List of US States for Select Dropdown Field in ACF

If you’re using ACF (Advanced Custom Fields) and want a dropdown list of US states, then look no further.

Simply copy and paste this into the list of options in your ACF select field.

List of US States

AL : Alabama
AK : Alaska
AZ : Arizona
AR : Arkansas
CA : California
CO : Colorado
CT : Connecticut
DE : Delaware
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

Boom! Now you have an ACF field for the 50 US states showing the full state name in the dropdown, but having the value of the 2-digit capitalized abbreviation of the state.