California Cancer Reporting System Standards Volume I: Abstracting and Coding Procedures
The CCR has adopted official USPS abbreviations for coding of States and Possessions, Street Suffixes, and Secondary Unit Designations. Please refer to the USPS website.
Abbreviation |
State |
AL |
Alabama |
AK |
Alaska |
AS |
American Samoa |
AZ |
Arizona |
AR |
Arkansas |
CA |
California |
CO |
Colorado |
CT |
Connecticut |
DE |
Delaware |
DC |
District of Columbia |
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 |
Marshall Islands |
MD |
Maryland |
MA |
Massachusetts |
MI |
Michigan |
FM |
Micronesia, Federated State of |
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 |
MP |
Northern Mariana Islands |
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 |
TT |
Trust Territories |
UM |
US Minor Outlying Islands |
US |
Resident of United States, NOS |
UT |
Utah |
VT |
Vermont |
VA |
Virginia |
VI |
Virgin Islands |
DC |
Washington, District of |
WA |
Washington, State of |
WV |
West Virginia |
WI |
Wisconsin |
WY |
Wyoming |
XX |
Not U.S., U.S. Territory, not Canada, and country is known |
YY |
Not U.S., U.S. Territory, North American Islands, not Canada, and country is unknown |
ZZ |
Residence is unknown |
Abbreviation |
Description |
AA |
American Territories-US Military abroad |
AE |
Europe-US Military abroad |
AP |
Pacific-US Military abroad |
Abbreviation |
Country |
AB |
Alberta |
BC |
British Columbia |
CD |
Canada, NOS |
MB |
Manitoba |
NB |
New Brunswick |
NL |
Newfoundland and Labrador |
NT |
Northwest Territories |
NS |
Nova Scotia |
NU |
Nunavut |
ON |
Ontario |
PE |
Prince Edward Island |
QC |
Quebec |
SK |
Saskatchewan |
YT |
Yukon Territories |
Code |
State/Province |
MM |
Maritime Provinces |
NN |
New England and New Jersey |
PP |
Prairie Provinces |
YN |
Yukon and Northwest Territories |