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References
- ↑ FIPS 5-2 timeline
- "Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas (FIPS PUB 5-2)". United States Census Bureau. June 15, 1970. Archived from the original on July 5, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2009.
- "Withdrawn FIPS Listed by Number". National Institute of Standards and Technology. March 26, 2009. Archived from the original on June 4, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2009.
- "American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Codes for States". United States Census Bureau. June 25, 2018. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ↑ National Institute of Standards and Technology (September 2, 2008). "Announcing Approval of the Withdrawal of Ten Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)". Federal Register . 73: 51276.73 FR 51276
- ↑ "States and Outlying Areas of the United States (FIPS PUB 5-1)" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. June 15, 1970. Retrieved July 1, 2009.
- ↑ The federal district of the United States has one city, the City of Washington, which is coterminous with the single county, District of Columbia County
- ↑ "CFR Title 47 PART 11 Subpart B § 11.31: EAS protocol". Electronic Code of Federal Regulations . U.S. Government Printing Office. September 2, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
