FIPS state code

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A two-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code [(FIPS 5-2)] uniquely identifies a state, territory, or commonwealth within or of the U.S.. These codes are used by the U.S. Census Bureau, by the Department of Agriculture to form milk-processing plant numbers, and in the Emergency Alert System, and were assigned by NIST. Additional numbers used with the EAS for territorial waters of the U.S. were assigned by the FCC, but are not part of the FIPS standard. Two-letter state codes are used as postal abbreviations by the United States Postal Service with the exception of UM which it does not use. The various minor outlying islands have a second two digit code besides the one used for them as a group.

Please note that FIPS codes are not the same thing as ZIP Codes, however the two-letter abbreviations for U.S. states are the same as the Postal Service state abbreviations. Currently, actual "states" of the United States are (with the exception of number 11, District of Columbia), those entries with a FIPS code of 01 to 56.

The column "Counties in this state" provides a link to a list of the counties (boroughs and census areas in Alaska; parishes in Louisiana) for that state.

Order by State, territory, or Commonwealth Name State Abbr. FIPS Code Counties in this state Alabama AL 01 Counties Alaska AK 02 Boroughs American Samoa AS 60 Arizona AZ 04 Counties Arkansas AR 05 Counties Baker Island 81 California CA 06 Counties Colorado CO 08 Counties Connecticut CT 09 Counties Delaware DE 10 Counties District of Columbia DC 11 Florida FL 12 Counties Federated States of Micronesia FM 64 Georgia GA 13 Counties Guam GU 66 Hawaii HI 15 Counties Howland Island 84 Idaho ID 16 Counties Illinois IL 17 Counties Indiana IN 18 Counties Iowa IA 19 Counties Jarvis Island 86 Johnston Atoll 67 Kansas KS 20 Counties Kentucky KY 21 Counties Kingman Reef 89 Louisiana LA 22 Parishes Maine ME 23 Counties Marshall Islands MH 68 Maryland MD 24 Counties Massachusetts MA 25 Counties Michigan MI 26 Counties Midway Islands 71 Minnesota MN 27 Counties Mississippi MS 28 Counties Missouri MO 29 Counties Montana MT 30 Counties Navassa Island 76 Nebraska NE 31 Counties Nevada NV 32 Counties New Hampshire NH 33 Counties New Jersey NJ 34 Counties New Mexico NM 35 Counties New York NY 36 Counties North Carolina NC 37 Counties North Dakota ND 38 Counties Northern Mariana Islands MP 69 Ohio OH 39 Counties Oklahoma OK 40 Counties Oregon OR 41 Counties Palau PW 70 Palmyra Atoll 95 Pennsylvania PA 42 Counties Puerto Rico PR 72 Rhode Island RI 44 Counties South Carolina SC 45 Counties South Dakota SD 46 Counties Tennessee TN 47 Counties Texas TX 48 Counties U.S. Minor Outlying Islands UM 74 Utah UT 49 Counties Vermont VT 50 Counties Virginia VA 51 Counties Virgin Islands of the U.S. VI 78 Wake Island 79 Washington WA 53 Counties West Virginia WV 54 Counties Wisconsin WI 55 Counties Wyoming WY 56 Counties

Order by Abbreviation Abbr. Name FIPS Code Baker Island 81 Howland Island 84 Jarvis Island 86 Johnston Atoll 67 Kingman Reef 89 Midway Islands 71 Navassa Island 76 Palmyra Atoll 95 Wake Island 79 AK Alaska 02 AL Alabama 01 AR Arkansas 05 AS American Samoa 60 AZ Arizona 04 CA California 06 CO Colorado 08 CT Connecticut 09 DC District of Columbia 11 DE Delaware 10 FL Florida 12 FM Federated States of Micronesia 64 GA Georgia 13 GU Guam 66 HI Hawaii 15 IA Iowa 19 ID Idaho 16 IL Illinois 17 IN Indiana 18 KS Kansas 20 KY Kentucky 21 LA Louisiana 22 MA Massachusetts 25 MD Maryland 24 ME Maine 23 MH Marshall Islands 68 MI Michigan 26 MN Minnesota 27 MO Missouri 29 MP Northern Mariana Islands 69 MS Mississippi 28 MT Montana 30 NC North Carolina 37 ND North Dakota 38 NE Nebraska 31 NH New Hampshire 33 NJ New Jersey 34 NM New Mexico 35 NV Nevada 32 NY New York 36 OH Ohio 39 OK Oklahoma 40 OR Oregon 41 PA Pennsylvania 42 PR Puerto Rico 72 PW Palau 70 RI Rhode Island 44 SC South Carolina 45 SD South Dakota 46 TN Tennessee 47 TX Texas 48 UM U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 74 UT Utah 49 VA Virginia 51 VI Virgin Islands of the U.S. 78 VT Vermont 50 WA Washington 53 WI Wisconsin 55 WV West Virginia 54 WY Wyoming 56

Order by State Code FIPS Code Abbr. Name 01 AL Alabama 02 AK Alaska 04 AZ Arizona 05 AR Arkansas 06 CA California 08 CO Colorado 09 CT Connecticut 10 DE Delaware 11 DC District of Columbia 12 FL Florida 13 GA Georgia 15 HI Hawaii 16 ID Idaho 17 IL Illinois 18 IN Indiana 19 IA Iowa 20 KS Kansas 21 KY Kentucky 22 LA Louisiana 23 ME Maine 24 MD Maryland 25 MA Massachusetts 26 MI Michigan 27 MN Minnesota 28 MS Mississippi 29 MO Missouri 30 MT Montana 31 NE Nebraska 32 NV Nevada 33 NH New Hampshire 34 NJ New Jersey 35 NM New Mexico 36 NY New York 37 NC North Carolina 38 ND North Dakota 39 OH Ohio 40 OK Oklahoma 41 OR Oregon 42 PA Pennsylvania 44 RI Rhode Island 45 SC South Carolina 46 SD South Dakota 47 TN Tennessee 48 TX Texas 49 UT Utah 50 VT Vermont 51 VA Virginia 53 WA Washington 54 WV West Virginia 55 WI Wisconsin 56 WY Wyoming 60 AS American Samoa 64 FM Federated States of Micronesia 66 GU Guam 67 Johnston Atoll 68 MH Marshall Islands 69 MP Northern Mariana Islands 70 PW Palau 71 Midway Islands 72 PR Puerto Rico 74 UM U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 76 Navassa Island 78 VI Virgin Islands of the U.S. 79 Wake Island 81 Baker Island 84 Howland Island 86 Jarvis Island 89 Kingman Reef 95 Palmyra Atoll

Codes 03, 07, 14, 43, and 52 in the above table were formerly used for the certain territories, but some users found it difficult to separate them out from the States as a result so they were reassigned codes higher up in the system. Currently, actual "states" of the United States are (with the exception of number 11, District of Columbia), those entries with a FIPS code of 01 through 56.

Obsolete Code	Revised Code	Territory, or commonwealth
03	60	American Samoa
07		Canal Zone
14	66	Guam
43	72	Puerto Rico
52	78	Virgin Islands of the U.S.

The following codes for maritime areas are used by the Emergency Alert System and NOAA Weatherradio and are unlikely to be used otherwise by FIPS.

EAS Code	Maritime Area
57	Pacific Ocean Washington to California
58	Alaskan coast
59	Hawaiian coast
61	American Samoa waters
65	Mariana Islands waters (including Guam)
73	Atlantic Ocean Maine to Virginia
75	Atlantic Ocean North Carolina to Florida, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands
77	Gulf of Mexico
91	Lake Superior
92	Lake Michigan
93	Lake Huron
94	St. Clair River, Detroit River, and Lake St. Clair
96	Lake Erie
97	Niagara River and Lake Ontario
98	St. Lawrence River

 

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