Overview#
ISO 3166-2.US is the entry for the
United States in
ISO 3166-2, part of the
ISO 3166 standard published by the
International Organization for Standardization (
ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g.,
provinces or
states) of all countries coded in
ISO 3166.
Currently for the United States, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for the following subdivisions:
- 50 states
- 1 district (i.e., the District of Columbia, the capital of the country, also known as Washington D.C.)
- 6 outlying areas (including the United States Minor Outlying Islands, a collection of nine islands or groups of islands)
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen.
United States with each US State and the US District of Columbia, and US Outlying Area labelled with the second part of its ISO 3166-2 code.
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