Geography quiz
US state abbreviations
Fifty states, fifty two letter codes. One state is highlighted at a time; type its postal abbreviation, or skip it with Next and come back.
- Format
- Type them all
- Items
- 50 answers
- Limit
- 3:00
- Level
- Medium
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Answers
- 50
- Time limit
- 3:00
- Order
- One at a time, skip allowed
- Matching
- Case and accents ignored
- The highlighted slot is the one to answer.
- Prev and Next skip around; click a slot to jump to it.
- Enter on an empty box skips; the up and down arrow keys step through the slots.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Type the two letter abbreviation for each state.
| State | Code |
|---|---|
| Alabama | Not found yet |
| Alaska | Not found yet |
| Arizona | Not found yet |
| Arkansas | Not found yet |
| California | Not found yet |
| Colorado | Not found yet |
| Connecticut | Not found yet |
| Delaware | Not found yet |
| Florida | Not found yet |
| Georgia | Not found yet |
| Hawaii | Not found yet |
| Idaho | Not found yet |
| Illinois | Not found yet |
| Indiana | Not found yet |
| Iowa | Not found yet |
| Kansas | Not found yet |
| Kentucky | Not found yet |
| State | Code |
|---|---|
| Louisiana | Not found yet |
| Maine | Not found yet |
| Maryland | Not found yet |
| Massachusetts | Not found yet |
| Michigan | Not found yet |
| Minnesota | Not found yet |
| Mississippi | Not found yet |
| Missouri | Not found yet |
| Montana | Not found yet |
| Nebraska | Not found yet |
| Nevada | Not found yet |
| New Hampshire | Not found yet |
| New Jersey | Not found yet |
| New Mexico | Not found yet |
| New York | Not found yet |
| North Carolina | Not found yet |
| North Dakota | Not found yet |
| State | Code |
|---|---|
| Ohio | Not found yet |
| Oklahoma | Not found yet |
| Oregon | Not found yet |
| Pennsylvania | Not found yet |
| Rhode Island | Not found yet |
| South Carolina | Not found yet |
| South Dakota | Not found yet |
| Tennessee | Not found yet |
| Texas | Not found yet |
| Utah | Not found yet |
| Vermont | Not found yet |
| Virginia | Not found yet |
| Washington | Not found yet |
| West Virginia | Not found yet |
| Wisconsin | Not found yet |
| Wyoming | Not found yet |
About this quiz
The Postal Service's two letter state abbreviations appear on every American address. Most are easy; the eight states that begin with M and the eight that begin with N are where the points are lost.
- Eight states begin with M: their codes are ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO and MT.
- Alaska is AK and Arizona is AZ; AL belongs to Alabama and AR to Arkansas.
- Nineteen states use the first two letters of their name.
- Capital letters do not matter when you type.
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