Federal Information Processing Standard state code: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 00:42, 10 January 2023

Latest revision as of 17:51, 4 January 2025

(One intermediate revision by one other user not shown)

Line 3:

{{Use mdy dates|date = March 2019}}

'''FIPS state codes''' were numeric and two-letter alphabetic [[codes]] defined in U.S. [[Federal Information Processing Standard]] Publication ("FIPS PUB") 5-2 to identify U.S. states and certain other associated areas. The standard superseded FIPS PUB 5-1 on May 28, 1987, and was superseded on September 2, 2008, by [[ANSI]] standard [[INCITS]] 38:2009.<ref name="fips52" />

The codes are used in [[Geographic Names Information System]], overseen by the [[U.S. Board on Geographic Names]]. The codes were assigned by [[NIST]] and each uniquely identified a state, the District of Columbia, or an outlying area of the [[United States|U.S.]] These codes were used by the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the [[United States Department of Agriculture|Department of Agriculture]] to form milk-processing plant numbers, some [[cash register]]s during check approval, and in the [[Emergency Alert System]] (EAS).

Line 44:

|[[Arkansas]] || AR || 05 || State; [[List of counties in Arkansas|counties]]

|- align="center"

|[[Baker Island]] ||BI || 81 || Minor outlying island territory

| 81 || Minor outlying island territory

|- align="center"

|[[California]] || CA || 06 || State; [[List of counties in California|counties]]

Line 71 ⟶ 70:

|[[Hawaii]] || HI || 15 || State; [[List of counties in Hawaii|counties]]

|- align="center"

|[[Howland Island]] ||HI || 84 || Minor outlying island territory

| 84 || Minor outlying island territory

|- align="center"

|[[Idaho]] || ID || 16 || State; [[List of counties in Idaho|counties]]

Line 82 ⟶ 80:

|[[Iowa]] || IA || 19 || State; [[List of counties in Iowa|counties]]

|- align="center"

|[[Jarvis Island]] ||JI || 86 || Minor outlying island territory

| 86 || Minor outlying island territory

|- align="center"

|[[Johnston Atoll]] ||JA || 67 || Minor outlying island territory

| 67 || Minor outlying island territory

|- align="center"

|[[Kansas]] || KS || 20 || State; [[List of counties in Kansas|counties]]

Line 92 ⟶ 88:

|[[Kentucky]] || KY || 21 || State; [[List of counties in Kentucky|counties]]

|- align="center"

|[[Kingman Reef]] ||KR || 89 || Minor outlying island territory

| 89 || Minor outlying island territory

|- align="center"

|[[Louisiana]] || LA || 22 || State; [[List of parishes in Louisiana|parishes]]

Line 107 ⟶ 102:

|[[Michigan]] || MI || 26 || State; [[List of counties in Michigan|counties]]

|- align="center"

|[[Midway Islands]] ||MI || 71 || Minor outlying island territory

| 71 || Minor outlying island territory

|- align="center"

|[[Minnesota]] || MN || 27 || State; [[List of counties in Minnesota|counties]]

Line 118 ⟶ 112:

|[[Montana]] || MT || 30 || State; [[List of counties in Montana|counties]]

|- align="center"

|[[Navassa Island]] ||NI || 76 || Minor outlying island territory

| 76 || Minor outlying island territory

|- align="center"

|[[Nebraska]] || NE || 31 || State; [[List of counties in Nebraska|counties]]

Line 147 ⟶ 140:

|[[Palau]] || PW || 70 || Freely Associated State

|- align="center"

|[[Palmyra Atoll]] ||PA || 95 || Minor outlying island territory

| 95 || Minor outlying island territory

|- align="center"

|[[Pennsylvania]] || PA || 42 || State; [[List of counties in Pennsylvania|counties]]

Line 178 ⟶ 170:

|[[United States Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands]] of the U.S. || VI || 78 || Outlying area under U.S. sovereignty

|- align="center"

|[[Wake Island]] ||WI || 79 || Minor outlying island territory

| 79 || Minor outlying island territory

|- align="center"

|[[Washington (state)|Washington]] || WA || 53 || State; [[List of counties in Washington|counties]]