Python: List of tuples with US state abbreviations & names

us_states_list_of_tuples.py

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

Work smart not hard :)