State Codes

Background
Several international standards organizations exist that provide information regarding states, levels, and subdivisions of world countries – ISO, FIPS, Gazetteer, etc. The International Standards Organization (ISO) is the most commonly used source for country subdivisions. Attributes associated with country subdivisions may be used used in various contexts by different organizations. Subdivision/ State information provided by CommonDataHub is a conglomeration of various sources to provide you with a consolidated view of the information that is downloadable in easily readable and uploadable formats.

Note: ISO data may contain an asterisk next to the Subdivision Code or Name. The asterisk is normally used to note a special designation either for a Subdivision/ State, or to note an additional source of the data. When relevant, CDH will note this information in the Comments column within each record.

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CDH State Codes Datasets
The following are the various datasets available on CDH for the different coding schemes for states in countries of the world. Different views of the information have been made available for ease of use. Please note that some of the datasets require a paid subscription (indicated by the symbol), primarily due to the value-add of consolidating various sources, additional attributes, and incremental updates. All reasonable commercial attempt is made to keep the information up-to-date.
GSO1 ISO 3166-2 State Codes Country first-level subdivisions and dependant areas as specified by the ISO 3166-2 standard.
GSO2 FIPS States Codes Country first-level subdivisions as published by FIPS 10-4. Not all countries have FIPS codes assigned to their subdivisions. There are other sources with FIPS codes that are not aligned to the list published by FIPS.
GSO3S Lowest Level subdivisions (State/Province/Municipality) (ISO/FIPS Mapping) + English State Names Country subdivisions and dependent areas with fields from ISO, FIPS and other sources, including names in English. Automatic notification of updates for a year.
Dataset Features and Price List
Feature GSO1
FREE		 GSO2
FREE		 GSO3S
$200
ISO 3166-1 Country Name: Official short name of the country in English as defined by the ISO 3166-1 standard. X X X
ISO 3166-2 State Char 2 Code: 2 Character Code associated with the State/Province/Region of the applicable Country as defined by the ISO 3166-2 Standard. Note: the "X~" notation in the suffix of the ISO Code denotes that that the ISO 3166-2 Standard currently does not provide a State/Subdivision Code. X X
ISO 3166-2 Subdivision/State Name: Name associated with the State/Province/Region of the applicable Country as defined by the ISO 3166-2 Standard. X X
ISO 3166-2 Primary Level Name: Term associated with the Primary Level (i.e. State/Province/Region) of the country as defined by the ISO 3166-2 Standard. X X
FIPS Subdivision/State Code: Code associated with the Subdivision (State/Province/Region) for the applicable country as defined by U.S. standard FIPS PUB 10-4. X X
FIPS Subdivision/State Name: Name associated with the Subdivision (State/Province/Region) for the applicable country as defined by U.S. standard FIPS PUB 10-4. X X
FIPS Subdivision/State Alpha Code-US: Alpha codes (for the U.S. only) associated with the Subdivision (State/Province/Region) for the applicable country as defined by U.S. standard FIPS PUB 10-4. X X
Subdivision/State Name (English): Name of Subdivision (State/Province/Region) using English character set. This is a derived field created by Common Data Hub. X
Subdivision/State Name (Local Language): Name of Subdivision (State/Province/Region) in the local language, provided by the World Gazetteer. X
Subdivision/State Alternate Names: Additional alternate names for the Subdivision (State/Province/Region), provided by the World Gazetteer. X
Comments: Comments/exceptions are noted here. Sources are various. X
Change Log: Log of all changes related to the State. X
Effective From Date: Sub-level formation date/year. The year when the existing state/region/province was formed or became recognized. Null implies state/region/province has been recognized since its country’s existence. X
Effective To Date: Date/Year state/region/province was changed/abolished or the country ceased to exist. X
Automated Notification: Automated Notification of Changes. X
Free Email Support. X X X
Free Telephone Support. X
Attribute Sources
A list of all attributes of the datasets, along with relevant sources. The field Portal Release Date is the date this information was published on CommonDataHub.
Attribute Source Portal Release Date
ISO 3166-1 Country Name ISO 3166-1 28-Feb-2008
ISO 3166-2 State Char 2 Code ISO 3166-2 28-Feb-2008
ISO 3166-2 Subdivision/State Name ISO 3166-2 28-Mar-2008
ISO 3166-2 Primary Level Name ISO 3166-2 28-Feb-2008
FIPS Subdivision/State Code FIPS 15-Apr-2008
FIPS Subdivision/State Name FIPS 28-Feb-2008
FIPS Subdivision/State Alpha Code-US FIPS 28-Feb-2008
Subdivision/State Name (English) CommonDataHub 28-Feb-2008
Subdivision/State Name (Local Language) Gazetteer 28-Feb-2008
Subdivision/State Alternate Names Gazetteer 28-Feb-2008
Comments CommonDataHub 28-Feb-2008
Change Log CommonDataHub 28-Feb-2008
Effective From Date Various 28-Feb-2008
Effective To Date Various 28-Feb-2008
Details of the sources used:

ISO 3166-1:
http://www.iso.org

ISO 3166-2: Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 2: Country subdivision code, defines codes for the principal subdivisions of a country or dependent area. First published in 1998.
http://www.iso.org

World Gazetteer: The World Gazetteer provides a comprehensive set of population data and related statistics.
http://www.world-gazetteer.com

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS): are publicly announced standards developed by the US Federal government for use by all non-military government agencies and by government contractors.

http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/fip10-4.htm

Country Sub-level Sources:
http://www.wikipedia.com/
ftp://ftp.ripe.net/iso3166-countrycodes.txt
Acronyms
A listing of the acronyms and abbreviations used.

FIPS: Federal Information Processing Standards
CDH: CommonDataHub
ISO: International Organization for Standardization
 
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