FIPS state codes are a U.S. Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code (FIPS 5-2) for geographic coding of human settlements in the United States. They are used in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and are also used in this encyclopedia. The current standard is FIPS 55-3. Each two-digit code uniquely identifies a state, territory, or commonwealth within or of the U.S.. These codes are used by the U.S. Census Bureau, by the Department of Agriculture to form milk-processing plant numbers, some cash registers during check approval, 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 FCC, but are not part of the FIPS standard. Two-letter state codes are used as postal abbreviations by the United States Postal Service with the exception of UM which it does not use. The various minor outlying islands have a second two digit code besides the one used for them as a group.
Please note that FIPS codes are not the same thing as ZIP Codes, however the two-letter abbreviations for U.S. states are the same as the Postal Service state abbreviations. Currently, actual "states" of the United States are (with the exception of number 11, District of Columbia), those entries with a FIPS code of 01 to 56.
The column "Counties in this state" provides a link to a list of the counties (boroughs and census areas in Alaska; parishes in Louisiana) for that state. The listing of counties for areas other than states are listed below on this page.
Codes 03, 07, 14, 43, and 52 in the above table were formerly used for the certain territories, but some users found it difficult to separate them out from the States as a result so they were reassigned codes higher up in the system. Currently, actual "states" of the United States are (with the exception of number 11, District of Columbia), those entries with a FIPS code of 01 through 56.
| Obsolete Code | Revised Code | Territory, or commonwealth
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The following codes for maritime areas are used by the Emergency Alert System and NOAA Weatherradio and are unlikely to be used otherwise by FIPS.
| EAS Code | Maritime Area |
|---|---|
| 57 | Pacific Ocean Washington to California |
| 58 | Alaskan coast |
| 59 | Hawaiian coast |
| 61 | American Samoa waters |
| 65 | Mariana Islands waters (including Guam) |
| 73 | Atlantic Ocean Maine to Virginia |
| 75 | Atlantic Ocean North Carolina to Florida, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands |
| 77 | Gulf of Mexico |
| 91 | Lake Superior |
| 92 | Lake Michigan |
| 93 | Lake Huron |
| 94 | St. Clair River, Detroit River, and Lake St. Clair |
| 96 | Lake Erie |
| 97 | Niagara River and Lake Ontario |
| 98 | St. Lawrence River |
| List of counties in areas other than states | |||||
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| Regions having 0 locations: | |||||
| State Code | State Abbr | State Name | |||
| 60 | AS | American Samoa | |||
| 81 | Baker Island | ||||
| 64 | FM | Federated States of Micronesia | |||
| 84 | Howland Island | ||||
| 86 | Jarvis Island | ||||
| 67 | Johnston Atoll | ||||
| 89 | Kingman Reef | ||||
| 68 | MH | Marshall Islands | |||
| 76 | Navassa Island | ||||
| 71 | Midway Islands | ||||
| 95 | Palmyra Atoll | ||||
| 74 | UM | U.S. Minor Outlying Islands | |||
| 79 | Wake Island | ||||
| Regions having 10 or fewer locations: | |||||
| State Code | State Abbr | State Name | |||
| 11 | DC | District of Columbia | |||
| ID | GSA ID | City | County Code | County | |
| 531871 | 0010 | Washington | 001 | District of Columbia | |
| State Code | State Abbr | State Name | |||
| 70 | PW | Palau | |||
| ID | GSA ID | Community | County Code | County | |
| 1391540 | Kloulklubed | 350 | Peleliu | ||
| 1867680 | 4000 | Koror | 150 | Koror | |
| 1391604 | Meyungs | 150 | Koror | ||
| State Code | State Abbr | State Name | |||
| 78 | VI | U.S. Virgin Islands | |||
| ID | GSA ID | Community | County Code | County | |
| 1613808 | 0100 | Charlotte Amalie | 030 | St. Thomas | |
| 1613811 | 0200 | Christiansted | 010 | St. Croix | |
| 1613859 | 0300 | Cruz Bay | 020 | St. John | |
| 1613945 | 0400 | Frederiksted | 010 | St. Croix | |
| 1613987 | Grove Place | 010 | St. Croix | ||
| 1614046 | 0500 | Kingshill | 010 | St. Croix | |
| 1614297 | 0700 | Saint John | 010 | St. Croix | |
See also
List of FIPS region codes FIPS 10-4 international locations