Data Element Dictionary
| State Abbreviation | |
| Format: | Character - Size 1 |
| Description: | A code to represent the state or territory. |
| Coding: |
** = Baker Island ** = Foreign Countries ** = Howland Island ** = Jarvis Island ** = Johnson Atoll ** = Kingman Reef ** = Midway Islands ** = Navassa Island ** = Okinawa ** = Overseas Armed Forces Dependents School ** = Palmyra Atoll ** = Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ** = U.S. Armed Services ** = U.S., State Unknown ** = Unknown ** = Wake Island AK = Alaska AL = Alabama AR = Arkansas AS = American Samoa AZ = Arizona CA = California CO = Colorado CT = Connecticut CZ = Panama Canal Zone DC = District of Columbia DE = Delaware EE = Enumeration at Entry FL = Florida FM = Federated States of Micronesia GA = Georgia GU = Guam HI = Hawaii IA = Iowa ID = Idaho IL = Illinois IN = Indiana KS = Kansas KY = Kentucky LA = Louisiana MA = Massachusetts MD = Maryland ME = Maine MH = Marshall Islands MI = Michigan MN = Minnesota MO = Missouri MP = Northern Marianas Islands MS = Mississippi MT = Montana NC = North Carolina ND = North Dakota NE = Nebraska NH = New Hampshire NJ = New Jersey NM = New Mexico NV = Nevada NY = New York OH = Ohio OK = Oklahoma OR = Oregon PA = Pennsylvania PP = Philippines PR = Puerto Rico PW = Palau RI = Rhode Island RR = Railroad Retirement SC = South Carolina SD = South Dakota TN = Tennessee TX = Texas UM = U.S. Minor Outlying Islands US = United States of America UT = Utah VA = Virginia VI = Virgin Islands of U.S. VT = Vermont WA = Washington WI = Wisconsin WV = West Virginia WY = Wyoming |
| Cross-Walk: | Cross-Walk to codes used by other agencies. |
| Table: | Description of the table defining this element. |
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