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FIPS PUB 5-2
Supersedes FIPS PUB 5-1
1970 June 15
Federal
Information
Processing Standards Publication 5-2
1987 May 28
Announcing the Standard for
CODES FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE
STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND THE OUTLYING AREAS OF THE UNITED STATES,
AND ASSOCIATED AREAS
See Important
Change Notice at the end of this document.
(The Foreword, Abstract, and
Key Words
can be found at the end of this document.)
Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS) are
issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology after approval by
the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to Section 111(d) of the Federal Property
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended by the Computer Security
Act of 1987, Public Law 100-235.
- Name of Standard.
Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the
Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas.
- Category of Standard. Data
Standards and Guidelines; Representations and Codes.
- Explanation. This
standard provides a set of two-digit numeric codes and a set of two-letter
alphabetic codes for representing the 50 states, the District of Columbia
and the outlying areas of the United States, and associated areas. The
standard covers all land areas under the sovereignty of the United States,
the freely associated states of Federated States of Micronesia and
Marshall Islands, and the trust territory of Palau. This revision
supersedes FIPS PUB 5-1 in its entirety.
- Approving Authority. The
Secretary of Commerce.
- Maintenance Agency.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census (Geography Division).
Inquiries concerning the technical content of this standard should be
addressed to:
6.
7. Office of the Chief
8. Geography Division
9. Bureau of the Census
Washington, DC 20233
Change notices to this FIPS PUB will be issued by the National Bureau of
Standards. Users who wish to receive such notices should complete the Change
Request Form included in this FIPS PUB and return it to the address shown.
- Cross Index.
a. American National Standard ANSI
X3.38-1972, Identification of States of the United States (including the
District of Columbia) for Information Interchange.
b. American National Standard ANSI
Z39.27-1984, Structure for the Representation of Names of Countries,
Dependencies, and Areas of Special-Sovereignty for Information Interchange.
c. International Standard ISO
3166-1981, Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries, a standard of
the International Organization for Standardization.
d. Federal Information Processing
Standard (FIPS PUB) 104-1, American National Standard Codes for the
Representation of Names of Countries, Dependencies, and Areas of Special
Sovereignty.
e. U.S. Postal Service Publication
65, National Five-Digit ZIP Code and Post Office Directory, 1987 Edition.
- Objectives. The
objectives of this standard are to improve the utilization of data
resources of the Federal Government and avoid unnecessary duplications and
incompatibilities in the collection, processing, and dissemination of
data.
- Applicability. This
Federal general data element and representation standard is made available
for data interchange among departments and independent agencies, and for
Federal data interchange with the non- Federal sector, including industry,
State, local and other governments, and the public at large.
- Implementation Schedule. The
specifications herein may be used upon publication. Use by Federal
agencies is encouraged when such use contributes to operational benefits,
efficiency or economy.
- Specifications. Federal
Information Processing Standard 5-2 (FIPS PUB 5-2), Codes for the
Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying
Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas (affixed).
- Where to Obtain Copies. Copies
of this publication are available for sale by the National Technical
Information Service (NTIS), U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA
22161. When ordering, please refer to Federal Information Processing
Standards Publication 5-2 (FIPSPUB5-2) and title. When microfiche is
desired, this should be specified. Copies of ANSI X3.38-1972, ANSI
Z39.27-1984, and ISO 3166-1981 may be obtained from American National
Standards Institute, 1430 Broadway, New York, NY 10018.
FIPS PUB 5-2
Supersedes FIPS PUB 5-1
1970 June 15
Federal Information
Processing standards Publication 5-2
1987 May 28
Specifications for
CODES FOR THE
IDENTIFICATION OF THE STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND THE OUTLYING AREAS
OF THE UNITED STATES, AND ASSOCIATED AREAS
Table 1: FIPS State Codes for the States and the
District of Columbia This table provides the two-digit FIPS State Numeric
Code and the two- letter FIPS State Alpha Code for each State and the District
of Columbia. Both code sets are unchanged from the representations of Table 1
of FIPS PUB 5-1. The FIPS State Alpha Code is identical to the two-letter U.S.
Postal Service (USPS) abbreviation for each entity listed in this table.
Table2: FIPS State Codes for the Outlying Areas
of the United States, the Freely Associated States, and Trust Territory This
table provides the two- digit FIPS State Numeric Code and the two-letter FIPS
State Alpha Code for each outlying area, for the freely associated states of
Federated States of Micronesia and Marshall Islands, and or the trust territory
of Palau. The latter three entities replace the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands. Northern Mariana Islands is now under U.S. sovereignty. FIPS State
Numeric Codes for American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico,
and Virgin Islands of the United States are identical to those shown in FIPS
PUB 5-1 for those areas. New FIPS State Numeric Codes have been assigned to
Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, and U.S. Minor
Outlying Islands.
The areas listed in Table 2 and their assigned FIPS
State Alpha Codes are identical to the U.S. outlying and associated areas and
corresponding two-letter codes specified in ISO 3166-1981, as updated. This
international standard has been adopted as a national voluntary standard in the
United States under ANSI Z39.27-1984, and has been implemented through FIPS PUB
104-1.
FIPS State Alpha Codes for the outlying and
associated areas are not identical in every case to the two-letter USPS
abbreviations for the same entities. USPS abbreviations are recommended for use
only in connection with addresses for mail to be delivered by the USPS, and may
be found in the most recent edition of USPS Publication 65, National Five-Digit
ZIP Code and Post Office Directory.
Table 3: FIPS State Numeric Codes for the
Individual Minor Outlying Island Territories This table provides the
two-digit FIPS State Numeric Codes of FIPS PUB 5-1 for the individual island
territories which form the aggregate entity U.S. Minor Outlying Islands. A FIPS
State Numeric Code in this table should be used only when an individual
territory must be uniquely identified, and a field for the FIPS County Code is
not available to be used in combination with the FIPS State Code for U.S. Minor
Outlying Islands (74 or UM). A FIPS County Code for each territory is specified
in FIPS PUB 6-3.
Table 1
FIPS State Codes for the States and the District of Columbia
|
Name
|
FIPS
State
Numeric
Code
|
FIPS
State
Alpha
Code
|
Name
|
FIPS
State
Numeric
Code
|
FIPS
State
Alpha
Code
|
Alabama
|
01
|
AL
|
Missouri
|
29
|
MO
|
Alaska
|
02
|
AK
|
Montana
|
30
|
MT
|
Arizona
|
04
|
AZ
|
Nebraska
|
31
|
NE
|
Arkansas
|
05
|
AR
|
Nevada
|
32
|
NV
|
California
|
06
|
CA
|
New Hampshire
|
33
|
NH
|
Colorado
|
08
|
CO
|
New Jersey
|
34
|
NJ
|
Connecticut
|
09
|
CT
|
New Mexico
|
35
|
NM
|
Delaware
|
10
|
DE
|
New York
|
36
|
NY
|
District of
Columbia
|
11
|
DC
|
North Carolina
|
37
|
NC
|
Florida
|
12
|
FL
|
North Dakota
|
38
|
ND
|
Georgia
|
13
|
GA
|
Ohio
|
39
|
OH
|
|
|
|
Oklahoma
|
40
|
OK
|
|
|
|
Oregon
|
41
|
OR
|
Hawaii
|
15
|
HI
|
Pennsylvania
|
42
|
PA
|
Idaho
|
16
|
ID
|
Rhode Island
|
44
|
RI
|
Illinois
|
17
|
IL
|
South Carolina
|
45
|
SC
|
Indiana
|
18
|
IN
|
South Dakota
|
46
|
SD
|
Iowa
|
19
|
IA
|
Tennessee
|
47
|
TN
|
Kansas
|
20
|
KS
|
Texas
|
48
|
TX
|
Kentucky
|
21
|
KY
|
Utah
|
49
|
UT
|
Louisiana
|
22
|
LA
|
Vermont
|
50
|
VT
|
Maine
|
23
|
ME
|
Virginia
|
51
|
VA
|
Maryland
|
24
|
MD
|
Washington
|
53
|
WA
|
Massachusetts
|
25
|
MA
|
West Virginia
|
54
|
WV
|
Michigan
|
26
|
MI
|
Wisconsin
|
55
|
WI
|
Minnesota
|
27
|
MN
|
Wyoming
|
56
|
WY
|
Mississippi
|
28
|
MS
|
|
|
|
Table 2
FIPS State Codes for the Outlying Areas of the United States,
the Freely Associated States, and Trust Territory
|
Area Name
|
FIPS
State
Numeric
Code
|
FIPS
State
Numeric
Code
|
Status
|
American Samoa
|
60
|
AS
|
1
|
Federated States of Micronesia
|
64
|
FM
|
3
|
Guam
|
66
|
GU
|
1
|
Marshall Islands
|
68
|
MH
|
3
|
Northern Mariana Islands
|
69
|
MP
|
1
|
Palau
|
70
|
PW
|
4
|
Puerto Rico
|
72
|
PR
|
1
|
U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
|
74
|
UM
|
2
|
Virgin Islands of the U.S.
|
78
|
VI
|
1
|
Status: 1. Under U.S. sovereignty. 2. An aggregation of nine U.S. territories: Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island. Palmyra Atoll. and Wake Island. Each territory is assigned a FIPS County Code in FIPS PUB 6-3, and may be individually identified through a combination of the FIPS State Code (74 or UM) and the appropriate FIPS County Code. 3. A Compact of Free Association with the United States of America is now in full force. It was announced by Presidential proclamation on November 3, 1986. 4. Remains a trust territory.
Table 3
FIPS State Numeric Codes for the Individual
Minor Outlying Island Territories
|
Area Name
|
FIPS
State
Numeric
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
|
The Foreword, Abstract, and Key Words follow:
FIPS
PUB 5-2
FEDERAL INFORMATION
PROCESSING STANDARD PUBLICATION
1987 MAY 28
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/National Institute of Standards and
Technology
CODES FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE STATES, THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA AND THE OUTLYING AREAS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND ASSOCIATED
AREAS
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Ernest Ambler, Director
Foreword
The Federal Information Processing Standards Publication Series
of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is the
official publication relating to standards and guidelines adopted and
promulgated under the provisions of Section 111(d) of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 as amended by the
Computer Security Act of 1987, Public Law 100-235. These mandates have
given the Secretary of Commerce and NIST important responsibilities for
improving the utilization and management of computers and related
telecommunications systems in the Federal Government. The NIST, through
its Computer Systems Laboratory, provides leadership, technical guidance,
and coordination of Government efforts in the development of standards
and guidelines in these areas.
Comments concerning Federal Information Processing Standards Publications
are welcomed and should be addressed to the Director, Computer Systems
Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg,
MD 20899.
James H. Burrows, Director
Computer Systems Laboratory
Abstract
This standard
provides a set of two-digit numeric codes and a set of two-letter
alphabetic codes for representing the 50 states, the District of Columbia
and the outlying areas of the United States, and associated areas. The
standard covers all land areas under the sovereignty of the United
States, the freely associated states of Federated States of Micronesia
and Marshall Islands, and the trust territory of Palau. This revision
supersedes FIPS PUB 5-1 in its entirety.
Key words:ADP standards; computers; data elements and codes; data
processing; Federal Information Processing Standard; geography;
information systems; standards; states; statistical data; outlying areas.
Important FIPS5-2 Change notice
CHANGE NO. 1
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Computer Systems Laboratory
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
DATE OF CHANGE: 1987 September 18
FIPS PUBLICATION CHANGE NOTICE
TITLE OF PUBLICATION
Codes for the Identification of the
States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of the United
States, and Associated Areas
This office has a record of your
interest in receiving changes to the above FIPS PUB. The change(s)
indicated below have been provided by the Maintenance Agency for this
publication and will be included in the next published revision to this
FIPS PUB. Questions or requests for additional information should be
addressed to the Maintenance Agency:
Department of Commerce
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Computer Systems Laboratory
Room 8-64, Technology Gaithersburg, MD 20899
CHANGE ITEM(S)
U.S. Postal Service to Adopt Outlying
Area Codes
The U. S. Postal
Service has announced in its Postal Bulletin PB 21635, dated September 3,
1987 that, effective January 1, 1988, it will adopt as official
abbreviations the two-letter FIPS State Alpha Codes in Table 2 for
Federated States Of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana
Islands, and Palau. The U.S. Postal Service already uses the
corresponding FIPS State Alpha Codes in Table 2 as official abbreviations
for American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands of the U.S.
Specific
Changes
Page 1;
paragraph 6e. Change 1987 to 1988.
Page 3; delete last paragraph under Table 2. Replace with the
following:
Effective January 1, 1988, the
FIPS State Alpha Code for each area in Table 2 except U.S. Minor Outlying
Islands is identical to the U. S. Postal Service abbreviation for that
area. The U.S. Postal Service does not employ the term U.S. Minor
Outlying Islands, as mail for any of these islands is routed indirectly.
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