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CodeSystem: Federal Information Processing Standards Publication: Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas (FIPS 5-2)

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/FIPS52				Version: 1.0.0
Active as of 2024-10-21			Responsible: U.S. Department of Commerce; National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)	Computable Name: FIPS5_2
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.6.92
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"This standard provides a set of two-digit numeric codes and a set of two-letter alphabetic codes for representing the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the outlying areas of the United States, and associated areas. The standard covers all land areas under the sovereignty of the United States, the freely associated states of Federated States of Micronesia and Marshall Islands, and the trust territory of Palau. This revision supersedes FIPS PUB 5-1 in its entirety."

For more information, see https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/FIPS/fipspub5-2.pdf

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