In October 1963, the Department settled on the current two-letter abbreviations. Since that time, only one change has been made: in 1969, at the request of the Canadian postal administration, the abbreviation for Nebraska, originally NB, was changed to NE, to avoid confusion with New Brunswick in Canada.
Many of these initial abbreviations consisted of four letters. Four months later, in October 1963, the Department published the now-familiar list of two-letter state abbreviations in Publication 59, Abbreviations for Use with ZIP Code.
USA is an abbreviation for the United States of America. US tends to be the more popular way to abbreviate United States. Both of these abbreviations can serve as either adjectives or nouns.
Except 2, that when you are writing for any journal that uses the recommended CBE Style Manual format, the abbreviations are not to be followed by periods (Tenn not Tenn. is then the correct abbreviation for Tennessee).
There are fifty (50) states and Washington D.C.The last two states to join the Union were Alaska (49th) and Hawaii (50th). Both joined in 1959. Washington D.C. is a federal district under the authority of Congress. Local government is run by a mayor and 13 member city council.
The United States of America consists of 50 states, a federal district and 5 major territories. Each state is having a separate governor. The mainland USA consists of 48 states while the states of Alaska and Hawaii are situated away from mainland USA.
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