These are the two-letter abbreviations to be used on the license plates, based (with one exception) on the standards of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
When the states are listed in alphabetical order, their abbreviations might not be in alphabetical order.
States | |||||||
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Alabama | AL | Louisiana | LA | Ohio | OH | ||
Alaska | AK | Maine | ME | Oklahoma | OK | ||
Arizona | AZ | Maryland | MD | Oregon | OR | ||
Arkansas | AR | Massachusetts | MA | Pennsylvania | PA | ||
California | CA | Michigan | MI | Rhode Island | RI | ||
Colorado | CO | Minnesota | MN | South Carolina | SC | ||
Connecticut | CT | Mississippi | MS | South Dakota | SD | ||
Delaware | DE | Missouri | MO | Tennessee | TN | ||
Florida | FL | Montana | MT | Texas | TX | ||
Georgia | GA | Nebraska | NE | Utah | UT | ||
Hawaii | HI | Nevada | NV | Vermont | VT | ||
Idaho | ID | New Hampshire | NH | Virginia | VA | ||
Illinois | IL | New Jersey | NJ | Washington | WA | ||
Indiana | IN | New Mexico | NM | West Virginia | WV | ||
Iowa | IA | New York | NY | Wisconsin | WI | ||
Kansas | KS | North Carolina | NC | Wyoming | WY | ||
Kentucky | KY | North Dakota | ND |
Other Jurisdictions | ||||
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District of Columbia | DC | Northern Mariana Islands | MP | |
American Samoa | AS | Palau | PW | |
Federated States of Micronesia | FM | Puerto Rico | PR | |
Guam | GU | U.S. Virgin Islands | VI | |
Marshall Islands | MH | The United States itself | US |
The USPS has also defined two-letter abbreviations for the Canadian provinces and territories; they mostly agree with those assigned by CanadaPost.
Canadian Jurisdictions | USPS | CanP |
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Alberta | AB | |
British Columbia | BC | |
Manitoba | MB | |
New Brunswick | NB | |
Newfoundland (and Labrador) | NF | NL |
Northwest Territories | NT | |
Nova Scotia | NS | |
Nunavut | NU | |
Ontario | ON | |
Prince Edward Island | PE | |
Quebec | QC | |
Saskatchewan | SK | |
Yukon Territory | YT |