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Comoros (or Comoros Islands) Benin (formerly Dahomey) Cook Islands Coral Sea Islands (Australian territory) Denmark Devil's Lake Sioux Tribe Dominica Djibouti Durango COMANCHE NATION Dominican Republic MIAMI TRIBE MUSCOGEE (CREEK) TRIBE SENECA-CAYUGA TRIBES CITIZEN BAND POTTAWATOMIE TRIBE Absentee Shawnee Equatorial Guinea El Salvador England Ethiopia Europa Island (French possession) Estonia Eretria Ecuador Egypt (formerly United Arab Republic) Czech Republic Falkland Islands Fond du Lac Finland French Guiana Fiji Florida France Faroe Islands French Polynesia French Southern and Antartic Lands Federated States of Micronesia Sac & Fox Georgia Gabon Greece Georgia Germany (East Germany: 1945-1989,for reference only)(West Germany: 1945-1989, for referenceonly) Guernsey Ghana Guinea Grenada Gambia, The Guam Greenland Glorioso Islands (French possession) Guadeloupe Guerrero South Georgia and the South SandwichIslands Guatemala Guanajuato Guyana Gaza Honduras Heard Island and McDonald Island Hawaii Hong Kong Hidalgo New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) Howland Island Christmas Island Saint Helena Haiti Hungary Iowa Isle of Man Iceland Idaho Ireland (does not include NorthernIreland, see Northern Ireland) India Illinois Madeira Islands Indiana Indonesia (now includes Portuguese Timor) Iraq Iran Israel Italy (includes Sicily and Sardinia) Niue IOWA TRIBE Menominee Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Japan Jersey Johnston Island Jalisco Jamaica Jan Mayen Jordan Jarvis Island Juan de Nova Island Gilbert Islands (now Kiribati) Croatia Kenya Manahiki Island Kingman Reef KICKAPOO TRIBE North Korea South Korea Shakopee Kansas Kazakhstan Kuwait Kiowa Kentucky Kyrgyzstan Louisiana Liberia Mille Lacs Moldova Lesotho Slovakia Lithuania Liechtenstein Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Lebanon Slovenia Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake SuperiorChippewa Laos LATVIA Saint Lucia Luxembourg Libya Massachusetts Manitoba Michoacan Maryland Maine Malawi Mongolia Marshall Islands Michigan Monaco Mariana Islands Mali Mexico (See separate list of MexicanStates; use code MM only when state isunknown) Minnesota Missouri Madagascar (included in Malagasy Republic) Morocco Morelos Mississippi Montana Mauritania Maldives Midway Islands Mexico (State) Malta Malaysia Nayarit Nebraska North Carolina North Dakota Holland (Netherlands) Newfoundland (includes Labrador) Nigeria New Hampshire Northern Ireland New Jersey New Brunswick Nuevo Leon New Mexico Niger New Guinea (now Papua New Guinea) Nepal New Caledonia Nauru Nova Scotia Northwest Territories Nicaragua Nevada Norway Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles) New York New Zealand Oaxaca Macao (now spelled Macau) Norfolk Island OSAGE NATION Ohio Okinawa Oklahoma Oman Ontario OTOE-MISSOURIA TRIBE Oregon Oglala Sioux Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin Pennsylvania Puebla Pitcairn,Henderson, Ducie, and OenoIslands Palau, Republic of Prince Edward Island Parcel Islands Guinea-Bissau (formerly Portuguese Guinea) Philippines Pakistan Palmyra Atoll Panama PONCA TRIBE Poland Quebec Puerto Rico Saint Pierre and Miquelon Portugal Peru Paraquay PAWNEE TRIBE Qatar Quintana Roo Queretaro Russia Republic of Congo, Brazzaville People's Republic of China Reunion Russian Federation Gibraltar Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) Rhode Island Red Lake Montserrat Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara) Romania/Rumania Socialist Republic of Vietnam Rwanda Republic of Yemen Sierre Leone (Sierra Leone) Saudi Arabia South Carolina South Dakota Seychelles South Africa Senegal San Marino Sinaloa Namibia (South-West Africa) SEMINOLE NATION San Luis Potosi Somalia Saskatchewan Sonora Spain Sweden Singapore Scotland Sudan Svalbard Swaziland Syria Switzerland Tamaulipas Tabasco Trucial States (now United Arab Emirates) Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Spratly Islands Tuamotu Archipelago Tonga Thailand Tajikistan Tokelau Tlaxcala Tromelin Island (French possession) Tennessee Togo Sao Tome and Principe Turks and Calcos Islands Nevis and Saint Christopher "Kitts" Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu) Taiwan, Republic of China Texas Turkey Tanzania, United Republic of Turtle Mtn. Band of Chipewa Uganda Ukraine Mauritius Turkmenistan United States of America (USA) (Should beused in the following circumstances:1. To indicate the LIS Utah Burkina Faso (known as Burkina,formerly Upper Volta) Uruguay Uzbekistan Virginia British Virgin Islands Veracruz U.S. Virgin Islands Navassa Island Vermont Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Vatican City Venezuela Washington West Bank WYANDOTTE TRIBE White Earth Wallis and Futuna (French territory) Wisconsin Wake Island Wales West Indies (for West Indies Islands notfound separately listed) Western Samoa WICHITA TRIBE West Virginia Wyoming Unknown Place of Birth (for use in IIIrecords only) Yugoslavia Mayotte Yukon (Territory) Yucatan All others (Any foreign country/dependency/territory not included inthe above abbreviation list is t Zacatecas Martinique Surinam Macedonia Canary Islands Zambia Mozambique Congo Kinshasa, now Zaire ALBERTA ALASKA ALABAMA ARKANSAS ARIZONA BRITISH COLUMBIA CALIFORNIA OTHER CANADA COLORADO CONNECTICUT WASHINGTON D.C. DELAWARE ENGLAND FLORIDA GEORGIA GUAM HAWAII IOWA ROYAL CANADIAN MP IDAHO ILLINOIS INDIANA ITALY KANSAS KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MASSACHUSETTS MANITOBA MARYLAND MAINE MICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSOURI MISSISSIPPI MONTANA MEXICO CITY NEBRASKA NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA NEWFOUNDLAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY NEW BRUNSWICK NEW MEXICO NOVA SCOTIA NORTHWEST TERRITORIES NEVADA NEW YORK OHIO OKLAHOMA ONTARIO OREGON PENNSYLVANIA PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND QUEBEC PUERTO RICO RHODE ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH DAKOTA SASKATCHEWAN TENNESSEE TEXAS UNITED STATES UTAH VIRGINIA VIRGIN ISLANDS VERMONT WASHINGTON WISCONSIN WEST VIRGINIA WYOMING YUKON Albania Alberta Andorra Anguilla Afghanistan Aguascalientes Ashmore and Cartier Islands Antigua and Barbuda (formerly Antigua) Aruba (now independent of NetherlandsAntilles) Alaska Alabama American Samoa (Islands) Algeria Angola Armenia Azores Islands Arkansas Australia Argentina Austria Azerbaijan APACHE TRIBE Arizona Baja California (Northern Section) Barbados British Columbia Bahamas, The Bahrain/Bahrein Bassas Da India (French possession) Belgium Belize (formerly British Honduras) Burundi Baja California (Southern Section) Baker Island Bangladesh Bermuda Bhutan British Indian Ocean Territory Bosnia and Hercegovenia Bouvet Island (Norwegian territory) Burma British Solomon Islands (now SolomonIslands) Botswana Bulgaria Bolivia Balearic Islands Brunei Byelarus Brazil California Colombia Cuba Canada(See separate list of CanadianProvinces; use code CD only whenprovince is unknown.) Campeche Chad Caroline Islands Chihuahua Chiapas Cambodia (formerly Khmer Republic& Kampuchea) Colima Cameroon Colorado Cayman Islands Chile Costa Rica Cyprus Connecticut Coahuila Cape Verde Islands Central African Republic Ceylon (Now Sri Lanka) Canal Zone CHEYENNE & ARAPAHO TRIBES Clipperton Island (French possession) District of Columbia Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australiandependency) Delaware Distrito Federal (Mexico, D. F.) Comoros (or Comoros Islands) Benin (formerly Dahomey) Cook Islands Coral Sea Islands (Australian territory) Denmark Devil's Lake Sioux Tribe Dominica Djibouti Durango COMANCHE NATION Dominican Republic MIAMI TRIBE MUSCOGEE (CREEK) TRIBE SENECA-CAYUGA TRIBES CITIZEN BAND POTTAWATOMIE TRIBE Absentee Shawnee Equatorial Guinea El Salvador England Ethiopia Europa Island (French possession) Estonia Eretria Ecuador Egypt (formerly United Arab Republic) Czech Republic Falkland Islands Fond du Lac Finland French Guiana Fiji Florida France Faroe Islands French Polynesia French Southern and Antartic Lands Federated States of Micronesia Sac & Fox Georgia Gabon Greece Georgia Germany (East Germany: 1945-1989,for reference only)(West Germany: 1945-1989, for referenceonly) Guernsey Ghana Guinea Grenada Gambia, The Guam Greenland Glorioso Islands (French possession) Guadeloupe Guerrero South Georgia and the South SandwichIslands Guatemala Guanajuato Guyana Gaza Honduras Heard Island and McDonald Island Hawaii Hong Kong Hidalgo New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) Howland Island Christmas Island Saint Helena Haiti Hungary Iowa Isle of Man Iceland Idaho Ireland (does not include NorthernIreland, see Northern Ireland) India Illinois Madeira Islands Indiana Indonesia (now includes Portuguese Timor) Iraq Iran Israel Italy (includes Sicily and Sardinia) Niue IOWA TRIBE Menominee Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Japan Jersey Johnston Island Jalisco Jamaica Jan Mayen Jordan Jarvis Island Juan de Nova Island Gilbert Islands (now Kiribati) Croatia Kenya Manahiki Island Kingman Reef KICKAPOO TRIBE North Korea South Korea Shakopee Kansas Kazakhstan Kuwait Kiowa Kentucky Kyrgyzstan Louisiana Liberia Mille Lacs Moldova Lesotho Slovakia Lithuania Liechtenstein Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Lebanon Slovenia Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake SuperiorChippewa Laos LATVIA Saint Lucia Luxembourg Libya Massachusetts Manitoba Michoacan Maryland Maine Malawi Mongolia Marshall Islands Michigan Monaco Mariana Islands Mali Mexico (See separate list of MexicanStates; use code MM only when state isunknown) Minnesota Missouri Madagascar (included in Malagasy Republic) Morocco Morelos Mississippi Montana Mauritania Maldives Midway Islands Mexico (State) Malta Malaysia Nayarit Nebraska North Carolina North Dakota Holland (Netherlands) Newfoundland (includes Labrador) Nigeria New Hampshire Northern Ireland New Jersey New Brunswick Nuevo Leon New Mexico Niger New Guinea (now Papua New Guinea) Nepal New Caledonia Nauru Nova Scotia Northwest Territories Nicaragua Nevada Norway Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles) New York New Zealand Oaxaca Macao (now spelled Macau) Norfolk Island OSAGE NATION Ohio Okinawa Oklahoma Oman Ontario OTOE-MISSOURIA TRIBE Oregon Oglala Sioux Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin Pennsylvania Puebla Pitcairn,Henderson, Ducie, and OenoIslands Palau, Republic of Prince Edward Island Parcel Islands Guinea-Bissau (formerly Portuguese Guinea) Philippines Pakistan Palmyra Atoll Panama PONCA TRIBE Poland Quebec Puerto Rico Saint Pierre and Miquelon Portugal Peru Paraquay PAWNEE TRIBE Qatar Quintana Roo Queretaro Russia Republic of Congo, Brazzaville People's Republic of China Reunion Russian Federation Gibraltar Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) Rhode Island Red Lake Montserrat Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara) Romania/Rumania Socialist Republic of Vietnam Rwanda Republic of Yemen Sierre Leone (Sierra Leone) Saudi Arabia South Carolina South Dakota Seychelles South Africa Senegal San Marino Sinaloa Namibia (South-West Africa) SEMINOLE NATION San Luis Potosi Somalia Saskatchewan Sonora Spain Sweden Singapore Scotland Sudan Svalbard Swaziland Syria Switzerland