50 States in Alphabetical Order w/ Capitals & Abbreviations

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50 States in Alphabetical Order with Capitals, Abbreviations and Basic Information

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U.S. State	Abbr.	Capital	Basic Information
ALABAMA	AL	Montgomery	Alabama is a southeastern U.S. state that’s home to significant landmarks from the American Civil Rights Movement.
ALASKA	AK	Juneau	Alaska, northwest of Canada, is the largest and most sparsely populated U.S. state.
ARIZONA	AZ	Phoenix	Arizona, a southwestern U.S. state, is best known for its reliably sunny weather and as home to the Grand Canyon, the mile-deep chasm carved by the Colorado River.
ARKANSAS	AR	Little Rock	Arkansas is a southeastern U.S. state bordering the Mississippi River.
CALIFORNIA	CA	Sacramento	California, a western U.S. state, stretches from the Mexican border along the Pacific for nearly 900 miles.
COLORADO	CO	Denver	Colorado, a western U.S. state, is known for its geographic diversity, with snow-covered mountains, arid desert lands and river canyons.
CONNECTICUT	CT	Hartford	Connecticut is a southern New England state that’s a mix of coastal cities and rural areas dotted with small towns.
DELAWARE	DE	Dover	Delaware, a small Mid-Atlantic U.S. state, sits on a peninsula marked by dune-backed beaches bordering the Atlantic Ocean, Delaware River and Delaware Bay.
FLORIDA	DL	Tallahassee	Peninsular Florida is the southeasternmost U.S. state, with the Atlantic on one side and the Gulf of Mexico on the other.
GEORGIA	GA	Atlanta	Georgia is a southeastern U.S. state whose diverse terrain spans coastal marshland and beaches to wide stretches of farmland.
HAWAII	HI	Honolulu	Hawaii, a U.S. state, is an isolated volcanic archipelago in the Central Pacific.
IDAHO	ID	Boise	Idaho is a northwestern U.S. state known for its mountainous landscapes and vast swaths of protected wilderness and outdoor recreation areas.
ILLINOIS	IL	Springfield	Illinois is a midwestern state bordering Indiana in the east and the Mississippi River in the west.
INDIANA	IN	Indianapolis	Indiana is a Midwestern state known for its farmland and renowned auto race, the Indianapolis 500.
IOWA	IA	Des Moines	Iowa, a Midwestern state, sits between the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
KANSAS	KS	Topeka	Kansas is a Midwestern state that epitomizes the U.S. heartland with its Great Plains setting of rolling wheat fields.
KENTUCKY	KY	Frankfort	Kentucky is a southeastern state bounded by the Ohio River in the north and the Appalachian Mountains in the east.
LOUISIANA	LA	Baton Rouge	Louisiana is a southeastern U.S. state on the Gulf of Mexico.
MAINE	ME	Augusta	Maine, the northeasternmost state in the U.S., is known for its rocky coastline, long maritime history and abundant parks and reserves, including the famed granite and spruce islands of Acadia National Park.
MARYLAND	MD	Annapolis	Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic state that’s defined by its abundant waterways and coastlines on the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic.
MASSACHUSETTS	MA	Boston	Massachusetts is a New England state known for its significant Colonial history.
MICHIGAN	MI	Lansing	Michigan is a midwestern state bordering 4 of the Great Lakes.
MINNESOTA	MN	St. Paul	Minnesota is a midwestern U.S. state bordering Canada and Lake Superior, the largest of the Great Lakes.
MISSISSIPPI	MS	Jackson	Mississippi is a southern U.S. state with the Mississippi River to its west, Alabama to its east and the Gulf of Mexico to the south.
MISSOURI	MO	Jefferson City	Missouri is a midwestern U.S. state covered by grassy plains and the forested Ozark Mountains.
MONTANA	MT	Helena	Montana is a western state defined by its diverse terrain ranging from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Plains.
NEBRASKA	NE	Lincoln	Nebraska is a midwestern U.S. state encompassing the prairies of the Great Plains, the towering dunes of the Sandhills and the panhandle’s dramatic rock formations.
NEVADA	NV	Carson City	Nevada is a western state defined by its great expanses of desert, and by the 24-hour casinos and entertainment for which its largest city, Las Vegas, is famed.
NEW HAMPSHIRE	NH	Concord	New Hampshire, a small New England state, is defined by its quaint towns and large expanses of wilderness.
NEW JERSEY	NJ	Trenton	New Jersey is a small northeastern state with some 130 miles of Atlantic coastline.
NEW MEXICO	NM	Santa Fe	New Mexico is a southwestern state whose diverse terrain encompasses the Chihuahuan Desert and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
NEW YORK	NY	Albany	Home to the Empire State Building, Times Square, Statue of Liberty and other iconic sites, New York City is a fast-paced, globally influential center of art, culture, fashion and finance.
NORTH CAROLINA	NC	Raleigh	North Carolina is a southeastern U.S. state with a diverse landscape ranging from Atlantic Ocean beaches to the Appalachian mountains.
NORTH DAKOTA	ND	Bismarck	North Dakota is the 39th state of the United States, having been admitted to the union on November 2, 1889.
OHIO	OH	Columbus	Ohio is a midwestern state stretching from Appalachian Country in the south to Lake Erie in the north.
OKLAHOMA	OK	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma is a midwestern U.S. state whose diverse landscape includes the Great Plains, mountains, lakes and forests.
OREGON	OR	Salem	Oregon is a coastal U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region known for its diverse landscape of farms, forests, mountains and beaches.
PENNSYLVANIA	PA	Harrisburg	Pennsylvania, a northeastern U.S. state and one of the 13 original colonies, is known for its diverse terrain, which includes wide stretches of farmland, national forests and major waterways.
RHODE ISLAND	RI	Providence	Rhode Island, a U.S. state in New England, is known for sandy shores and seaside Colonial towns.
SOUTH CAROLINA	SC	Columbia	South Carolina is a southeastern U.S. state known for its shoreline of subtropical beaches and marshlike sea islands.
SOUTH DAKOTA	SD	Pierre	South Dakota is an expansive, sparsely populated midwestern U.S. state where rolling prairies give way to the dramatic Black Hills National Forest.
TENNESSEE	TN	Nashville	Tennessee is a landlocked state in the U.S. South.
TEXAS	TX	Austin	Texas is a large state in the southern U.S. with deserts, pine forests and the Rio Grande, a river that forms its border with Mexico.
UTAH	UT	Salt Lake City	Utah is a western state defined by its vast expanses of desert and the Wasatch Range mountains.
VERMONT	VT	Montpelier	Vermont is a state in the northeastern U.S. known for its natural landscape, which is 75% forest.
VIRGINIA	VA	Richmond	Virginia, a southeastern state, stretches from the Chesapeake Bay to the Appalachian Mountains, with a long Atlantic Ocean coastline.
WASHINGTON	WA	Olympia	Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest with terrain spanning the snow-capped Cascade Mountains to forested islands in Puget Sound.
WEST VIRGINIA	WV	Charleston	West Virginia is an eastern U.S. state in the tree-covered Appalachian Mountains.
WISCONSIN	WI	Madison	Wisconsin is a midwestern state with coastlines on 2 Great Lakes, Michigan and Superior, and an interior of forests and farms.
WYOMING	WY	Cheyenne	Wyoming is a western state defined by vast plains and the Rocky Mountains.

Source of Information: WikiPedia.Org

US States Starts with Letters

A.  Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas

B. None

C. California, Colorado, Connecticut

D. Delaware

E. None

F. Florida

G. Georgia

H. Hawaii

I. Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa

J. None

K. Kansas, Kentucky

L. Louisiana

M. Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana

N. Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota

O. Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon

P. Pennsylvania

Q. None

R. Rhode Island

S. South Carolina, South Dakota,

T. Tennessee, Texas,

U. Utah

V. Vermont, Virginia

W. Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

X. None

Y. None

Z. None

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