For my purposes I needed an array of state arrays that I could add data for each state into each respective array.

Array of US States as an Array

        $states = array(
            array('Alabama'),
            array('Alaska'),
            array('Arizona'),
            array('Arkansas'),
            array('California'),
            array('Colorado'),
            array('Connecticut'),
            array('Delaware'),
            array('District of Columbia'),
            array('Florida'),
            array('Georgia'),
            array('Hawaii'),
            array('Idaho'),
            array('Illinois'),
            array('Indiana'),
            array('Iowa'),
            array('Kansas'),
            array('Kentucky'),
            array('Louisiana'),
            array('Maine'),
            array('Maryland'),
            array('Massachusetts'),
            array('Michigan'),
            array('Minnesota'),
            array('Mississippi'),
            array('Missouri'),
            array('Montana'),
            array('Nebraska'),
            array('Nevada'),
            array('New Hampshire'),
            array('New Jersey'),
            array('New Mexico'),
            array('New York'),
            array('North Carolina'),
            array('North Dakota'),
            array('Ohio'),
            array('Oklahoma'),
            array('Oregon'),
            array('Pennsylvania'),
            array('Rhode Island'),
            array('South Carolina'),
            array('South Dakota'),
            array('Tennessee'),
            array('Texas'),
            array('Utah'),
            array('Vermont'),
            array('Virginia'),
            array('Washington'),
            array('West Virginia'),
            array('Wisconsin'),
            array('Wyoming')
        );