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The following is a list of abbreviations used by the United States Postal Service. They are used to help the postal service process mail with optical character recognition and other automated equipment. more...
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Postal codes alphabetized by postal abbreviation (not by state)
These codes do not overlap with the thirteen Canadian subnational postal abbreviations.
Other codes
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Obsolete Codes
Example of Address
JOHN DOE
358 OAK LANE
FLORHAM PARK NJ 07932
Trivia
Of the 50 states:
19 states are abbreviated by their first two letters:;
- AL, AR, CA*, CO*, DE*, FL, ID, IL, IN, MA, MI, NE, OH, OK, OR, UT, WA, WI, WY
15 state abbreviations are the first and last letter in a state's name:;
- CA*, CO*, CT, DE*, GA, HI, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, PA, VA, VT
10 two-word states are abbreviated by the first letter of each word:;
- NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NY, RI, SC, SD, WV
The second letter for 9 states is from elsewhere in the name, often the second consonant:;
- AK, AZ, MN, MO, MS, MT, NV, TN, TX
* three states (CA*, CO*, DE*) are same for first two letters and first and last letters.
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