A Python Dictionary to translate US States to Two letter codes

us_state_abbrev.py

# United States of America Python Dictionary to translate States,
# Districts & Territories to Two-Letter codes and vice versa.
#
# https://gist.github.com/rogerallen/1583593
#
# Dedicated to the public domain.  To the extent possible under law,
# Roger Allen has waived all copyright and related or neighboring
# rights to this code.

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

# thank you to @kinghelix and @trevormarburger for this idea
abbrev_us_state = dict(map(reversed, us_state_abbrev.items()))

# Simple test examples
if __name__ == '__main__':
    print("Wisconin --> WI?", us_state_abbrev['Wisconsin'] == 'WI')
    print("WI --> Wisconin?", abbrev_us_state['WI'] == 'Wisconsin')
    print("Number of entries (50 states, DC, 5 Territories) == 56? ", 56 == len(us_state_abbrev))