JQuery States

Loads all 50 states (plus DC and a few others) into a <select> tag.

Usage

Simply call the loadStates() function. Make sure you've also added JQuery to your page.

HTML

<select id="states"></select>

JavaScript

$('#states').loadStates()

Output

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