ... Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 36th 109,247 kmÂ² 195 km 710 km 2. ... Official language(s) See: Languages of Texas Capital Largest city Austin Houston Area Ranked 2nd - Total 268,581 sq. ... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Salt Lake City Salt Lake City Area Ranked 13th - Total 84,876 sq. ... Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area Ranked 35th - Total 42,793 sq. ... Official language(s) None Capital Largest city Montpelier Burlington Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 43rd 24 923 kmÂ² 130 km 260 km 3. ... Official language(s) None Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area Ranked 18th - Total 71,342 sq. ... Official language(s) None Capital Largest city Madison Milwaukee Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 23rd 169,790 kmÂ² 420 km 500 km 17 42Â°30N to 47Â°3N 86Â°49W to 92Â°54W Population - Total (2000) - Density Ranked 18th 5,453,896 38. ... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Charleston Charleston Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 41st 62,809 kmÂ² 210 km 385 km 0. ... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Cheyenne Cheyenne Area Ranked 10th - Total 97,872 sq mi (253,554 kmÂ²) - Width 280 miles (450 km) - Length 360 miles (580 km) - % water 0. ...

Other codes

Federal districts

A two-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code (FIPS 5-2) uniquely identifies a state, territory, or commonwealth within or of the U.S.. These codes are used by the U.S. Census Bureau, by the Department of Agriculture to form milk-processing plant numbers, and in the Emergency... ...

Insular areas

Freely associated states

An associated state is a territory that effectively has independence, but chooses to have constitutional links with another, larger, country that handles its external affairs, unless it decides to seek full independence. ... A two-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code (FIPS 5-2) uniquely identifies a state, territory, or commonwealth within or of the U.S.. These codes are used by the U.S. Census Bureau, by the Department of Agriculture to form milk-processing plant numbers, and in the Emergency...

Armed Forces

An army post office is a special military system to integrate the civil postal system to that of the military. ... A two-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code (FIPS 5-2) uniquely identifies a state, territory, or commonwealth within or of the U.S.. These codes are used by the U.S. Census Bureau, by the Department of Agriculture to form milk-processing plant numbers, and in the Emergency...

Obsolete Codes

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See also

U.S. states This is a list of traditional abbreviations for U.S. states and territorries, which were in wide use prior to the U.S. postal abbreviations. ... ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard. ... This is a list of Canadian provincial and territorial postal abbreviations. ... A two-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code (FIPS 5-2) uniquely identifies a state, territory, or commonwealth within or of the U.S.. These codes are used by the U.S. Census Bureau, by the Department of Agriculture to form milk-processing plant numbers, and in the Emergency...

External links

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