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   Which states are not abbreviated?

   • Some of these states of confusion include: States with five or fewer letters are never abbreviated in traditional abbreviations. These states are Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, Texas, and Utah. Alaska and Hawaii are also never abbreviated in traditional abbreviations, although they are abbreviated in USPS abbreviations (AK and HI).

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   How many letters are in a state's abbreviation?

   • In fact, they've only existed since 1963, just four years after the 50th state (Hawaii) was added to the union. Before that, most states had three to five letters in their abbreviations, such as FLA for Florida and CALIF for California — similar to their traditional abbreviations.

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   When did state abbreviations come out?

   • In 1831 the USPS developed its first list of state abbreviations, each consisting of two letters except Ohio’s, which was simply “O.” In 1874 the list was updated to include new states, and longer abbreviations were introduced, largely to avoid confusion.

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   How do you spell out a state name?

   • There are three different ways to write state names: you can spell them out in their entirety, you can use traditional abbreviations, or you can use postal abbreviations. In most cases, postal abbreviations are appropriate and well understood. There are situations, however, in which it's correct to spell out state names.

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   May 7, 2021 · Abbreviation; Alabama . AL . Alaska . AK . Arizona . AZ . Arkansas . AR . California . CA . Colorado . CO . Connecticut . CT . Delaware . DE . Florida . FL . Georgia . GA . Hawaii . HI . Idaho . ID . Illinois . IL . Indiana . IN . Iowa . IA . Kansas . KS . Kentucky . KY . Louisiana . LA . Maine . ME . Maryland . MD . Massachusetts . MA ...

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   Jul 6, 2022 · To make sure your mail arrives at the correct destination in the United States, you'll need to use the appropriate U.S. state abbreviations. Check out a complete state abbreviations list, traditional abbreviations for each state and when you'd want to use either one.

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   United States of America: Federal state: US USA 840: US: 00: U.S. U.S. U.S.A. Alabama: State: US-AL: AL: 01: AL: AL: Ala. Ala. Alaska: State: US-AK: AK: 02: AK: AK: Alaska: Alaska: Ak. Arizona: State: US-AZ: AZ: 04: AZ: AZ: Ariz. Ariz. Arkansas: State: US-AR: AR: 05: AR: AR: Ark. Ark. California: State: US-CA: CA: 06: CA: CF: Calif. Calif. Cal ...

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   postal abbreviation traditional abbreviation* *Included are previous postal abbreviations and other commonly used abbreviations. N/A indicates states that do not have such abbreviations. Alabama: AL: Ala. Alaska: AK: N/A: American Samoa: AS: A.S. Arizona: AZ: Ariz. Arkansas: AR: Ark. California: CA: Calif. Colorado: CO: Colo. Connecticut: CT ...

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   The two letters of each abbreviation are always capitalized and without periods. So, for example, the abbreviation for New York is NY and not N.Y. or Ny. And the abbreviation for Texas is TX and not T.X. or Tx. Alabama - AL. Alaska - AK. Arizona - AZ. Arkansas - AR. California - CA. Colorado - CO. Connecticut - CT. Delaware - DE. Florida - FL.

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   Jan 24, 2020 · List of State Abbreviations. This handy chart has both the postal and the traditional abbreviations, for your reference: Ore. or Oreg. Wis. or Wisc. The postal abbreviations for all 50 states are here, along with the traditional abbreviations plus some history and how to use them in formal writing.