Sec. 10 State — Publication 1516

.01 State Abbreviation Codes

The following state and U.S. territory abbreviations are to be used when developing the state code portion of the address fields.

State	Code	State	Code	State	Code
Alabama	AL	Kentucky	KY	Ohio	OH
Alaska	AK	Louisiana	LA	Oklahoma	OK
American Samoa	AS	Maine	ME	Oregon	OR
Arizona	AZ	Maryland	MD	Pennsylvania	PA
Arkansas	AR	Massachusetts	MA	Puerto Rico	PR
California	CA	Michigan	MI	Rhode Island	RI
Colorado	CO	Minnesota	MN	South Carolina	SC
Connecticut	CT	Mississippi	MS	South Dakota	SD
Delaware	DE	Missouri	MO	Tennessee	TN
District of Columbia	DC	Montana	MT	Texas	TX
Florida	FL	Nebraska	NE	Utah	UT
Georgia	GA	Nevada	NV	Vermont	VT
Guam	GU	New Hampshire	NH	Virginia	VA
Hawaii	HI	New Jersey	NJ	U.S. Virgin Islands	VI
Idaho	ID	New Mexico	NM	Washington	WA
Illinois	IL	New York	NY	West Virginia	WV
Indiana	IN	North Carolina	NC	Wisconsin	WI
Iowa	IA	North Dakota	ND	Wyoming	WY
Kansas	KS	No. Mariana Islands	MP

See Part C, Record Format Specifications and Record Layouts for more information on the required formatting for an address.

Filers must adhere to the city, state, and ZIP Code format for U.S. addresses in the “B” Record. This also includes American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

.02 APO and FPO Addresses

When reporting APO/FPO addresses, AE is the designation for ZIP Codes beginning with 090-099, AA for ZIP Code 340, and AP for ZIP Codes 962-966. Use the following format:

EXAMPLE:

Recipient Name PVT Willard J. Doe Mailing Address Company F, PSC Box 100 167 Infantry REGT Recipient City APO (or FPO) Recipient State AE, AA, or AP Recipient ZIP Code 098010100