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 The standard superseded FIPS PUB 5-1 on May 28, 1987, and was superseded on September 2, 2008, by [[ANSI]] standard INCITS 38:2009.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