FIPS state code

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FIPS state codes are a U.S. Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code (FIPS 5-2) for geographic coding of human settlements in the United States. They are used in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and are also used in this encyclopedia. The current standard is FIPS 55-3. Each two-digit code 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, some cash registers during check approval, 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. The listing of counties for areas other than states are listed below on this page.

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

List of counties in areas other than states
Regions having 0 locations:
State Code	State Abbr	State Name
60	AS	American Samoa
81		Baker Island
64	FM	Federated States of Micronesia
84		Howland Island
86		Jarvis Island
67		Johnston Atoll
89		Kingman Reef
68	MH	Marshall Islands
76		Navassa Island
71		Midway Islands
95		Palmyra Atoll
74	UM	U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
79		Wake Island
Regions having 10 or fewer locations:
State Code	State Abbr	State Name
11	DC	District of Columbia
	ID	GSA ID	City	County Code	County
	531871	0010	Washington	001	District of Columbia
State Code	State Abbr	State Name
70	PW	Palau
	ID	GSA ID	Community	County Code	County
	1391540		Kloulklubed	350	Peleliu
	1867680	4000	Koror	150	Koror
	1391604		Meyungs	150	Koror
State Code	State Abbr	State Name
78	VI	U.S. Virgin Islands
	ID	GSA ID	Community	County Code	County
	1613808	0100	Charlotte Amalie	030	St. Thomas
	1613811	0200	Christiansted	010	St. Croix
	1613859	0300	Cruz Bay	020	St. John
	1613945	0400	Frederiksted	010	St. Croix
	1613987		Grove Place	010	St. Croix
	1614046	0500	Kingshill	010	St. Croix
	1614297	0700	Saint John	010	St. Croix