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Each state elects two senators, while representatives are distributed among the states in proportion to the most recent constitutionally mandated decennial census. [5] Additionally, each state is entitled to select a number of electors to vote in the Electoral College, the body that elects the president of the United States, equal to the total ...
2-letter and 2-digit codes from the ANSI standard INCITS 38:2009 (supersedes FIPS 5-2) USPS: 2-letter codes used by the United States Postal Service USCG: 2-letter codes used by the United States Coast Guard (bold red text shows differences between ANSI and USCG) Abbreviations: GPO
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
FIPS state codes were numeric and two-letter alphabetic codes defined in U.S. Federal Information Processing Standard Publication ("FIPS PUB") 5-2 to identify U.S. states and certain other associated areas. The standard superseded FIPS PUB 5-1 on May 28, 1987, and was superseded on September 2, 2008, by ANSI standard INCITS 38:2009. [1]
The following works with full country or US state names. Also with abbreviated (3-letter) country names, and abbreviated (2-letter) US state names. Use a global find-and-replace as previously described, but without regular expressions. Replace: {{flag| or {{flaglist| with {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Incarceration in|pref2=Crime in|
List of U.S. states and territories by Human Development Index score; List of U.S. states by Hispanic and Latino population; List of U.S. states by median home price; List of U.S. states and territories by intentional homicide rate; List of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate; List of U.S. states by American Human Development Index
State parks of the United States (6 C, 5 P) States of the United States-related lists (73 C, 48 P) ... This page was last edited on 5 February 2024, at 22:48 (UTC).
Eleven states are named after individual people, including seven named for royalty and one named after a President of the United States. The origins of six state names are unknown or disputed. Several of the states that derive their names from names used for Native peoples retain the final letter "s" in the indigenous name.