Javascript: US State List with jQuery binding #snippet

US_state_list.js

var stateList = {
  AL: "Alabama", AK: "Alaska", AZ: "Arizona", AR: "Arkansas", CA: "California", CO: "Colorado", CT: "Connecticut", DE: "Delaware", FL: "Florida", GA: "Georgia", HI: "Hawaii", ID: "Idaho", IL: "Illinois", IN: "Indiana", IA: "Iowa", KS: "Kansas", KY: "Kentucky", LA: "Louisiana", ME: "Maine", MD: "Maryland", MA: "Massachusetts", MI: "Michigan", MN: "Minnesota", MS: "Mississippi", MO: "Missouri", MT: "Montana",NE: "Nebraska",  NV: "Nevada", NH: "New Hampshire", NJ: "New Jersey", NM: "New Mexico", NY: "New York", NC: "North Carolina", ND: "North Dakota", OH: "Ohio", OK: "Oklahoma", OR: "Oregon", PA: "Pennsylvania", RI: "Rhode Island", SC: "South Carolina", SD: "South Dakota", TN: "Tennessee", TX: "Texas", UT: "Utah", VT: "Vermont", VA: "Virginia", WA: "Washington", WV: "West Virginia", WI: "Wisconsin", WY: "Wyoming"
};

// Will populate any select element whose name ends with 'state'
$('select[name$="state"]').each(function() {
	for (abbr in stateList) {
		if (stateList.hasOwnProperty(abbr)) {
			$(this).append('<option value="'+ abbr.toString() +'">' + stateList[abbr] + '</option>');
		}
	}
});