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python array of US state names
state_names=["Alabama", "Alaska", "Arizona", "Arkansas", "California", "Colorado", "Connecticut", "Delaware", "Florida", "Georgia", "Hawaii", "Idaho", "Illinois", "Indiana", "Iowa", "Kansas", "Kentucky", "Louisiana", "Maine", "Maryland", "Massachusetts", "Michigan", "Minnesota", "Mississippi", "Missouri", "Montana", "Nebraska", "Nevada", "New Hampshire", "New Jersey", "New Mexico", "New York", "North Carolina", "North Dakota", "Ohio", "Oklahoma", "Oregon", "Pennsylvania", "Rhode Island", "South Carolina", "South Dakota", "Tennessee", "Texas", "Utah", "Vermont", "Virginia", "Washington", "West Virginia", "Wisconsin", "Wyoming"]
@Enan456

Enan456 commented Jun 19, 2020

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Saved me a bunch of time, thanks!

@GKjohns

GKjohns commented Oct 23, 2020

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This snippet is a life saver, saved me hours of time 🙏🏽

@jguzman-tech

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You have territories in there and it looks like you mistakenly put "District " and "of Columbia" as separate elements.

@jinfei1125

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Thank you!!

@zanjani99

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thank you

@MayCXC

MayCXC commented Jul 29, 2021

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beware "District " and "of Columbia" at [8] and [9]

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Here's the proper list of the 50 US States..

state_names=["Alabama", "Alaska", "Arizona", "Arkansas", "California", "Colorado", "Connecticut", "Delaware", "Florida", "Georgia", "Hawaii", "Idaho", "Illinois", "Indiana", "Iowa", "Kansas", "Kentucky", "Louisiana", "Maine", "Maryland", "Massachusetts", "Michigan", "Minnesota", "Mississippi", "Missouri", "Montana", "Nebraska", "Nevada", "New Hampshire", "New Jersey", "New Mexico", "New York", "North Carolina", "North Dakota", "Ohio", "Oklahoma", "Oregon", "Pennsylvania", "Rhode Island", "South Carolina", "South Dakota", "Tennessee", "Texas", "Utah", "Vermont", "Virginia", "Washington", "West Virginia", "Wisconsin", "Wyoming"]

@josh-mith

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Big up, thanks for saving me some time!

@RuizDuarteRoberto

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As far as I know, there are 50 states in the USA, you wrote down territories too.

@FrostyAvarice

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Had the territories in there, but still saved me time. Thank you!

@shamusc

shamusc commented Feb 9, 2023

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Big time saver. Thank you!

@fortenforge

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bro had one job and messed it up... incredible

@lruLk

lruLk commented Jun 17, 2025

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Here's the proper list of the 50 US States..

state_names=["Alabama", "Alaska", "Arizona", "Arkansas", "California", "Colorado", "Connecticut", "Delaware", "Florida", "Georgia", "Hawaii", "Idaho", "Illinois", "Indiana", "Iowa", "Kansas", "Kentucky", "Louisiana", "Maine", "Maryland", "Massachusetts", "Michigan", "Minnesota", "Mississippi", "Missouri", "Montana", "Nebraska", "Nevada", "New Hampshire", "New Jersey", "New Mexico", "New York", "North Carolina", "North Dakota", "Ohio", "Oklahoma", "Oregon", "Pennsylvania", "Rhode Island", "South Carolina", "South Dakota", "Tennessee", "Texas", "Utah", "Vermont", "Virginia", "Washington", "West Virginia", "Wisconsin", "Wyoming"]

Some websites uses Puerto Rico for Rhode Island

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@fortenforge bro fixed it. @michaelbrant updated thanks!

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