NLSY79 ATTACHMENT 102:

FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARDS PUBLICATION 5-1

JUNE 15, 1970

SPECIFICATIONS FOR STATES AND OUTLYING AREAS OF THE UNITED STATES

FIPS 5-1 Supersedes FIPS 5 November 1, 1963

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Introduction

  1. Name of Standard. States and Outlying Areas of the United States.

  2. Category of Standard. Federal General Data Standard, Representations and Codes.

  3. Explanation. This standard provides names, abbreviations and codes for representing the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the outlying areas, all of which are considered to be "first order subdivisions" of the United States.
  4. Qualifications. In the application of this standard, any of the three forms of representation (i.e., names, abbreviations, or codes) may be used to represent those data elements having values (data items) of States or outlying areas of the United States. Names and abbreviations are preferred when human considerations and input reliability are important. The two character numeric code may be used in those applications where machine and numeric sorting considerations are more important, since a sort on the numeric code arranges the States in alphabetical sequence. The codes from FIPS 10, Countries, Dependencies, and Areas of Special Sovereignty, are listed in this standard for the outlying areas of the United States. The form of representation used (i.e., names, abbreviations, or codes) should be identified in format descriptions when data are interchanged.
  5. Special Information. Changes in this revision of the standard are noted by an asterisk in the left margin. Also the number of changes which have occurred to an item since its original publication is noted by a superscript character following the code. All changes are explained by footnotes.
  6. Specifications. See following tables.

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TABLE 1: States of the United States (including the District of Columbia) with their assigned codes.

Name

 Abbrev. Code  

Name

 Abbrev. Code

Alabama

 AL 01

Montana

 MT 30

Alaska

 AK 02

Nebraska

 NE 31

Arizona

 AZ 04

Nevada

 NV 32

Arkansas

 AR 05

New Hampshire

 NH 33

California

 CA 06

New Jersey

 NJ 34

Colorado

 CO 08

New Mexico

 NM 35

Connecticut

 CT 09

New York

 NY 36

Delaware

 DE 10

North Carolina

 NC 37

District of Columbia

 DC 11

North Dakota

 ND 38

Florida

 FL 12

Ohio

 OH 39

Georgia

 GA 13

Oklahoma

 OK 40

Hawaii

 HI 15

Oregon

 OR 41

Idaho

 ID 16

Pennsylvania

 PA 42

Illinois

 IL 17

Rhode Island

 RI 44

Indiana

 IN 18

South Carolina

 SC 45

Iowa

 IA 19

South Dakota

 SD 46

Kansas

 KS 20

Tennessee

 TN 47

Kentucky

 KY 21

Texas

 TX 48

Louisiana

 LA 22

Utah

 UT 49

Maine

 ME 23

Vermont

 VT 50

Maryland

 MD 24

Virginia

 VA 51

Massachusetts

 MA 25

Washington

 WA 53

Michigan

 MI 26

West Virginia

 WV 54

Minnesota

 MN 27

Wisconsin

 WI 55

Mississippi

 MS 28

Wyoming

 WY 56

Missouri

 MO 29

Note: The following codes are reserved for possible future use in identifying American Samoa (03), Canal Zone (07), Guam (14), Puerto Rico (43), and Virgin Islands (52).

Note from CHRR: In addition to the FIPS county codes, the following codes were used when the place name was not specific enough or the place name could not be found:

Mexico

99090

  

Texas

Corpus Christi (ns)

702

New York

New York City

500

Richardson (ns)

701

APO New York

500

Amarillo (ns)

700

Attica (ns)

300

Pleasant Grove (ns)

703

Long Island

600

West Virginia

Huntington (ns)

200

Oklahoma

Tulsa (ns)

400

Louisiana

Cut Off (ns)

200

Wisconsin

Milwaukee

600

Oregon

Salem (ns)

200

Missouri

Kansas City

700

Alabama

Laton Hill

200

Arkansas

Bow and Arrow

200

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TABLE 2: Outlying areas of the United States with their assigned codes.

Name

 State Code Country Code Post Office

Notes

American Samoa

 60 AQ -

U.S. territory in the Pacific.

Canal Zone

 61 PQ CZ

Territory in Panama leased by U.S.

Canton and Enderbury Islands

 62 EQ -

Under common U.S.-U.K. administration.

*

 631 - -

-

*

 641 - -

-

*

 651 - -

-

Guam

 66 GQ GU

U.S. territory in the Pacific.

Johnston Atoll

 67 JQ -

U.S. territory in the Pacific. Includes Sand Island.

*

 681 - -

-

*

 691 - -

-

*

 701 - -

-

Midway Islands

 71 MQ -

U.S. territory in the Pacific.

Puerto Rico

 72 RQ PR

Commonwealth associated with the U.S.

Ryukyu Islands, Southern

 73 YQ -

U.S. administered islands in the Pacific south of 27o 52' No. Lat.; 128o 14 E. Long. and the Daito-jima.

Swan Islands

 74 SQ -

U.S. territory in the Caribbean.

* Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands

 751 TQ -

U.S. administered: Includes Caroline, Mariana, and Marshall island groups.

U.S. Miscellaneous Caribbean Islands

 76 BQ -

Includes Navassa Islands, Quito, Sueno Bank, Roncador Cay, Serrana Bank, and Serranilla Bank.

U.S. Miscellaneous Pacific Islands

 77 IQ -

Includes Kingman Reef, Howland, Baker and Jarvis Islands, and Palmyra Atoll.

Virgin Islands

 78 VQ VI

U.S. territory in the Caribbean.

Wake Island

 79 WQ -

U.S. territory in the Pacific.

*See section 5 (Special Information) above.
631, 691, and 701. Deleted FIPS 5-1,F June 15, 1970. Previously assigned to the Caroline, Mariana, and Marshall Islands respectively. These islands are now included under the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands with the new numeric code 75 and the alpha Country Code TQ (as assigned in FIPS 10, "Countries, Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty.")
641, 651, and 681. Deleted FIPS 5-1, June 15, 1970. Previously assigned to the Cook Islands, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, and Line Islands, Southern respectively. These islands are no longer considered to be outlying areas of the United States and are identified and coded in FIPS 10, "Countries, Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty."
751. Revised FIPS 5-1, June 15, 1970. Previously assigned to the Tokelau Islands which are no longer considered to be an outlying area of the United States. These islands are identified and coded in FIPS 10, "Countries, Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty."
Note: Post Office Abbreviations have not been assigned to all outlying areas of the United States.

U.S. Government Printing Office: 1970 O - 397-525

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