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.

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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	St. Thomas
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

Abbreviation	Province	Capital
AB	Alberta	Edmonton
BC	British Columbia	Victoria
MB	Manitoba	Winnipeg
NB	New Brunswick	Fredericton
NL	Newfoundland and Labrador	St. John's
NT	Northwest Territories	Yellowknife
NS	Nova Scotia	Halifax
NU	Nunavut	Iqaluit
ON	Ontario	Toronto
PE	Prince Edward Island	Charlottetown
QC	Québec	Québec
SK	Saskatchewan	Regina
YT	Yukon	Whitehorse

States of Mexico

Abbreviation	State	Capital
AG	Aguascalientes	Aguascalientes
BC	Baja California Norte	Mexicali
BS	Baja California Sur	La Paz
CH	Chihuahua	Chihuahua
CL	Colima	Colima
CM	Campeche	Campeche
CO	Coahuila	Saltillo
CS	Chiapas	Tuxtla Gutiérrez
DF	Distrito Federal
DG	Durango	Durango
GR	Guerrero	Chilpancingo de los Bravo
GT	Guanajuato	Guanajuato
HG	Hidalgo	Pachuca de Soto
JA	Jalisco	Guadalajara
MI	Michoacan	Morelia
MO	Morelos	Cuernavaca
NA	Nayarit	Tepic
NL	Nuevo Leon	Monterrey
OA	Oaxaca	Oaxaca de Juárez
PU	Puebla	Puebla de Zaragoza
QR	Quintana Roo	Chetumal
QT	Queretaro	Santiago de Querétaro
SI	Sinaloa	Culiacán
SL	San Luis Potosi	San Luis Potosi
SO	Sonora	Hermosillo
TB	Tabasco	Villahermosa
TL	Tlaxcala	Tlaxcala de Xicoténcatl
TM	Tamaulipas	Ciudad Victoria
VE	Veracruz	Xalapa
YU	Yucatan	Mérida
ZA	Zacatecas	Zacatecas