List of States for HTML Forms

This is an invaluable resource and a huge time saver! Copy these into a text file and never again have to search for a place to copy your states list when setting up an HTML form! I have three lists available: Show Abbreviations, Show State Name, and a PHP function to Show State Names.

If you have one you'd like to contribute, please email it to me--I'll provide a link back to your site.

State Abbreviations - These are in alphabetical order by abbreviation. If you prefer to have them in alphabetical order by state name, just make the appropriate modification. It produces the following drop-down box:

<select name="state" size="1">
	<option value="AK">AK</option>

	<option value="AL">AL</option>
	<option value="AR">AR</option>
	<option value="AZ">AZ</option>
	<option value="CA">CA</option>

	<option value="CO">CO</option>
	<option value="CT">CT</option>
	<option value="DC">DC</option>
	<option value="DE">DE</option>

	<option value="FL">FL</option>
	<option value="GA">GA</option>
	<option value="HI">HI</option>
	<option value="IA">IA</option>

	<option value="ID">ID</option>
	<option value="IL">IL</option>
	<option value="IN">IN</option>
	<option value="KS">KS</option>

	<option value="KY">KY</option>
	<option value="LA">LA</option>
	<option value="MA">MA</option>
	<option value="MD">MD</option>

	<option value="ME">ME</option>
	<option value="MI">MI</option>
	<option value="MN">MN</option>
	<option value="MO">MO</option>

	<option value="MS">MS</option>
	<option value="MT">MT</option>
	<option value="NC">NC</option>
	<option value="ND">ND</option>

	<option value="NE">NE</option>
	<option value="NH">NH</option>
	<option value="NJ">NJ</option>
	<option value="NM">NM</option>

	<option value="NV">NV</option>
	<option value="NY">NY</option>
	<option value="OH">OH</option>
	<option value="OK">OK</option>

	<option value="OR">OR</option>
	<option value="PA">PA</option>
	<option value="RI">RI</option>
	<option value="SC">SC</option>

	<option value="SD">SD</option>
	<option value="TN">TN</option>
	<option value="TX">TX</option>
	<option value="UT">UT</option>

	<option value="VA">VA</option>
	<option value="VT">VT</option>
	<option value="WA">WA</option>
	<option value="WI">WI</option>

	<option value="WV">WV</option>
	<option value="WY">WY</option>
</select>

State Names - The following displays this text box and returns the value to the form recipient as an abbreviation.

<select name="state" size="1">

	<option value="AL">Alabama</option>
	<option value="AK">Alaska</option>
	<option value="AZ">Arizona</option>
	<option value="AR">Arkansas</option>

	<option value="CA">California</option>
	<option value="CO">Colorado</option>
	<option value="CT">Connecticut</option>
	<option value="DE">Delaware</option>

	<option value="DC">Dist of Columbia</option>
	<option value="FL">Florida</option>
	<option value="GA">Georgia</option>
	<option value="HI">Hawaii</option>

	<option value="ID">Idaho</option>
	<option value="IL">Illinois</option>
	<option value="IN">Indiana</option>
	<option value="IA">Iowa</option>

	<option value="KS">Kansas</option>
	<option value="KY">Kentucky</option>
	<option value="LA">Louisiana</option>
	<option value="ME">Maine</option>

	<option value="MD">Maryland</option>
	<option value="MA">Massachusetts</option>
	<option value="MI">Michigan</option>
	<option value="MN">Minnesota</option>

	<option value="MS">Mississippi</option>
	<option value="MO">Missouri</option>
	<option value="MT">Montana</option>
	<option value="NE">Nebraska</option>

	<option value="NV">Nevada</option>
	<option value="NH">New Hampshire</option>
	<option value="NJ">New Jersey</option>
	<option value="NM">New Mexico</option>

	<option value="NY">New York</option>
	<option value="NC">North Carolina</option>
	<option value="ND">North Dakota</option>
	<option value="OH">Ohio</option>

	<option value="OK">Oklahoma</option>
	<option value="OR">Oregon</option>
	<option value="PA">Pennsylvania</option>
	<option value="RI">Rhode Island</option>

	<option value="SC">South Carolina</option>
	<option value="SD">South Dakota</option>
	<option value="TN">Tennessee</option>
	<option value="TX">Texas</option>

	<option value="UT">Utah</option>
	<option value="VT">Vermont</option>
	<option value="VA">Virginia</option>
	<option value="WA">Washington</option>

	<option value="WV">West Virginia</option>
	<option value="WI">Wisconsin</option>
	<option value="WY">Wyoming</option>
</select>

PHP Function for State Abbreviations - The following php function produces the same textbox as in the example above.

// List the states in a select box to keep the main code clean.
function displaystatebox() {
   $states = array(
     'AL' => 'Alabama',
     'AK' => 'Alaska',
     'AZ' => 'Arizona',
     'AR' => 'Arkansas',
     'CA' => 'California',
     'CO' => 'Colorado',
     'CT' => 'Connecticut',
     'DE' => 'Delaware',
     'DC' => 'Dist of Columbia',
     'FL' => 'Florida',
     'GA' => 'Georgia',
     'HI' => 'Hawaii',
     'ID' => 'Idaho',
     'IL' => 'Illinois',
     'IN' => 'Indiana',
     'IA' => 'Iowa',
     'KS' => 'Kansas',
     'KY' => 'Kentucky',
     'LA' => 'Louisiana',
     'ME' => 'Maine',
     'MD' => 'Maryland',
     'MA' => 'Massachusetts',
     'MI' => 'Michigan',
     'MN' => 'Minnesota',
     'MS' => 'Mississippi',
     'MO' => 'Missouri',
     'MT' => 'Montana',
     'NE' => 'Nebraska',
     'NV' => 'Nevada',
     'NH' => 'New Hampshire',
     'NJ' => 'New Jersey',
     'NM' => 'New Mexico',
     'NY' => 'New York',
     'NC' => 'North Carolina',
     'ND' => 'North Dakota',
     'OH' => 'Ohio',
     'OK' => 'Oklahoma',
     'OR' => 'Oregon',
     'PA' => 'Pennsylvania',
     'RI' => 'Rhode Island',
     'SC' => 'South Carolina',
     'SD' => 'South Dakota',
     'TN' => 'Tennessee',
     'TX' => 'Texas',
     'UT' => 'Utah',
     'VT' => 'Vermont',
     'VA' => 'Virginia',
     'WA' => 'Washington',
     'WV' => 'West Virginia',
     'WI' => 'Wisconsin',
     'WY' => 'Wyoming'

  print '<select name="state">' . "\n";

  while ($state_name = current($states)) {
    print '<option value="' . key($states) . '">' . $state_name . "</option>\n";
    next($states);
  }

  print "</select>\n";

}