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US State Abbreviations to Full name

ajturner (Andrew Turner) — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 18:47:19 GMT

# US State abbreviations to full name
# state_name = state_abbr.[]("MI")



state_abbr = {

  'AL' => 'Alabama',

  'AK' => 'Alaska',

  'AS' => 'America Samoa',

  'AZ' => 'Arizona',

  'AR' => 'Arkansas',

  'CA' => 'California',

  'CO' => 'Colorado',

  'CT' => 'Connecticut',

  'DE' => 'Delaware',

  'DC' => 'District of Columbia',

  'FM' => 'Micronesia1',

  'FL' => 'Florida',

  'GA' => 'Georgia',

  'GU' => 'Guam',

  'HI' => 'Hawaii',

  'ID' => 'Idaho',

  'IL' => 'Illinois',

  'IN' => 'Indiana',

  'IA' => 'Iowa',

  'KS' => 'Kansas',

  'KY' => 'Kentucky',

  'LA' => 'Louisiana',

  'ME' => 'Maine',

  'MH' => 'Islands1',

  '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',

  'PW' => 'Palau',

  'PA' => 'Pennsylvania',

  'PR' => 'Puerto Rico',

  'RI' => 'Rhode Island',

  'SC' => 'South Carolina',

  'SD' => 'South Dakota',

  'TN' => 'Tennessee',

  'TX' => 'Texas',

  'UT' => 'Utah',

  'VT' => 'Vermont',

  'VI' => 'Virgin Island',

  'VA' => 'Virginia',

  'WA' => 'Washington',

  'WV' => 'West Virginia',

  'WI' => 'Wisconsin',

  'WY' => 'Wyoming'

}

Average US State Locations

ajturner (Andrew Turner) — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 18:44:20 GMT

# A hash table of average US State Locations (latitude, longitude)
# MI_Location = state_locations.[]("MI")



state_locations = {

  'AK' => [61.3850,-152.2683],

  'AL' => [32.7990,-86.8073],

  'AR' => [34.9513,-92.3809],

  'AS' => [14.2417,-170.7197],

  'AZ' => [33.7712,-111.3877],

  'CA' => [36.1700,-119.7462],

  'CO' => [39.0646,-105.3272],

  'CT' => [41.5834,-72.7622],

  'DC' => [38.8964,-77.0262],

  'DE' => [39.3498,-75.5148],

  'FL' => [27.8333,-81.7170],

  'GA' => [32.9866,-83.6487],

  'HI' => [21.1098,-157.5311],

  'IA' => [42.0046,-93.2140],

  'ID' => [44.2394,-114.5103],

  'IL' => [40.3363,-89.0022],

  'IN' => [39.8647,-86.2604],

  'KS' => [38.5111,-96.8005],

  'KY' => [37.6690,-84.6514],

  'LA' => [31.1801,-91.8749],

  'MA' => [42.2373,-71.5314],

  'MD' => [39.0724,-76.7902],

  'ME' => [44.6074,-69.3977],

  'MI' => [43.3504,-84.5603],

  'MN' => [45.7326,-93.9196],

  'MO' => [38.4623,-92.3020],

  'MP' => [14.8058,145.5505],

  'MS' => [32.7673,-89.6812],

  'MT' => [46.9048,-110.3261],

  'NC' => [35.6411,-79.8431],

  'ND' => [47.5362,-99.7930],

  'NE' => [41.1289,-98.2883],

  'NH' => [43.4108,-71.5653],

  'NJ' => [40.3140,-74.5089],

  'NM' => [34.8375,-106.2371],

  'NV' => [38.4199,-117.1219],

  'NY' => [42.1497,-74.9384],

  'OH' => [40.3736,-82.7755],

  'OK' => [35.5376,-96.9247],

  'OR' => [44.5672,-122.1269],

  'PA' => [40.5773,-77.2640],

  'PR' => [18.2766,-66.3350],

  'RI' => [41.6772,-71.5101],

  'SC' => [33.8191,-80.9066],

  'SD' => [44.2853,-99.4632],

  'TN' => [35.7449,-86.7489],

  'TX' => [31.1060,-97.6475],

  'UT' => [40.1135,-111.8535],

  'VA' => [37.7680,-78.2057],

  'VI' => [18.0001,-64.8199],

  'VT' => [44.0407,-72.7093],

  'WA' => [47.3917,-121.5708],

  'WI' => [44.2563,-89.6385],

  'WV' => [38.4680,-80.9696],

  'WY' => [42.7475,-107.2085]

}

HTML Select list of States in the US

santry (Sean Santry) — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 03:18:46 GMT

I can never find one of these lists when I need it, so here it is!