States & Provinces in North America

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August 05, 2007

So I needed a list of provinces/states for a CCK select list I was creating, so figured I might as well document it for others as well, considering how popular my list of countries seems to be.

I've attached a text list that makes these easy to import with their abbreviations as the keys. I was surprised at how many little Islands the USA has now absorbed. Wanted to see if I could find a list of USA states in Spanish, but couldn't find such a list. I decided instead to include a list of the states of Mexico so this could be more than just USA/Canada.

Canadian Provinces, English:

Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Québec
Saskatchewan
Yukon

Canadian Provinces, French:

Alberta
Colombie-Britannique
Île-du-Prince-Édouard
Manitoba
Nouveau-Brunswick
Nouvelle-Écosse
Nunavut
Ontario
Québec
Saskatchewan
Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador
Territoires du Nord-Ouest
Yukon

American States, the normal 51 (would love to be able to publish this in Spanish too.):

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

American States, the full list by the USA Postal Service:

Alabama
Alaska
American Samoa
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Federated States of Micronesia
Florida
Georgia
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Marshall Islands
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Northern Mariana Islands
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Palau
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virgin Islands
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Armed Forces Africa
Armed Forces Americas
Armed Forces Canada
Armed Forces Europe
Armed Forces Middle East
Armed Forces Pacific

Mexico's States

Aguascalientes
Baja California Norte
Baja California Sur
Campeche
Chiapas
Chihuahua
Coahuila
Colima
Distrito Federal
Durango
Guanajuato
Guerrero
Hidalgo
Jalisco
Mexico
Michoacan
Morelos
Nayarit
Nuevo Leon
Oaxaca
Puebla and Vera Cruz
Queretaro
Quintana Roo
San Luis Potosi
Sinaloa
Sonora
Tabasco
Tamaulipas
Tlaxcala
Yucatan
Zacatecas

About The Author

Mike Gifford is the founder of OpenConcept Consulting Inc, which he started in 1999. Since then, he has been particularly active in developing and extending open source content management systems to allow people to get closer to their content. Before starting OpenConcept, Mike had worked for a number of national NGOs including Oxfam Canada and Friends of the Earth.