Though it’s something that we all had to learn in elementary school, it is sometimes difficult to remember the two-letter abbreviation for a state.
And it’s no wonder that we have a hard time recalling it since there is no uniformity in the abbreviations.
Often, the state abbreviation is the first letter and last letter of the state’s name, such as MD for Maryland.
Also, the states that are made up of two words are easy to remember because they use the first letters of each word as the abbreviation, like NC for North Carolina
Those ones are easier to remember than others, like TN for Tennessee, that make no real sense as to why those are the letters for the abbreviation.
U. S. State Abbreviations In Alphabetical Order
If you have a hard time remember the abbreviations for the US states, then this list should help you out.
You can use it as an easy reference.
The states are listed below in alphabetical order with their abbreviation.
- AL – Alabama
- AK – Alaska
- AZ – Arizona
- AR – Arkansas
- CA – California
- CO – Colorado
- CT – Connecticut
- DE – Delaware
- FL – Florida
- GA – Georgia
- HI – Hawaii
- ID – Idaho
- IL – Illinois
- IN – Indiana
- IA – Iowa
- KS – Kansas
- KY – Kentucky
- LA – Louisiana
- ME – Maine
- MD – Maryland
- MA – Massachusetts
- MI – Michigan
- MN – Minnesota
- MS – Mississippi
- MO – Missouri
- MT – Montana
- NE – Nebraska
- NV – Nevada
- NH – New Hampshire
- NJ – New Jersey
- NM – New Mexico
- NY – New York
- NC – North Carolina
- ND – North Dakota
- OH – Ohio
- OK – Oklahoma
- OR – Oregon
- PA – Pennsylvania
- RI – Rhode Island
- SC – South Carolina
- SD – South Dakota
- TN – Tennessee
- TX – Texas
- UT – Utah
- VT – Vermont
- VA – Virginia
- WA – Washington
- WV – West Virginia
- WI – Wisconsin
- WY – Wyoming
List Of State Abbreviations In Excel
If it helps you to remember, then you may be interested in having a list of the U.S. stat abbreviations in an Excel file.
This is a great resource for you because you can easily sort the list to look for what you need.
Feel free to download this file and modify it as you need to.
Final Word
With our handy list of U.S. state abbreviations in alphabetical order, you no longer have to try to remember the abbreviation for any state.
You can also download our Excel file of US states with their abbreviations (also in alphabetical order) and use it however you need to do so.
And remember, while Washington, DC is not a state and it is not in these lists, the abbreviation for Washington DC is simply DC. Wasn’t that easy?