Printable worksheet for learning U.S. state abbreviations.

Let’s go step by step to find the correct two-letter abbreviations for each U.S. state listed.

We’ll use the official postal abbreviations that are commonly used in addresses and on maps. These are standardized by the United States Postal Service (USPS).

Here’s how we can think about it:

- Each state has a unique 2-letter code.
- Some are easy because they match the first two letters of the state name (like AL for Alabama, AK for Alaska).
- Others might be less obvious (like CA for California, not CL or CF).
- We just need to recall or look up the standard abbreviation for each one — no math or logic needed, just memory or reference!

Let’s go through them one by one:

1. Alabama → AL
2. Alaska → AK
3. Arizona → AZ
4. Arkansas → AR
5. California → CA
6. Colorado → CO
7. Connecticut → CT
8. Delaware → DE
9. Florida → FL
10. Georgia → GA
11. Hawaii → HI
12. Idaho → ID
13. Illinois → IL
14. Indiana → IN
15. Iowa → IA
16. Kansas → KS
17. Kentucky → KY
18. Louisiana → LA
19. Maine → ME
20. Maryland → MD
21. Massachusetts → MA
22. Michigan → MI
23. Minnesota → MN
24. Mississippi → MS
25. Missouri → MO
26. Montana → MT
27. Nebraska → NE
28. Nevada → NV
29. New Hampshire → NH
30. New Jersey → NJ

Double-checking a few tricky ones:
- Iowa is IA (not IO)
- Kansas is KS (not KA)
- Kentucky is KY (not KT)
- Louisiana is LA (not LO)
- Maine is ME (not MA — that’s Massachusetts!)
- Maryland is MD (not MY)
- Massachusetts is MA (correct!)
- Michigan is MI (not MC)
- Minnesota is MN (not MI — that’s Michigan!)
- Mississippi is MS (not MI or MP)
- Missouri is MO (not MR)
- Montana is MT (not MA or MN)
- Nebraska is NE (not NB)
- Nevada is NV (not NA)
- New Hampshire is NH (not NP or NH is correct)
- New Jersey is NJ (not NY — that’s New York)

All checks out!

Final Answer:
1. AL
2. AK
3. AZ
4. AR
5. CA
6. CO
7. CT
8. DE
9. FL
10. GA
11. HI
12. ID
13. IL
14. IN
15. IA
16. KS
17. KY
18. LA
19. ME
20. MD
21. MA
22. MI
23. MN
24. MS
25. MO
26. MT
27. NE
28. NV
29. NH
30. NJ