Objective-C method that returns a dictionary of all state names as keys and their abbreviations as values

statesDictionary

- (NSDictionary *) stateDictionary {
 return @{
      @"ALABAMA" : @"AL ",
      @"ALASKA" : @"AK ",
      @"AMERICAN SAMOA" : @"AS ",
      @"ARIZONA" : @"AZ ",
      @"ARKANSAS" : @"AR ",
      @"CALIFORNIA" : @"CA ",
      @"COLORADO" : @"CO ",
      @"CONNECTICUT" : @"CT ",
      @"DELAWARE" : @"DE ",
      @"DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA" : @"DC ",
      @"FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA" : @"FM ",
      @"FLORIDA" : @"FL ",
      @"GEORGIA" : @"GA ",
      @"GUAM" : @"GU ",
      @"HAWAII" : @"HI ",
      @"IDAHO" : @"ID ",
      @"ILLINOIS" : @"IL ",
      @"INDIANA" : @"IN ",
      @"IOWA" : @"IA ",
      @"KANSAS" : @"KS ",
      @"KENTUCKY" : @"KY ",
      @"LOUISIANA" : @"LA ",
      @"MAINE" : @"ME ",
      @"MARSHALL ISLANDS" : @"MH ",
      @"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 ",
      @"PALAU" : @"PW ",
      @"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 "
    };
}