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NFIRS 5.0 Element: ‘State’
Definition: The State or U.S. territory where the owner of the property lives.
Purpose: This field further refines the incident address, and it provides a means of linking incident data to other geographic and population factors for comparative analysis at the State level.
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NFIRS References
See Also
- Census Tract
- Location Type
- Number or Milepost
- Street Prefix
- Street or Highway Name
- Street Type
- Street Suffix
- Apartment Number
- City
- Zip
- Cross Street, Directions or National Grid
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Here are the NFIRS codes for the ‘State’ element, including any “other” values in case none of the preselected choices match:
Common Examples of State
More commonly used values for State…
| State | Code |
|---|---|
| Colorado | CO |
| Department Of Defense | DD |
| Native American Tribal Authority | NA |
| Other | OO |
All values for State
| State | Code |
|---|---|
| Alabama | AL |
| Alaska | AK |
| Arizona | AZ |
| Arkansas | AR |
| California | CA |
| Colorado | CO |
| Connecticut | CT |
| Delaware | DE |
| District Of Columbia | DC |
| Florida | FL |
| Georgia | GA |
| Hawaii | HI |
| Idaho | ID |
| Illinois | IL |
| Indiana | IN |
| Iowa | IA |
| Kansas | KS |
| Kentucky | KY |
| Louisiana | LA |
| Maine | ME |
| Maryland | MD |
| Massachusetts | MA |
| Michigan | MI |
| Minnesota | MN |
| Mississippi | MS |
| Missouri | MO |
| Montana | MT |
| Nebraska | NE |
| Nevada | NV |
| New Hampshire | NH |
| New Jersey | NJ |
| New Mexico | NM |
| New York | NY |
| North Carolina | NC |
| North Dakota | ND |
| Ohio | OH |
| Oklahoma | OK |
| Oregon | OR |
| Pennsylvania | PA |
| Rhode Island | RI |
| South Carolina | SC |
| South Dakota | SD |
| Tennessee | TN |
| Texas | TX |
| Utah | UT |
| Vermont | VT |
| Virginia | VA |
| Washington | WA |
| West Virginia | WV |
| Wisconsin | WI |
| Wyoming | WY |
| American Samoa | AS |
| Canal Zone | CZ |
| Department Of Defense | DD |
| Guam | GU |
| Federated States Of Micronesia | FM |
| Marshall Islands | MH |
| Northern Mariana Islands | MP |
| Palau | PW |
| Puerto Rico | PR |
| US Minor Outlying Islands | UM |
| Native American Tribal Authority | NA |
| Virgin Islands | VI |
| Other | OO |
Transactions containing ‘State’
A few NFIRS elements are reused accross a number of transactions, but typically the value is captured by one transaction only.
Element Specification
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Requirement | Optional |
| Expected Length | 2 |
| Element Type | Coded Field - The coded field relating to an entry in the code table. Most coded fields allow for Plus+ One codes. For these fields the expected length of the coded entry is depicted as (National length OR Plus+ One length). Only fields with this notation in the expected length column allow for Plus+ One definitions. If the user has not provided information, an empty field should be transmitted. |
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