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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 The standard superseded FIPS PUB 5-1 on [[May 28]], [[1987]], and was superseded on [[September 2]], [[2008]] by [[ANSI]] standard [[ANSI INCITS 38:200x|INCITS 38:200x]].<ref>

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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 were 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.

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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FIPS PUB 5-1 (published on [[June 15]], [[1970]] and superseded by FIPS PUB 5-2 on [[May 28]], [[1987]]) stated that certain numeric codes "are reserved for possible future use in identifying American Samoa (03), Canal Zone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>

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==References==

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==External links==

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