Array with US State names and their abbreviation

gistfile1.txt

[
  {:name => "Alaska", :abbreviation => "AK"},
  {:name => "Alabama", :abbreviation => "AL"},
  {:name => "American Samoa", :abbreviation => "AS"},
  {:name => "Arizona", :abbreviation => "AZ"},
  {:name => "California", :abbreviation => "CA"},
  {:name => "Colorado", :abbreviation => "CO"},
  {:name => "Connecticut", :abbreviation => "CT"},
  {:name => "District of Columbia", :abbreviation => "DC"},
  {:name => "Delaware", :abbreviation => "DE"},
  {:name => "Florida", :abbreviation => "FL"},
  {:name => "Federated States of Micronesia", :abbreviation => "FM"},
  {:name => "Georgia", :abbreviation => "GA"},
  {:name => "Guam", :abbreviation => "GU"},
  {:name => "Hawaii", :abbreviation => "HI"},
  {:name => "Iowa", :abbreviation => "IA"},
  {:name => "Idaho", :abbreviation => "ID"},
  {:name => "Illinois", :abbreviation => "IL"},
  {:name => "Indiana", :abbreviation => "IN"},
  {:name => "Kansas", :abbreviation => "KS"},
  {:name => "Kentucky", :abbreviation => "KY"},
  {:name => "Louisiana", :abbreviation => "LA"},
  {:name => "Maine", :abbreviation => "ME"},
  {:name => "Maryland", :abbreviation => "MD"},
  {:name => "Marshall Islands", :abbreviation => "MH"},
  {:name => "Michigan", :abbreviation => "MI"},
  {:name => "Minnesota", :abbreviation => "MN"},
  {:name => "Missouri", :abbreviation => "MO"},
  {:name => "Northern Mariana Islands", :abbreviation => "MP"},
  {:name => "Mississippi", :abbreviation => "MS"},
  {:name => "Montana", :abbreviation => "MT"},
  {:name => "North Carolina", :abbreviation => "NC"},
  {:name => "North Dakota", :abbreviation => "ND"},
  {:name => "Nebraska", :abbreviation => "NE"},
  {:name => "New Hampshire", :abbreviation => "NH"},
  {:name => "New Jersey", :abbreviation => "NJ"},
  {:name => "New Mexico", :abbreviation => "NM"},
  {:name => "Nevada", :abbreviation => "NV"},
  {:name => "New York", :abbreviation => "NY"},
  {:name => "Ohio", :abbreviation => "OH"},
  {:name => "Oklahoma", :abbreviation => "OK"},
  {:name => "Oregon", :abbreviation => "OR"},
  {:name => "Pennsylvania", :abbreviation => "PA"},
  {:name => "Puerto Rico", :abbreviation => "PR"},
  {:name => "Palau", :abbreviation => "PW"},
  {:name => "Rhode Island", :abbreviation => "RI"},
  {:name => "South Carolina", :abbreviation => "SC"},
  {:name => "South Dakota", :abbreviation => "SD"},
  {:name => "Tennessee", :abbreviation => "TN"},
  {:name => "Utah", :abbreviation => "UT"},
  {:name => "Virgin Islands", :abbreviation => "VI"},
  {:name => "Vermont", :abbreviation => "VT"},
  {:name => "Virginia", :abbreviation => "VA"},
  {:name => "Washington", :abbreviation => "WA"},
  {:name => "Wisconsin", :abbreviation => "WI"},
  {:name => "West Virginia", :abbreviation => "WV"},
  {:name => "Wyoming", :abbreviation => "WY"}
]