Distribution Abbreviations

United States (except Hawaii1) and abbreviations
Alabama	Ala.	Montana	Mont.
Alaska	Alaska	Nebraska	Nebr.
Arizona	Ariz.	Nevada	Nev.
Arkansas	Ark.	New Hampshire	N.H.
California	Calif.	New Jersey	N.J.
Colorado	Colo.	New Mexico	N.Mex.
Connecticut	Conn.	New York	N.Y.
Delaware	Del.	North Carolina	N.C.
District of Columbia	D.C.	North Dakota	N.Dak.
Florida	Fla.	Ohio	Ohio
Georgia	Ga.	Oklahoma	Okla.
Idaho	Idaho	Oregon	Oreg.
Illinois	Ill.	Pennsylvania	Pa.
Indiana	Ind.	Rhode Island	R.I.
Iowa	Iowa	South Carolina	S.C.
Kansas	Kans.	South Dakota	S.Dak.
Kentucky	Ky.	Tennessee	Tenn.
Louisiana	La.	Texas	Tex.
Maine	Maine	Utah	Utah
Maryland	Md.	Vermont	Vt.
Massachusetts	Mass.	Virginia	Va.
Michigan	Mich.	Washington	Wash.
Minnesota	Minn.	West Virginia	W.Va.
Mississippi	Miss.	Wisconsin	Wis.
Missouri	Mo.	Wyoming	Wyo.

¹Hawaii is treated as a region of the Pacific Islands, e.g., Pacific Islands (Hawaii). 

Canadian provinces and abbreviations
Alberta	Alta.
British Columbia	B.C.
Manitoba	Man.
New Brunswick	N.B.
Newfoundland and Labrador	Nfld. and Labr.2
Northwest Territories	N.W.T.
Nova Scotia	N.S.
Nunavut	Nunavut
Ontario	Ont.
Prince Edward Island	P.E.I.
Quebec	Que.
Saskatchewan	Sask.
Yukon	Yukon

²If found in both Newfoundland and Labrador; if found in Newfoundland only: Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.); if found in Labrador only: Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.).

Geographic abbreviations
n	north
s	south
e	east
w	west
c	central
ne	northeast
nw	northwest
se	southeast
sw	southwest
sc	south-central
nc	north-central