ISO 3166-2:US

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ISO 3166-2:US is the section of the ISO 3166 standard that defines internationally recognized subdivision codes for the states and territories of the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ISO 3166-2 entry
geographic code standard
appliesTo 50 U.S. states
District of Columbia
United States territories
surface form: U.S. outlying territories
category country subdivision codes
codeSpace US-*
codeStructure two-part code separated by a hyphen
conformsTo ISO 3166
surface form: ISO 3166 coding principles
country United States of America
defines codes for U.S. federal district
codes for U.S. states
codes for U.S. territories
subdivision codes for the United States
domain geography
international standards
firstPart US
firstPartType ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
governingBody ISO Technical Committee 46
hasNotationSystem alphanumeric codes
identifierFormatExample California, United States
surface form: US-CA

US-DC
US-NY
languageOfNames English
maintainedBy ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency
International Organization for Standardization
partOf ISO 3166
ISO 3166
surface form: ISO 3166-2
publisher International Organization for Standardization
purpose to provide internationally recognized subdivision identifiers for the United States
regionCovered North America
relatedStandard ISO 3166-1
ISO 3166-3
scope first-level administrative subdivisions of the United States
secondPartBasedOn postal abbreviations for U.S. states and territories
secondPartType two-letter subdivision code
standardFor data exchange
geocoding
international trade documentation
statistical analysis
status active
updateMechanism periodic newsletter or online updates by ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency
usedBy governments
information systems
international organizations
statistical agencies
usesScript Latin alphabet

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

US-MS partOf ISO 3166-2:US
US-MS isUniqueWithin ISO 3166-2:US
NH associatedWith ISO 3166-2:US
this entity surface form: ISO 3166-2:US code US-NH
US-UT partOf ISO 3166-2:US
US-UT isUniqueWithin ISO 3166-2:US
this entity surface form: United States ISO 3166-2 subdivision set
US-ME listedIn ISO 3166-2:US
US-IN partOf ISO 3166-2:US
US-MT partOf ISO 3166-2:US
US-DC isUniqueWithin ISO 3166-2:US
Waterville, Maine, United States regionCode ISO 3166-2:US
subject surface form: Waterville, Maine
this entity surface form: ISO 3166-2:US-ME
Ferriday, Louisiana, United States hasRegionCode ISO 3166-2:US
subject surface form: Ferriday, Louisiana
this entity surface form: ISO 3166-2:US-LA