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A python list of all US state abbreviations.
# United States Postal Service (USPS) abbreviations.
abbreviations = [
# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States#States.
"AK", "AL", "AR", "AZ", "CA", "CO", "CT", "DE", "FL", "GA", "HI", "IA",
"ID", "IL", "IN", "KS", "KY", "LA", "MA", "MD", "ME", "MI", "MN", "MO",
"MS", "MT", "NC", "ND", "NE", "NH", "NJ", "NM", "NV", "NY", "OH", "OK",
"OR", "PA", "RI", "SC", "SD", "TN", "TX", "UT", "VA", "VT", "WA", "WI",
"WV", "WY",
# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States#Federal_district.
"DC",
# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States#Inhabited_territories.
"AS", "GU", "MP", "PR", "VI",
]
abbreviation_to_name = {
# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States#States.
"AK": "Alaska",
"AL": "Alabama",
"AR": "Arkansas",
"AZ": "Arizona",
"CA": "California",
"CO": "Colorado",
"CT": "Connecticut",
"DE": "Delaware",
"FL": "Florida",
"GA": "Georgia",
"HI": "Hawaii",
"IA": "Iowa",
"ID": "Idaho",
"IL": "Illinois",
"IN": "Indiana",
"KS": "Kansas",
"KY": "Kentucky",
"LA": "Louisiana",
"MA": "Massachusetts",
"MD": "Maryland",
"ME": "Maine",
"MI": "Michigan",
"MN": "Minnesota",
"MO": "Missouri",
"MS": "Mississippi",
"MT": "Montana",
"NC": "North Carolina",
"ND": "North Dakota",
"NE": "Nebraska",
"NH": "New Hampshire",
"NJ": "New Jersey",
"NM": "New Mexico",
"NV": "Nevada",
"NY": "New York",
"OH": "Ohio",
"OK": "Oklahoma",
"OR": "Oregon",
"PA": "Pennsylvania",
"RI": "Rhode Island",
"SC": "South Carolina",
"SD": "South Dakota",
"TN": "Tennessee",
"TX": "Texas",
"UT": "Utah",
"VA": "Virginia",
"VT": "Vermont",
"WA": "Washington",
"WI": "Wisconsin",
"WV": "West Virginia",
"WY": "Wyoming",
# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States#Federal_district.
"DC": "District of Columbia",
# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States#Inhabited_territories.
"AS": "American Samoa",
"GU": "Guam GU",
"MP": "Northern Mariana Islands",
"PR": "Puerto Rico PR",
"VI": "U.S. Virgin Islands",
}
# Example convenience transformations:
#
# ['AK', 'AL', ...]
abbreviations = sorted([abbr for abbr in abbreviation_to_name.keys()])
# ['Alabama', 'Alaska', ...]
names = sorted([name for name in abbreviation_to_name.values()])
# {'Alaska': 'AK', 'Alabama': 'AL', ...}
name_to_abbreviation = {v: k for k, v in abbreviation_to_name.items()}
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cheetahsweater commented Aug 25, 2023

beautiful thank you!!!

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easella commented Jun 30, 2024

thank you!

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