Reference · Originally published by Josh Liljenquist. KitGlade presents this as reference material.
50-state interactive reference
State Abbreviations Map
Look up and print all 50 current USPS two-letter state abbreviations on an interactive United States map.
Interactive map
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, state layer, 1:20,000,000. Abbreviations: USPS Publication 28 Appendix B. Capital coordinates: Census 2025 National Places Gazetteer. Alaska and Hawaii are scaled/repositioned insets and are not shown in true proximity to the contiguous states. Government sources do not endorse this site.
How to use this reference
The map uses the current two-letter USPS forms for the 50 states. D.C. is not counted as a state, and territories are not mixed into this primary reference.