# abbreviations ending in Q are `country', not `state', abbreviations# codes 03, 07, 14, 43, 52 intentionally blank (positions of AS, CZ, GU, PR, VI)01 AL Alabama02 AK Alaska04 AZ Arizona05 AR Arkansas06 CA California08 CO Colorado09 CT Connecticut10 DE Delaware11 DC District of Columbia12 FL Florida13 GA Georgia15 HI Hawaii16 ID Idaho17 IL Illinois18 IN Indiana19 IA Iowa20 KS Kansas21 KY Kentucky22 LA Louisiana23 ME Maine24 MD Maryland25 MA Massachusetts26 MI Michigan27 MN Minnesota28 MS Mississippi29 MO Missouri30 MT Montana31 NE Nebraska32 NV Nevada33 NH New Hampshire34 NJ New Jersey35 NM New Mexico36 NY New York37 NC North Carolina38 ND North Dakota39 OH Ohio40 OK Oklahoma41 OR Oregon42 PA Pennsylvania44 RI Rhode Island45 SC South Carolina46 SD South Dakota47 TN Tennessee48 TX Texas49 UT Utah50 VT Vermont51 VA Virginia53 WA Washington54 WV West Virginia55 WI Wisconsin56 WY Wyoming60 AS American Samoa (AQ)66 GU Guam (GQ)67 JQ Johnston Atoll69 CM Northern Mariana Islands (CQ)71 MQ Midway Islands72 PR Puerto Rico (RQ)74 SQ Swan Islands75 TT Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (NQ)76 BQ U.S. miscellaneous Caribbean islands (Nauassa Islands, Quito Sueno Bank, Rowcador Cay, Serrana Bank, Serranilla Bank)77 IQ U.S. miscellaneous Pacific islands (Kingman Reef, Howland Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island, Palmyra Atoll)78 VI Virgin Islands79 WQ Wake Island