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Sec. 10 State Abbreviation Codes, APO and FPO Addresses and Foreign Country Codes

Publication 4810 — Specifications for Electronic Filing of Form 8955-SSA, Annual Registration Statement Identifying Separated Participants With Deferred Vested Benefits · 2026-10-03 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · United States

.01 State Abbreviation Codes

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

Table 1: State & U.S. Territory Abbreviations

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

.02 APO and FPO Addresses

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

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.03 Foreign Country Codes

The following table provides the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Foreign Country Codes that are to be used when developing the country code portion of address fields.

Table 2: ISO Foreign Country Codes

Code Country Code Country Code Country
Neutral Zone
Niue
New Zealand
(Aotearoa)
Oman
Panama
Peru
French Polynesia
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Pakistan
Poland
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Pitcairn
Puerto Rico
Palestinian Territory,
Occupied
Portugal
Palau
Paraguay
Qatar
Reunion
Romania
Serbia
Russian Federation
AC Ascension Island GI Gibraltar NT NT
AD Andorra GL Greenland NU NU
AE United Arab Emirates GM Gambia NZ NZ
AF Afghanistan GN Guinea OM OM
AG Antigua and Barbuda GP Guadeloupe PA PA
AI Anguilla GQ Equatorial Guinea PE PE
AL Albania GR Greece PF PF
AM Armenia GS S. Georgia and
S. Sandwich Islands
PG PG
AN Netherlands Antilles GT Guatemala PH PH
AO Angola GU Guam PK PK
AQ Antarctica GW Guinea-Bissau PL PL
AR Argentina GY Guyana PM PM
AS American Samoa HK Hong Kong PN PN
AT Austria HM Heard and McDonald
Islands
PR PR
AU Australia HN Honduras PS PS
AW Aruba HR Croatia (Hrvatska) PT PT
AX Aland Islands HT Haiti PW PW
AZ Azerbaijan HU Hungary PY PY
BA Bosnia and Herzegovina ID Indonesia QA QA
BB Barbados IE Ireland RE RE
BD Bangladesh IL Israel RO RO
BE Belgium IM Isle of Man RS RS
BF Burkina Faso IN India RU RU

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Table 2: ISO Foreign Country Codes

BG Bulgaria IO British Indian Ocean
Territory
RW Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Solomon Islands
Seychelles
Sudan
Sweden
Singapore
St. Helena
Slovenia
Svalbard & Jan Mayen
Islands
Slovak Republic
Sierra Leone
San Marino
Senegal
Somalia
Suriname
South Sudan
Sao Tome and Principe
USSR (former)
El Salvador
Saint Maarten (Dutch)
Syria
Swaziland
Turks and Caicos
Islands
Chad
French Southern
Territories
BH Bahrain IQ Iraq SA SA
BI Burundi IR Iran SB SB
BJ Benin IS Iceland SC SC
BL St. Barthelemy IT Italy SD SD
BM Bermuda JE Jersey SE SE
BN Brunei Darussalam JM Jamaica SG SG
BO Bolivia JO Jordan SH SH
BQ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius
and Saba
JP Japan SI SI
BR Brazil KE Kenya SJ SJ
BS Bahamas KG Kyrgyzstan SK SK
BT Bhutan KH Cambodia SL SL
BV Bouvet Island KI Kiribati SM SM
BW Botswana KM Comoros SN SN
BY Belarus KN Saint Kitts and Nevis SO SO
BZ Belize KP Korea (North) SR SR
CA Canada KR Korea (South) SS SS
CC Cocos (Keeling) Islands KW Kuwait ST ST
CD Congo, Democratic
Republic
KY Cayman Islands SU SU
CF Central African Republic KZ Kazakhstan SV SV
CG Congo LA Laos SX SX
CH Switzerland LB Lebanon SY SY
CI Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory
Coast)
LC Saint Lucia SZ SZ
CK Cook Islands LI Liechtenstein TC TC
CL Chile LK Sri Lanka TD TD

CM

Cameroon
LR Liberia TF TF

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Table 2: ISO Foreign Country Codes

CN China LS Lesotho TG Togo
Thailand
Tajikistan
Tokelau
Timor-Leste
Turkmenistan
Tunisia
Tonga
East Timor
Turkey
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
Taiwan
Tanzania
Ukraine
Uganda
United Kingdom
US Minor Outlying
Islands
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vatican City State
(Holy See)
Saint Vincent & the
Grenadines
Venezuela
British Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
Viet Nam
CO Colombia LT Lithuania TH TH
CR Costa Rica LU Luxembourg TJ TJ
CS Czechoslovakia (former) LV Latvia TK TK
CU Cuba LY Libya TL TL
CV Cape Verde MA Morocco TM TM
CW Curacao MC Monaco TN TN
CX Christmas Island MD Moldova TO TO
CY Cyprus ME Montenegro TP TP
CZ Czech Republic MF St. Martin (French) TR TR
DE Germany MG Madagascar TT TT
DJ Djibouti MH Marshall Islands TV TV
DK Denmark MK F.Y.R.O.M.
(Macedonia)
TW TW
DM Dominica ML Mali TZ TZ
DO Dominican Republic MM Myanmar UA UA
DZ Algeria MN Mongolia UG UG
EC Ecuador MO Macau UK UK
EE Estonia MP Northern Mariana
Islands
UM UM
EG Egypt MQ Martinique US US
EH Western Sahara MR Mauritania UY UY
ER Eritrea MS Montserrat UZ UZ
ES Spain MT Malta VA VA
ET Ethiopia MU Mauritius VC VC
EU European Union MV Maldives VE VE
FI Finland MW Malawi VG VG
FJ Fiji MX Mexico VI VI

FK

Falkland Islands
(Malvinas)
MY Malaysia VN VN

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Table 2: ISO Foreign Country Codes

Islands

(former)

Democratic Republic

Micronesia MZ Mozambique VU
Faroe Islands NA Namibia WF
France NC New Caledonia WS
France, Metropolitan NE Niger XK
Gabon NF Norfolk Island YE
Great Britain (UK) NG Nigeria YT
Grenada NI Nicaragua YU
Georgia NL Netherlands ZA
French Guiana NO Norway ZR
Guernsey NP Nepal ZM
Ghana NR Nauru ZW

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