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For prompt and correct
handling of your mail, its important to use the appropriate
abbreviations. Use this list for help abbreviating the
more commonly used words.
| US
State/Possession |
Abbreviation |
| Alabama |
AL |
| Alaska |
AK |
| American
Samoa |
AS |
| Arizona |
AZ |
| Arkansas |
AR |
|
California |
CA |
| Colorado |
CO |
|
Connecticut |
CT |
| Delaware |
DE |
| District
of Columbia |
DC |
|
Federated States of Micronesia |
FM |
| Florida |
FL |
| Georgia |
GA |
| Guam |
GU |
| Hawaii |
HI |
| Idaho |
ID |
| Illinois |
IL |
| Indiana |
IN |
| Iowa |
IA |
| Kansas |
KS |
| Kentucky |
KY |
|
Louisiana |
LA |
| Maine |
ME |
| Marshall
Islands |
MH |
| Maryland |
MD |
|
Massachusetts |
MA |
| Michigan |
MI |
|
Minnesota |
MN |
|
Mississippi |
MS |
| Missouri |
MO |
| Montana |
MT |
| Nebraska |
NE |
| Nevada |
NV |
| New
Hampshire |
NH |
| New
Jersey |
NJ |
| New
Mexico |
NM |
| New York |
NY |
| North
Carolina |
NC |
| North
Dakota |
ND |
| Northern
Mariana Islands |
MP |
| Ohio |
OH |
| Oklahoma |
OK |
| Oregon |
OR |
| Palau |
PW |
|
Pennsylvania |
PA |
| Puerto
Rico |
PR |
| Rhode
Island |
RI |
| South
Carolina |
SC |
| South
Dakota |
SD |
|
Tennessee |
TN |
| Texas |
TX |
| Utah |
UT |
| Vermont |
VT |
| Virgin
Islands |
VI |
| Virginia |
VA |
|
Washington |
WA |
| West
Virginia |
WV |
|
Wisconsin |
WI |
| Wyoming |
WY |
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Military "State" |
Abbreviation |
| Armed
Forces Africa |
AE |
Armed
Forces Americas
(except Canada) |
AA |
| Armed
Forces Canada |
AE |
| Armed
Forces Europe |
AE |
| Armed
Forces Middle East |
AE |
| Armed
Forces Pacific |
AP |
See the USPS website for
| Canadian Province |
Abbreviation |
| Alberta |
AB |
| British Columbia |
BC |
| Manitoba |
MB |
| New Brunswick |
NB |
| Newfoundland and
Labrador |
NL |
| Northwest
Territories |
NT |
| Nova Scotia |
NS |
| Nunavut |
NU |
| Ontario |
ON |
| Prince Edward Island |
PE |
| Quebec |
QC |
| Saskatchewan |
SK |
| Yukon |
YT |
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