Federal Information Processing Standard state code: Difference between revisions

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 The standard superseded FIPS PUB 5-1 on May 28, 1987, and was superseded on September 2, 2008, by [[ANSI]] standard [[ANSI INCITS 38:2009|INCITS 38:2009]].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

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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On September 2, 2008, FIPS 5-2 was one of ten standards withdrawn by [[NIST]] as a Federal Information Processing Standard.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 web |author=|[[National Institute of Standards and Technology]] |url=http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=51276&dbname=2008_register

|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>