State, Province, and

Territory Codes for the

United States and Canada
The following tables provide the two-character state, province, and territory codes for the
United States and Canada. Use only the two-character codes listed in these tables.

United States Postal Service (USPS)

Abbreviations
For a complete list of United States Postal Service abbreviations, see https://
www.usps.com/ship/official-abbreviations.htm.

Table 1 United States Postal Service Abbreviations

State Code State Code

Alabama AL Montana MT
Alaska AK Nebraska NE
American Samoa AS Nevada NV
Arizona AZ New Hampshire NH
Arkansas AR New Jersey NJ
California CA New Mexico NM
Colorado CO New York NY
Connecticut CT North Carolina NC
Delaware DE North Dakota ND
District of Columbia DC Northern Mariana Islands MP
Federated States of Micronesia FM Ohio OH
Florida FL Oklahoma OK
Georgia GA Oregon OR
Guam GU Palau PW
Hawaii HI Pennsylvania PA
Idaho ID Puerto Rico PR
Illinois IL Rhode Island RI
Indiana IN South Carolina SC

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Table 1 United States Postal Service Abbreviations (Continued)

State Code State Code

Iowa IA South Dakota SD
Kansas KS Tennessee TN
Kentucky KY Texas TX
Louisiana LA Utah UT
Maine ME Vermont VT
Marshall Islands MH Virgin Islands VI
Maryland MD Virginia VA
Massachusetts MA Washington WA
Michigan MI West Virginia WV
Minnesota MN Wisconsin WI
Mississippi MS Wyoming WY
Missouri MO

U.S. Military Addresses

The following table lists the proper format for U.S. miliary addresses:

Table 2 U.S. Miliary Address Format

Line Description Examples

Address Street address 1775 John Paul Jones BLVD
Post office box number PO Box 405
Postal service center number 4PSC 467 Box 291
Unit and/or box number Unit 30001
Unit 62001 Box 426
City APO (Army or Air Force Post Office)
or
FPO (Fleet Post Office for the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard FPO AE 09501-4665
State AE if customer is in Africa, Canada, Europe, or the Middle East FPO AA 34093-2329
AP if customer is in Pacific FPO AP 96349-1100
AA if customer is elsewhere in the Americas
ZIP Postal code of the customer’s location
Country Country of the customer’s location or US if customer is not currently
assigned to another country (FPO)

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In addition, for California and New York, you can also use the following formats:

 Pvt Smith  Pvt Smith

<Div Number>, <Box Number> <Div Number>, <Box Number>
APO APO
San Francisco, CA 96xxx New York, NY 11xxx

If a military address is rejected, contact CyberSource Customer Support to resolve the

issue.

Canadian Abbreviations
For more information about Canadian addresses, see the Canada Post Canada Postal
Guide and Reference Tools at http://www.canadapost.ca/business/tools/pg/default-e.asp.

Table 3 Canadian Province or Territory Abbreviations

Province or Territory (English) Province or Territory (French) Code

Alberta Alberta AB
British Columbia Columbie-Britannique BC
Manitoba Manitoba MB
New Brunswick Nouveau-Brunswick NB
Newfoundland and Labrador Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador NL
Northwest Territories Territoires du Nord-Ouest NT
Nova Scotia Nouvelle-Écosse NS
Nunavut Nunavut NU
Ontario Ontario ON
Prince Edward Island Île-du-Prince-Édouard PE
Quebec Québec QC
Saskatchewan Saskatchewan SK
Yukon Yukon YT

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