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{{Short description|FIPS standards to identify U.S. national subdivisions}}

'''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 The standard superseded FIPS PUB 5-1 on May 28, 1987, and was superseded on September 2, 2008, by [[ANSI]] standard [[ANSI INCITS 38:2009|INCITS 38:2009]].<ref name=fips52/>

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'''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 The standard superseded FIPS PUB 5-1 on May 28, 1987, and was superseded on September 2, 2008, by [[ANSI]] standard [[ANSI INCITS]] 38:2009|INCITS 38:2009]].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).

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).

The [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] assigned additional numeric codes used with the EAS for [[territorial waters]] of the U.S., but these were not part of the FIPS standard.

The FIPS state alpha code for each U.S. states and the District of Columbia wereare identical to the [[U.S. postal abbreviations|postal abbreviations]] by the [[United States Postal Service]]. From September 3, 1987, the same was true of the alpha code for each of the outlying areas, with the exception of U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (UM) as the USPS routes mail for these islands indirectly.

Each of the various minor outlying islands that fell within alpha code UM had an individual numeric code, but no individual alpha code.

On September 2, 2008, FIPS 5-2 was one of ten standards withdrawn by [[NIST]] as a Federal Information Processing Standard.<ref name=fr>{{cite webjournal |author=National Institute of Standards and Technology |[[author-link=National Institute of Standards and Technology]] |url=httphttps://frwebgatewww.access.gpofederalregister.gov/cgidocuments/2008/09/02/E8-bin20138/getpage.cgi?positionannouncing-approval-of-the-withdrawal-of-ten-federal-information-processing-standards-fips |title=all&Announcing Approval of the Withdrawal of Ten Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) |journal=[[Federal Register]] |volume=73 |page=51276&dbname |date=2008_registerSeptember 2, 2008 }} {{FedReg|73|51276}}</ref>

|title=Announcing Approval of the Withdrawal of Ten Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) |publisher=[[Federal Register]] |work =73 FR 51276 |date=September 2, 2008 |format=[[portable document format|PDF]] |accessdate=2010-08-03}}</ref>

== FIPS state codes ==

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Only actual U.S. states and the District of Columbia had FIPS state numeric codes in the range 01 through 56.

FIPS PUB 5-1 (published on June 15, 1970, and superseded by FIPS PUB 5-2 on May 28, 1987) stated that certain numeric codes "are reserved for possible future use in identifying American Samoa (03), Canal Zone (07), Guam (14), Puerto Rico (43), and Virgin Islands (52)", but these codes were omitted from FIPS PUB 5-2 without comment. These areas are marked with a <nowiki>*</nowiki> and highlighted in red in the table below.<ref>{{cite web |title=States and Outlying Areas of the United States (FIPS PUB 5-1)

|url=http://www.bls.gov/nls/79quex/r19/y79r19attach102.pdf |date=June 15, 1970 |publisher=[[U.S. Government Printing Office]]

|format = [[portable document format|PDF]] |accessdateaccess-date=2009-07-01}}</ref>

For states, the "Status" column in the table below includes a link to a list of the counties (boroughs and census areas in Alaska; parishes in Louisiana) for that state including the county codes as defined in [[FIPS PUB 6-4]]. The listings of counties for other areas are set out at the end of this article.

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|[[Delaware]] || DE || 10 || State; [[List of counties in Delaware|counties]]

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|[[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]] || DC || 11 || Federal district<ref>The federal district of the United States has one city, the City of Washington, which is coterminous with the single county, District of Columbia County</ref>

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|[[Florida]] || FL || 12 || State; [[List of counties in Florida|counties]]

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|[[Federated States of Micronesia]] || FM || 64 || Freely associatedAssociated stateState

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|[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] || GA || 13 || State; [[List of counties in Georgia|counties]]

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|[[Maine]] || ME || 23 || State; [[List of counties in Maine|counties]]

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|[[Marshall Islands]] || MH || 68 || Freely associatedAssociated stateState

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|[[Maryland]] || MD || 24 || State; [[List of counties in Maryland|counties]]

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|[[New Mexico]] || NM || 35 || State; [[List of counties in New Mexico|counties]]

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|[[New York (state)|New York]] || NY || 36 || State; [[List of counties in New York|counties]]

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|[[North Carolina]] || NC || 37 || State; [[List of counties in North Carolina|counties]]

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|[[Oregon]] || OR || 41 || State; [[List of counties in Oregon|counties]]

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|[[Palau]] || PW || 70 || TrustFreely TerritoryAssociated State

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

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

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

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|[[West Virginia]] || WV || 54 || State; [[List of counties in West Virginia|counties]]

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== SupplementalCounty codes for maritime areas ==

{{main|List of United States FIPS codes by county}}

The [[Emergency Alert System]] (EAS) and the [[weatherradio]] service provided by [[NOAA]] use these codes to supplement FIPS PUB 5-2 to include certain maritime areas.<ref>

== Supplemental codes for maritime areas ==

The [[Emergency Alert System]] (EAS) and the [[weatherradioNOAA Weather Radio|weather radio]] service provided by [[NOAA]] use these codes to supplement FIPS PUB 5-2 to include certain maritime areas.<ref>

{{cite web

|title=[[Code of Federal Regulations|CFR]] Title 47 PART 11 Subpart B § 11.31: [[Emergency Alert System|EAS]] protocol

|work = Electronic [[Code of Federal Regulations]]

|url=http://ecfrwww.gpoaccessecfr.gov/cgi/t/text-bin/text-idx?c=ecfr&;sid=1c9280fe140543c5c253b727820f56df;rgn=div8&div5;view=text&;node=47:1.0.1.1.11.2.237.1&12;idno=47;cc=ecfr#se47.1.11_131

|date=NovemberSeptember 252, 20052016

|publisher=[[U.S. Government Printing Office]]

|accessdateaccess-date=20092016-0709-0102}}</ref>

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!|EAS code

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<ref name=fips52>FIPS 5-2 timeline

*{{cite web |title=Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas (FIPS PUB 5-2) |url=http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/fip5-2.htm |date=1970-06-15 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdateaccess-date=2009-07-01 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705054444/http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/fip5-2.htm }}

*{{cite web |title=Withdrawn FIPS Listed by Number

|url=http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/withdraw.htm |date=March 26, 2009 |publisher=[[National Institute of Standards and Technology]]|accessdateaccess-date=2009-07-01 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604175137/http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/withdraw.htm }}

*{{cite web |

*{{cite web |title=American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Codes |url=http://www.census.gov/geo/www/ansi/ansi.html |date=January 8, 2009 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2009-07-01}}

title=American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Codes for States |

url=https://www.census.gov/library/reference/code-lists/ansi/ansi-codes-for-states.html |

date=June 25, 2018 |

publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |

access-date=2020-05-01}}

</ref>

}}

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|title=Domestic Names - State and Topical Gazetteer Download Files

|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/download_data.htm

|date=30- Jun- 2009

|publisher=[[U.S. Board on Geographic Names]]

|accessdateaccess-date=2009-07-01}}

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