Abbreviations for states and provinces in the United States and Canada

Published 2020-11-27

ZIP code first digit:	Regions represented:
0	Connecticut(CT), Massachusetts(MA), Maine（ME）, New Hampshire(NH), New Jersey(NJ), Puerto Rico(PR), Rhode Island(RI), Vermont(VT), United States Virgin Islands(VI), military postalAgency (Europe) (AE), Naval Post Office (Europe)(AE)
1	Delaware(DE), New York state(NY), Pennsylvania{PA)
2	Washington, D.C(DC), Maryland(MD), North Carolina(NC), South Carolina(SC), Virginia(VA), West Virginia(WV)
3	Alabama(AL), Florida(FL), Georgia(GA), Mississippi(MS), Tennessee, (TN), Military Post Office (United States)(AA), Navy Postal Service (United States)(AA)
4	Indiana（IN）, Kentucky(KY), Michigan(MI), Ohio(OH)
5	Iowa(IA), Minnesota(MN), Montana（MT）, North Dakota(ND), South Dakota(SD), Wisconsin(WI)
6	Illinois(IL), Kansas(KS), Missouri(MO), Nebraska(NE)
7	Arkansas(AR), Louisiana(LA), Oklahoma state(OK), Texas(TX)
8	Arizona(AZ), Colorado(CO), Idaho（ID）, New Mexico(NM), Nevada(NV), Utah(UT), Wyoming(WY)
9	Alaska(AK), American Samoa(AS), California(CA), Micronesia federal(FM), Guam(GU), Hawaii(HI), Republic of the Marshall Islands(MH), Northern Mariana Islands(MP), Oregon(OR), Palau(PW), Washington(WA), Military Post Office (Pacific)(AP), Naval Post Office (Pacific)(AP)

Abbreviation	Chinese name	English name	French name	Source (English)
AB	Alberta	Alberta	Alberta	The first letter of the first and second syllables
BC	British Columbia	British Columbia	Colombie-Britannique	Acronyms
MB	Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba	First and last syllable initials
NB	New Brunswick	New Brunswick	Nouveau-Brunswick	Acronyms
NL	Newfoundland and Labrador	Newfoundland and Labrador	Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador	Acronyms
NS	Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia	Nouvelle-Écosse	Acronyms
NT	Northwest Territories	Northwest Territories	Territories of Nord-Ouest	Acronyms
NU	Nunavut	Nunavut	Nunavut	First and second letters
ON	ontario	Ontario	Ontario	First and second letters
PE	Prince Edward Island	Prince Edward Island	Île-du-Prince-Édouard	The first letter of the first and second words
QC	Quebec	Quebec	Quebec	First and last letters
SK	Saskatchewan	Saskatchewan	Saskatchewan	The first letter of the first and second syllables
YT[Note 1]	Yukon	Yukon	Yukon	The acronym for Yukon's former official name (Yukon Territory)

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