Federal Information Processing Standard state code

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.

Order by State, territory, or Commonwealth Name State Abbr. FIPS Code Counties in this state Template:FIPSStateItem [[Template:FIPSStateName]] AK 02 Boroughs [[Template:FIPSStateName]] AS 60 See Below Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem [[Template:FIPSStateName]] 81 See Below Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem [[Template:FIPSStateName]] DC 11 See Below Template:FIPSStateItem [[Template:FIPSStateName]] FM 64 See Below [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Template:FIPSStateName]] GA 13 Counties [[Template:FIPSStateName]] GU 66 See Below Template:FIPSStateItem [[Template:FIPSStateName]] 84 See Below Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem [[Template:FIPSStateName]] 86 See Below [[Template:FIPSStateName]] 67 See Below Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem [[Template:FIPSStateName]] 89 See Below [[Template:FIPSStateName]] LA 22 Parishes Template:FIPSStateItem [[Template:FIPSStateName]] MH 68 See Below Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem [[Template:FIPSStateName]] 71 See Below Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem [[Template:FIPSStateName]] 76 See Below Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem [[Template:FIPSStateName]] MP 69 See Below Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem [[Template:FIPSStateName]] PW 70 See Below [[Template:FIPSStateName]] 95 See Below Template:FIPSStateItem [[Template:FIPSStateName]] PR 72 See Below Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem [[Template:FIPSStateName]] UM 74 See Below Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem [[Template:FIPSStateName]] of the U.S. VI 78 See Below [[Template:FIPSStateName]] 79 See Below Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem Template:FIPSStateItem

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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.

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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
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

External links

• About GNIS
• FIPS55 Data including downloadable files containing the entire table