What is this topic and why is this topic relevant, Well if you are working in travel industry or do interstate travel in the United states then this topic will be useful for you.
State abbreviations are two letter codes that you must have noticed next to name of the city. This codes play an important role since they help in informing you which state does this city or town belong to. For example did you know there are number of cities or towns by the name of springfield, the most famous being the one is Simpsons that nobody knows where ,According to the U.S. Geological Survey there are currently 34 populated places named Springfield in 25 U.S. states, so how do you know which springfield do you want to visit. The easier way to determine this is by looking at the state abbreviation next to the city. Below is the list of all state abbreviations in the USA.
State Name/District | Postal Code |
Alabama | AL |
Alaska | AK |
Arizona | AZ |
Arkansas | AR |
California | CA |
Colorado | CO |
Connecticut | CT |
Delaware | DE |
District of Columbia | DC |
Florida | FL |
Georgia | GA |
Hawaii | HI |
Idaho | ID |
Illinois | IL |
Indiana | IN |
Iowa | IA |
Kansas | KS |
Kentucky | KY |
Louisiana | LA |
Maine | ME |
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 |
Ohio | OH |
Oklahoma | OK |
Oregon | OR |
Pennsylvania | PA |
Rhode Island | RI |
South Carolina | SC |
South Dakota | SD |
Tennessee | TN |
Texas | TX |
Utah | UT |
Vermont | VT |
Virginia | VA |
Washington | WA |
West Virginia | WV |
Wisconsin | WI |
Wyoming | WY |
Now for example you want to travel to Springfield , IL (Illinois) then you will notice a IL will be displayed next to Springfield, similary if you want to travel to Springfield Missouri then a MO will be seen next to the city name (Springfiled,MO). Knowing a state abbreviation will avoid you the trouble of booking a wrong flight to wrong city or a town.
This abbreviations are not only limited to the USA, other countries like Canada,Australia,Brazil also use similar coding system for states or provinces within these countries.
If you want to learn more about the states in USA or if you think you know your States you can take our small quiz to identify states in the USA on a map.
We hope this topic has helped fellow travel enthusiast and added a bit in their travel accumen.