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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 The standard superseded FIPS PUB 5-1 on May 28, 1987, and was superseded on September 2, 2008, by [[ANSI]] standard [[ANSI INCITS 38:200x|INCITS 38:200x]].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>{{cite web |titlename=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:fips52//www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/fip5-2.htm |date=1970-06-15 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2009-07-01}}</ref><ref name="withdrawn">{{cite web |title=Withdrawn FIPS Listed by Number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]]|accessdate=2009-07-01}}</ref><ref name="superceded">{{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}}</ref>

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).

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==References==

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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]] |accessdate=2009-07-01}}

*{{cite web |title=Withdrawn FIPS Listed by Number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]]|accessdate=2009-07-01}}

|url=http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/withdraw.htm |date=March 26, 2009 |publisher=[[National Institute of Standards and Technology]]|accessdate=2009-07-01}}</ref><ref name="superceded">*{{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}}</ref>

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