50 States Ruby Hash

gistfile1.rb

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