State FIPS Code Reference
The overlay() and recover() functions can
use the FIPS_code parameter to filter school districts by
state FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) codes if working
with the national NCES district shapefiles.
The table below maps the 50 U.S. state two-letter abbreviations to their FIPS codes per the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
| FIPS | Abbreviation | State |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | AL | Alabama |
| 02 | AK | Alaska |
| 04 | AZ | Arizona |
| 05 | AR | Arkansas |
| 06 | CA | California |
| 08 | CO | Colorado |
| 09 | CT | Connecticut |
| 10 | DE | Delaware |
| 12 | FL | Florida |
| 13 | GA | Georgia |
| 15 | HI | Hawaii |
| 16 | ID | Idaho |
| 17 | IL | Illinois |
| 18 | IN | Indiana |
| 19 | IA | Iowa |
| 20 | KS | Kansas |
| 21 | KY | Kentucky |
| 22 | LA | Louisiana |
| 23 | ME | Maine |
| 24 | MD | Maryland |
| 25 | MA | Massachusetts |
| 26 | MI | Michigan |
| 27 | MN | Minnesota |
| 28 | MS | Mississippi |
| 29 | MO | Missouri |
| 30 | MT | Montana |
| 31 | NE | Nebraska |
| 32 | NV | Nevada |
| 33 | NH | New Hampshire |
| 34 | NJ | New Jersey |
| 35 | NM | New Mexico |
| 36 | NY | New York |
| 37 | NC | North Carolina |
| 38 | ND | North Dakota |
| 39 | OH | Ohio |
| 40 | OK | Oklahoma |
| 41 | OR | Oregon |
| 42 | PA | Pennsylvania |
| 44 | RI | Rhode Island |
| 45 | SC | South Carolina |
| 46 | SD | South Dakota |
| 47 | TN | Tennessee |
| 48 | TX | Texas |
| 49 | UT | Utah |
| 50 | VT | Vermont |
| 51 | VA | Virginia |
| 53 | WA | Washington |
| 54 | WV | West Virginia |
| 55 | WI | Wisconsin |
| 56 | WY | Wyoming |