Geography · 2024 ACS PUMS variable
STATE
State Code based on 2020 Census definitions
- Type
- Categorical
- Length
- 2
- Value codes
- 52
- Survey
- 2024 ACS 1-Year
STATEis the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS PUMS variable for state code based on 2020 census definitions. It is a categorical field with 52 possible category codes, released in the 2024 Public Use Microdata Sample. The full list of value codes and their labels is below.
STATE value codes
| Code | Label |
|---|---|
| 01 | Alabama/AL |
| 02 | Alaska/AK |
| 04 | Arizona/AZ |
| 05 | Arkansas/AR |
| 06 | California/CA |
| 08 | Colorado/CO |
| 09 | Connecticut/CT |
| 10 | Delaware/DE |
| 11 | District of Columbia/DC |
| 12 | Florida/FL |
| 13 | Georgia/GA |
| 15 | Hawaii/HI |
| 16 | Idaho/ID |
| 17 | Illinois/IL |
| 18 | Indiana/IN |
| 19 | Iowa/IA |
| 20 | Kansas/KS |
| 21 | Kentucky/KY |
| 22 | Louisiana/LA |
| 23 | Maine/ME |
| 24 | Maryland/MD |
| 25 | Massachusetts/MA |
| 26 | Michigan/MI |
| 27 | Minnesota/MN |
| 28 | Mississippi/MS |
| 29 | Missouri/MO |
| 30 | Montana/MT |
| 31 | Nebraska/NE |
| 32 | Nevada/NV |
| 33 | New Hampshire/NH |
| 34 | New Jersey/NJ |
| 35 | New Mexico/NM |
| 36 | New York/NY |
| 37 | North Carolina/NC |
| 38 | North Dakota/ND |
| 39 | Ohio/OH |
| 40 | Oklahoma/OK |
| 41 | Oregon/OR |
| 42 | Pennsylvania/PA |
| 44 | Rhode Island/RI |
| 45 | South Carolina/SC |
| 46 | South Dakota/SD |
| 47 | Tennessee/TN |
| 48 | Texas/TX |
| 49 | Utah/UT |
| 50 | Vermont/VT |
| 51 | Virginia/VA |
| 53 | Washington/WA |
| 54 | West Virginia/WV |
| 55 | Wisconsin/WI |
| 56 | Wyoming/WY |
| 72 | Puerto Rico/PR |
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STATE — FAQ
What is the STATE variable in PUMS?+
STATE is the 2024 ACS Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) variable for "State Code based on 2020 Census definitions". It is a categorical field 2 characters long.
What are the STATE codes?+
STATE has 52 value codes in the 2024 dictionary, each mapping a numeric code to a category label — all of them are listed on this page.
Where does the STATE variable come from?+
STATE is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau in the 2024 ACS PUMS data dictionary. PUMSdata is an independent product that makes this microdata easy to explore, and is not affiliated with the Census Bureau.