US State Abbreviations and State Capitals
The table below shows the US Postal Service (USPS) abbreviation for each of the United States, districts, territories, and possessions. For your reference, we've also included a link to the official government website, the "old style" state abbreviation and the capital. Also, see abbreviations for: "US Military States", Canadian Provinces and Mexican States.	Try our postal code search for the United States and Canada. Enter a postal code and get a map with other information about that location. Postal code Examples US: 81657, Canada: T5A 0A7

US Postal Service Abbreviation	US State, Possession or Territory	Capital (New: click city to see a map)	Old Style Abbreviation
AK	Alaska	Juneau	-
AL	Alabama	Montgomery	Ala.
AR	Arkansas	Little Rock	Ark.
AS	American Samoa	Pago Pago	-
AZ	Arizona	Phoenix	Ariz.
CA	California	Sacramento	Calif.
CO	Colorado	Denver	Colo.
CT	Connecticut	Hartford	Conn.
DC	District of Columbia	Washington
DE	Delaware	Dover	Del.
FL	Florida	Tallahassee	Fla.
FM	Federated States of Micronesia	Palikir
GA	Georgia	Atlanta	Ga.
GU	Guam	Hagatna (Agana)
HI	Hawaii	Honolulu	-
IA	Iowa	Des Moines	-
ID	Idaho	Boise	-
IL	Illinois	Springfield	Ill.
IN	Indiana	Indianapolis	Ind.
KS	Kansas	Topeka	Kan.
KY	Kentucky	Frankfort	Ky.
LA	Louisiana	Baton Rouge	La.
MA	Massachusetts	Boston	Mass.
ME	Maine	Augusta	-
MD	Maryland	Annapolis	Md.
MH	Marshall Islands	Majuro
MI	Michigan	Lansing	Mich.
MN	Minnesota	St. Paul	Minn.
MO	Missouri	Jefferson City	Mo.
MP	Northern Mariana Islands	Saipan
MS	Mississippi	Jackson	Miss.
MT	Montana	Helena	Mont.
NC	North Carolina	Raleigh	N.C.
ND	North Dakota	Bismarck	N.D.
NE	Nebraska	Lincoln	Neb.
NH	New Hampshire	Concord	N.H.
NJ	New Jersey	Trenton	N.J.
NM	New Mexico	Santa Fe	N.M.
NV	Nevada	Carson City	Nev.
NY	New York	Albany	N.Y
OH	Ohio	Columbus	-
OK	Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	Okla.
OR	Oregon	Salem	Ore.
PA	Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	Pa.
PR	Puerto Rico	San Juan
PW	Palau	Koror
RI	Rhode Island	Providence	R.I.
SC	South Carolina	Columbia	S.C.
SD	South Dakota	Pierre	S.D.
TN	Tennessee	Nashville	Tenn.
TX	Texas	Austin	-
UT	Utah	Salt Lake City	-
VI	Virgin Islands	Charlotte Amalie
VT	Vermont	Montpelier	Vt.
VA	Virginia	Richmond	Va.
WA	Washington	Olympia	Wash.
WI	Wisconsin	Madison	Wis.
WV	West Virginia	Charleston	W.Va.
WY	Wyoming	Cheyenne	Wyo.

US Military "State Abbreviations"

Abbreviation	Military "State"
AA	Armed Forces Americas (except Canada)
AE	Armed Forces Africa
AE	Armed Forces Canada
AE	Armed Forces Europe
AE	Armed Forces Middle East
AP	Armed Forces Pacific

Provinces of Canada

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