ISO 3166-2:US

ISO 3166-2:US is the entry for the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 in ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1...

, part of the ISO 3166

ISO 3166

ISO 3166 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization . It defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, special areas of geographical interest, and their principal subdivisions . The official name of the standard is Codes for the representation...

 standard

Standardization

Standardization is the process of developing and implementing technical standards.The goals of standardization can be to help with independence of single suppliers , compatibility, interoperability, safety, repeatability, or quality....

 published by the International Organization for Standardization

International Organization for Standardization

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 (ISO), which defines code

Code

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s for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., province

Province

A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state.-Etymology:The English word "province" is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French "province," which itself comes from the Latin word "provincia," which referred to...

s or states) of all countries

Country

A country is a region legally identified as a distinct entity in political geography. A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with a previously...

 coded in ISO 3166-1

ISO 3166-1

ISO 3166-1 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. The official name of the standard is Codes for the representation of names...

.

Currently for the United States, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for the following subdivisions:

• 50 states
• 1 district (i.e., the District of Columbia, the capital of the country, also known as Washington D.C.)
• 6 outlying areas
  Insular area
  An insular area is a United States territory, that is neither a part of one of the fifty U.S. states nor the District of Columbia, the federal district of the United States...
  
   (including the United States Minor Outlying Islands
  United States Minor Outlying Islands
  The United States Minor Outlying Islands, a statistical designation defined by the International Organization for Standardization's ISO 3166-1 code, consists of nine United States insular areas in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea: Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll,...
  
  , a collection of nine islands or groups of islands)

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is US, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest...

 code of the United States. The second part is two letters, which is the postal abbreviation of the state, district, or outlying area, except the United States Minor Outlying Islands which do not have a postal abbreviation.

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

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Code	Subdivision name	Subdivision category
US-AL	Alabama	state
US-AK	Alaska	state
US-AZ	Arizona	state
US-AR	Arkansas	state
US-CA	California	state
US-CO	Colorado	state
US-CT	Connecticut	state
US-DE	Delaware	state
US-FL	Florida	state
US-GA		state
US-HI	Hawaii	state
US-ID	Idaho	state
US-IL	Illinois	state
US-IN	Indiana	state
US-IA	Iowa	state
US-KS	Kansas	state
US-KY	Kentucky	state
US-LA	Louisiana	state
US-ME	Maine	state
US-MD	Maryland	state
US-MA	Massachusetts	state
US-MI	Michigan	state
US-MN	Minnesota	state
US-MS	Mississippi	state
US-MO	Missouri	state
US-MT	Montana	state
US-NE	Nebraska	state
US-NV	Nevada	state
US-NH	New Hampshire	state
US-NJ	New Jersey	state
US-NM	New Mexico	state
US-NY	New York	state
US-NC	North Carolina	state
US-ND	North Dakota	state
US-OH	Ohio	state
US-OK	Oklahoma	state
US-OR	Oregon	state
US-PA	Pennsylvania	state
US-RI	Rhode Island	state
US-SC	South Carolina	state
US-SD	South Dakota	state
US-TN	Tennessee	state
US-TX	Republic of Texas	state
US-UT	Utah	state
US-VT	Vermont	state
US-VA	Virginia	state
US-WA	Washington	state
US-WV	West Virginia	state
US-WI	Wisconsin	state
US-WY	Wyoming	state
US-DC	Washington, D.C.	district
US-AS	American Samoa	outlying territory
US-GU	Guam	outlying territory
US-MP	Northern Mariana Islands	outlying territory
US-PR	Puerto Rico	outlying territory
US-UM	United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Minor Outlying Islands The United States Minor Outlying Islands, a statistical designation defined by the International Organization for Standardization's ISO 3166-1 code, consists of nine United States insular areas in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea: Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll,...	outlying territory
US-VI		outlying territory

Subdivisions included in ISO 3166-1

Besides being included as subdivisions of the United States in ISO 3166-2, the outlying areas are also officially assigned their own country codes in ISO 3166-1.

Code	Subdivision name	Alpha-2 code	ISO 3166-2 codes
US-AS	American Samoa American Samoa American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa...	AS	ISO 3166-2:AS ISO 3166-2:AS ISO 3166-2:AS is the entry for American Samoa in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently no ISO 3166-2 codes are...
US-GU	Guam Guam Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...	GU	ISO 3166-2:GU ISO 3166-2:GU ISO 3166-2:GU is the entry for Guam in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently no ISO 3166-2 codes are defined in the...
US-MP	Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines...	MP	ISO 3166-2:MP ISO 3166-2:MP ISO 3166-2:MP is the entry for the Northern Mariana Islands in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently no ISO 3166-2...
US-PR	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...	PR	ISO 3166-2:PR ISO 3166-2:PR ISO 3166-2:PR is the entry for Puerto Rico in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently no ISO 3166-2 codes are defined...
US-UM	United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Minor Outlying Islands The United States Minor Outlying Islands, a statistical designation defined by the International Organization for Standardization's ISO 3166-1 code, consists of nine United States insular areas in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea: Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll,...	UM	ISO 3166-2:UM ISO 3166-2:UM ISO 3166-2:UM is the entry for the United States Minor Outlying Islands in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for...
US-VI	Virgin Islands, U.S. United States Virgin Islands The Virgin Islands of the United States are a group of islands in the Caribbean that are an insular area of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles.The U.S...	VI	ISO 3166-2:VI ISO 3166-2:VI ISO 3166-2:VI is the entry for the United States Virgin Islands in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently no ISO...

See also

• Subdivisions of the United States
• FIPS region codes of United States
• FIPS state codes of the United States

External links

• States of the United States, Statoids.com