USA State Map
About US State Map
Here is a map of the US showing the two-letter abbreviation for each state, with the state name next to it. Knowing the abbreviations of each is vital for sending and receiving mail and packages from anywhere in the US, or even in the world. Test yourself…do you know all the abbreviation for the ‘M’ states? Are you sending your package to Alaska, or Alabama?About 50 States of US
The United States of America can be found between the countries of Canada and Mexico on the map of the Northern Hemisphere. There are 50 states in all, forty-eight of which are situated within the mainland. The two other states are Alaska, and Hawaii, a group of islands in the South Pacific seas. The capital of the US is the federal district of Washington DC.Two-letter State Abbreviations
As noted, each state has an abbreviation for postal purposes —folks want to make sure that what they order online reached them quickly! You may notice, the abbreviations are not always intuitive. This is due to the fact that there are eight state names that start with the letters M and N, and so abbreviations had to be assigned to prevent duplication and confusion.Important state songs
Each state has its own symbol, flag, animal, flower, and more that represent the state. One endearing ‘symbol’ for each state is a state song.Some are well known, but most are not. A few popular songs are: ‘Yankee Doodle,’ for Connecticut. Georgia has beautiful ‘Georgia On My Mind.’ Kansas has ‘Home on the Range.’ Louisiana has ‘You Are My Sunshine.’ Some states have more than one state song, in fact Tennessee has ten, the most of any state, and arguably one of the most popular in the ‘Tennessee Waltz.’
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List of 50 US States with Abbreviations |
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| State | Abbreviation | State Song | Admission to Union | Time Zone |
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| Alabama | AL | "Alabama" | December 14, 1819 (22nd) | Central Standard Time (CST) |
| Alaska | AK | "Alaska's Flag" | January 3, 1959 (49th) | Alaska Standard Time (AKST) Aleutian Islands Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time (HST) |
| Arizona | AZ | "Arizona" | February 14, 1912 (48th) | Mountain Standard Time (MST) The Navajo Nation uses Daylight Saving Time (DST), the rest of the state does not |
| Arkansas | AR | "Oh, Arkansas" | June 15, 1836 (25th) | Central Standard Time (CST) |
| California | CA | "I Love You, California" | September 9, 1850 (31st) | Pacific Standard Time (PST) |
| Colorado | CO | "Where the Columbines Grow" | August 1, 1876 (38th) | Mountain Standard Time (MST) |
| Connecticut | CT | "Yankee Doodle" | January 9, 1788 (5th) | Eastern Standard Time (EST) |
| Delaware | DE | "Our Delaware" | December 7, 1787 (1st) | Eastern Standard Time (EST) |
| Florida | FL | "Old Folks at Home (Swanee Ribber)" | March 3, 1845 (27th) | Most of the state: Eastern Standard Time (EST) West of the Apalachicola River: Central Standard Time (CST) |
| Georgia | GA | "Georgia on My Mind" | January 2, 1788 (4th) | Eastern Standard Time (EST) |
| Hawaii | HI | "Hawai?i Pono??" | August 21, 1959 (50th) | Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time (HST) Hawaii does not use Daylight Saving Time (DST) |
| Idaho | ID | "Here We Have Idaho" | July 3, 1891 (43rd) | Most of the state: Mountain Standard Time (MST) North of the Salmon River: Pacific Standard Time (PST) |
| Illinois | IL | "Illinois" | December 3, 1818 (21st) | Central Standard Time (CST) |
| Indiana | IN | "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" | December 11, 1816 (19th) | Most of the state: Eastern Standard Time (EST) Northwest and southwest corners: Central Standard Time (CST) |
| Iowa | IA | "The Song of Iowa" | December 28, 1846 (29th) | Central Standard Time (CST) |
| Kansas | KS | "Home on the Range" | January 29, 1861 (34th) | Most of the state: Central Standard Time (CST) Greeley, Hamilton, Sherman and Wallace counties: Mountain Standard Time (MST) |
| Kentucky | KY | State song: "My Old Kentucky Home" | June 1, 1792 (15th) | Western half of the state: Central Standard Time (CST) Eastern half of the state: Eastern Standard Time (EST) |
| Louisiana | LA | "You Are My Sunshine" | April 30, 1812 (18th) | Central Standard Time (CST) |
| Maine | ME | "State of Maine Song" | March 15, 1820 (23rd) | Eastern Standard Time (EST) |
| Maryland | MD | "Maryland, My Maryland" | April 28, 1788 (7th) | Eastern Standard Time (EST) |
| Massachusetts | MA | State anthem: "All Hail to Massachusetts" State folk song: "Massachusetts" | February 6, 1788 (6th) | Eastern Standard Time (EST) |
| Michigan | MI | "My Michigan" | January 26, 1837 (26th) | Most of the state: Eastern Standard Time (EST) Counties that share a border with Wisconsin: Central Standard Time (CST) |
| Minnesota | MN | "Hail! Minnesota" | May 11, 1858 (32nd) | Central Standard Time (CST) |
| Mississippi | MS | "Go, Mississippi" | December 10, 1817 (20th) | Central Standard Time (CST) |
| Missouri | MO | "Missouri Waltz" | August 10, 1821 (24th) | Central Standard Time (CST) |
| Montana | MT | "Montana" | November 8, 1889 (41st) | Mountain Standard Time (MST) |
| Nebraska | NE | "Beautiful Nebraska" | March 1, 1867 (37th) | Most of the state: Central Standard Time (CST) Western part of the state: Mountain Standard Time (MST) |
| Nevada | NV | "Home Means Nevada" | October 31, 1864 (36th) | Most of the state: Pacific Standard Time (PST) 2 small towns, Jackpot and West Wendover: Mountain Standard Time (MST) |
| New Hampshire | NH | "Old New Hampshire" "Live Free or Die" | June 21, 1788 (9th) | Eastern Standard Time (EST) |
| New Jersey | NJ | NA | December 18, 1787 (3rd) | Eastern Standard Time (EST) |
| New Mexico | NM | "O Fair New Mexico" | January 6, 1912 (47th) | Mountain Standard Time (MST) |
| New York | NY | "I Love New York" | July 26, 1788 (11th) | Eastern Standard Time (EST) |
| North Carolina | NC | "The Old North State" | November 21, 1789 (12th) | Eastern Standard Time (EST) |
| North Dakota | ND | "North Dakota Hymn" | November 2, 1889 (39th) | Most of the state: Central Standard Time (CST) Southwestern part of the state: Mountain Standard Time (MST) |
| Ohio | OH | "Beautiful Ohio" | March 1, 1803 (17th) declared retroactively on August 7, 1953 | Eastern Standard Time (EST) |
| Oklahoma | OK | "Oklahoma" / Official state folk song: "Oklahoma Hills" | November 16, 1907 (46th) | Central Standard Time (CST) |
| Oregon | OR | "Oregon, My Oregon" | February 14, 1859 (33rd) | Most of the state: Pacific Standard Time (PST) Part of Malheur County: Mountain Standard Time (MST) |
| Pennsylvania | PA | "Pennsylvania" | December 12, 1787 (2nd) | Eastern Standard Time (EST) |
| Rhode Island | RI | "Rhode Island, It's for Me" | May 29, 1790 (13th) | Eastern Standard Time (EST) |
| South Carolina | SC | "South Carolina on My Mind" | May 23, 1788 (8th) | Eastern Standard Time (EST) |
| South Dakota | SD | "Hail, South Dakota!" | November 2, 1889 (40th) | Eastern half of the state: Central Standard Time (CST) Western half of the state: Mountain Standard Time (MST) |
| Tennessee | TN | My Homeland, Tennessee | June 1, 1796 (16th) | West Tennessee: Central Standard Time (CST) Middle Tennessee, plus Marion County: Central Standard Time (CST) East Tennessee, except Marion County: Eastern Standard Time (EST) |
| Texas | TX | "Texas, Our Texas" | December 29, 1845 (28th) | Most of the state: Central Standard Time (CST) El Paso and Hudspeth counties and part of Culberson County: Mountain Standard Time (MST) |
| Utah | UT | "Utah, We Love Thee" | January 4, 1896 (45th) | Mountain Standard Time (MST) |
| Vermont | VT | "These Green Mountains" | March 4, 1791 (14th) | Eastern Standard Time (EST) |
| Virginia | VA | "Our Great Virginia" | June 25, 1788 (10th) | Eastern Standard Time (EST) |
| Washington | WA | "Washington, My Home" | November 11, 1889 (42nd) | Pacific Standard Time (PST) |
| Washington, D.C.(DC) | DC | Eastern Standard Time (EST) | ||
| West Virginia | WV | "The West Virginia Hills" "This Is My West Virginia" "West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home" | June 20, 1863 (35th) | Eastern Standard Time (EST) |
| Wisconsin | WI | "On, Wisconsin!" | May 29, 1848 (30th) | Central Standard Time (CST) |
| Wyoming | WY | "Wyoming" | July 10, 1890 (44th) | Mountain Standard Time (MST) |