Federal Information Processing Standard state code: Difference between revisions

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A two-digit [[Federal Information Processing Standard]] (FIPS) code (FIPS 5-2) uniquely identifies a state, territory, or commonwealth within or of the [[United States|U.S.]]. These codes are used by the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], by the [[United States Department of Agriculture|Department of Agriculture]] to form milk-processing plant numbers, and in the [[Emergency Alert System]], and were assigned by [[NIST]]. Additional numbers used with the EAS for [[territorial waters]] of the U.S. were assigned by the [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]], but are not part of the FIPS standard. Two-''letter'' [[state codes]] were assigned as postal abbreviations by the [[USPS]].

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