State Codes

This topic lists the two-character state, province, and territory codes for the United States and Canada. Only the two-character codes listed in these tables are valid.

United States Postal Services (USPS) Abbreviations

For a complete list of United States Postal Service abbreviations, see USPS two-letter state and possession abbreviations.

State	Code	State	Code
Alabama	AL	Montana	MT
Alaska	AK	Nebraska	NE
American Samoa	AS	Nevada	NV
Arizona	AZ	New Hampshire	NH
Arkansas	AR	New Jersey	NJ
California	CA	New Mexico	NM
Colorado	CO	New York	NY
Connecticut	CT	North Carolina	NC
Delaware	DE	North Dakota	ND
District of Columbia	DC	Northern Mariana Islands	MP
Federated States of Micronesia	FM	Ohio	OH
Florida	FL	Oklahoma	OK
Georgia	GA	Oregon	OR
Guam	GU	Palau	PW
Hawaii	HI	Pennsylvania	PA
Idaho	ID	Puerto Rico	PR
Illinois	IL	Rhode Island	RI
Indiana	IN	South Carolina	SC
Iowa	IA	South Dakota	SD
Kansas	KS	Tennessee	TN
Kentucky	KY	Texas	TX
Louisiana	LA	Utah	UT
Maine	ME	Vermont	VT
Marshall Islands	MH	Virgin Islands	VI
Maryland	MD	Virginia	VA
Massachusetts	MA	Washington	WA
Michigan	MI	West Virginia	WV
Minnesota	MN	Wisconsin	WI
Mississippi	MS	Wyoming	WY
Missouri	MO

U.S. Military Addresses

This table lists the proper format for U.S. military addresses:

Line	Description	Examples
Address	Street address, post office box number, postal service center number, unit and/or box number	1775 John Paul Jones BLVD; PO Box 405; 4PSC 467 Box 291; Unit 30001; Unit 62001 Box 426
City	APO (Army or Air Force Post Office) or FPO (Fleet Post Office for the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard)	FPO AE 09501-4665; FPO AA 34093-2329; FPO AP 96349-1100
State	AE if customer is in Africa, Canada, Europe, or the Middle East; AP if customer is in Pacific; AA if customer is elsewhere in the Americas
ZIP	Postal code of the customer's location
Country	Country of the customer's location, or US if the customer is not currently assigned to another country (FPO)

California and New York also support these additional formats:

California

Pvt Smith<Div Number>, <Box Number>APOSan Francisco, CA 96xxx

New York

Pvt Smith<Div Number>, <Box Number>APONew York, NY 11xxx

If a military address is rejected, Customer Support can help resolve the issue.

Canadian Abbreviations

For more information about Canadian addresses, see the Canada Post Canada Postal Guide and Reference Tools.

This table lists the Canadian province and territory abbreviations:

Province or Territory (English)	Province or Territory (French)	Code
Alberta	Alberta	AB
British Columbia	Columbie-Britannique	BC
Manitoba	Manitoba	MB
New Brunswick	Nouveau-Brunswick	NB
Newfoundland and Labrador	Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador	NL
Northwest Territories	Territoires du Nord-Ouest	NT
Nova Scotia	Nouvelle-Écosse	NS
Nunavut	Nunavut	NU
Ontario	Ontario	ON
Prince Edward Island	Île-du-Prince-Édouard	PE
Quebec	Québec	QC
Saskatchewan	Saskatchewan	SK
Yukon	Yukon	YT

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Last published: September 29, 2026