Ruby array of US state name and abbreviations

states.rb

states = Array[ ["AK", "Alaska"], 
                ["AL", "Alabama"], 
                ["AR", "Arkansas"], 
                ["AS", "American Samoa"], 
                ["AZ", "Arizona"], 
                ["CA", "California"], 
                ["CO", "Colorado"], 
                ["CT", "Connecticut"], 
                ["DC", "District of Columbia"], 
                ["DE", "Delaware"], 
                ["FL", "Florida"], 
                ["GA", "Georgia"], 
                ["GU", "Guam"], 
                ["HI", "Hawaii"], 
                ["IA", "Iowa"], 
                ["ID", "Idaho"], 
                ["IL", "Illinois"], 
                ["IN", "Indiana"], 
                ["KS", "Kansas"], 
                ["KY", "Kentucky"], 
                ["LA", "Louisiana"], 
                ["MA", "Massachusetts"], 
                ["MD", "Maryland"], 
                ["ME", "Maine"], 
                ["MI", "Michigan"], 
                ["MN", "Minnesota"], 
                ["MO", "Missouri"],
                ["MP", "Northern Mariana Islands"],
                ["MS", "Mississippi"], 
                ["MT", "Montana"], 
                ["NC", "North Carolina"], 
                ["ND", "North Dakota"], 
                ["NE", "Nebraska"], 
                ["NH", "New Hampshire"], 
                ["NJ", "New Jersey"], 
                ["NM", "New Mexico"], 
                ["NV", "Nevada"], 
                ["NY", "New York"], 
                ["OH", "Ohio"], 
                ["OK", "Oklahoma"], 
                ["OR", "Oregon"], 
                ["PA", "Pennsylvania"], 
                ["PR", "Puerto Rico"], 
                ["RI", "Rhode Island"], 
                ["SC", "South Carolina"], 
                ["SD", "South Dakota"], 
                ["TN", "Tennessee"], 
                ["TX", "Texas"], 
                ["UT", "Utah"], 
                ["VA", "Virginia"], 
                ["VI", "Virgin Islands"], 
                ["VT", "Vermont"], 
                ["WA", "Washington"], 
                ["WI", "Wisconsin"], 
                ["WV", "West Virginia"], 
                ["WY", "Wyoming"] ]