Sometimes it's hard to come by this list when you need it. Hope this saves somebody some time. Here are the 50 states with their two-letter abbreviations in a Ruby-formatted array. [ ["ALABAMA","AL"], ["ALASKA","AK"], ["AMERICAN SAMOA","AS"], ["ARIZONA ","AZ"], ["ARKANSAS","AR"], ["CALIFORNIA ","CA"], ["COLORADO ","CO"], ["CONNECTICUT","CT"], ["DELAWARE","DE"], ["DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA","DC"], ["FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA","FM"], ["FLORIDA","FL"], ["GEORGIA","GA"], ["GUAM","GU"], ["HAWAII","HI"], ["IDAHO","ID"], ["ILLINOIS","IL"], ["INDIANA","IN"], ["IOWA","IA"], ["KANSAS","KS"], ["KENTUCKY","KY"], ["LOUISIANA","LA"], ["MAINE","ME"], ["MARSHALL ISLANDS","MH"], ["MARYLAND","MD"], ["MASSACHUSETTS","MA"], ["MICHIGAN","MI"], ["MINNESOTA","MN"], ["MISSISSIPPI","MS"], ["MISSOURI","MO"], ["MONTANA","MT"], ["NEBRASKA","NE"], ["NEVADA","NV"], ["NEW HAMPSHIRE","NH"], ["NEW JERSEY","NJ"], ["NEW MEXICO","NM"], ["NEW YORK","NY"], ["NORTH CAROLINA","NC"], ["NORTH DAKOTA","ND"], ["NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS","MP"], ["OHIO","OH"], ["OKLAHOMA","OK"], ["OREGON","OR"], ["PALAU","PW"], ["PENNSYLVANIA","PA"], ["PUERTO RICO","PR"], ["RHODE ISLAND","RI"], ["SOUTH CAROLINA","SC"], ["SOUTH DAKOTA","SD"], ["TENNESSEE","TN"], ["TEXAS","TX"], ["UTAH","UT"], ["VERMONT","VT"], ["VIRGIN ISLANDS","VI"], ["VIRGINIA ","VA"], ["WASHINGTON","WA"], ["WEST VIRGINIA","WV"], ["WISCONSIN","WI"], ["WYOMING","WY"] ]

• Luke Melia said: Technoweenie's plugin is a simple way to add this to a project, along with a few convenience methods. http://techno-weenie.net/svn/projects/plugins/us_states/
• Danger said: Thanks Luke - I hadn't seen that. I'll probably recommend techno-weenie's to folks in the future. Lately all my projects have had my entire zipcode database in them so I have city and state information handy right next to the code.

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