/*
    NAME:$STATE              DESCRIPTION: State (and related entity) Names

    PGMR: JGB                DATE CREATED: ?   
                             Last revised: 3-14-05: Adding entry 00 for United States. 

    ARGUMENT: 2-CHARACTER FIPS STATE CODE. (or state equiv)

    VALUE RETURNED: NAME OF THE STATE or entity (country or outlying area)

    SAMPLE ENTRY(S): "01"="Alabama"  "71"="Midway Islands" "72"="Puerto Rico" "00"="United States".

    GEOGRAPHIC AREA COVERED: U.S. and outlying areas.

    SOURCE USED TO GENERATE: 1990 GICS.

    CODES UPDATED AS OF: 1990

    USAGE NOTES: ENTRIES FOR PUERTO RICO, ETC. added 1-96, jgb

    OTHER:  (NOT USED)

    NUMBER OF ENTRIES:51 states + 9 outlying areas=60

    INTERVALS USED?  NO
    END
    ----------------------END COMMENT---------------------- */
 VALUE $STATE
"00"="United States" 
"01"="Alabama"   "02"="Alaska"   "04"="Arizona"   "05"="Arkansas"
"06"="California"   "08"="Colorado"   "09"="Connecticut"
"10"="Delaware"   "11"="District of Columbia"   "12"="Florida"
"13"="Georgia"   "15"="Hawaii"   "16"="Idaho"   "17"="Illinois"
"18"="Indiana"   "19"="Iowa"   "20"="Kansas"   "21"="Kentucky"
"22"="Louisiana"   "23"="Maine"   "24"="Maryland"
"25"="Massachusetts"   "26"="Michigan"   "27"="Minnesota"
"28"="Mississippi"   "29"="Missouri"   "30"="Montana"   "31"="Nebraska"
"32"="Nevada"   "33"="New Hampshire"   "34"="New Jersey"
"35"="New Mexico"   "36"="New York"   "37"="North Carolina"
"38"="North Dakota"   "39"="Ohio"   "40"="Oklahoma"   "41"="Oregon"
"42"="Pennsylvania"   "44"="Rhode Island"   "45"="South Carolina"
"46"="South Dakota"   "47"="Tennessee"   "48"="Texas"   "49"="Utah"
"50"="Vermont"   "51"="Virginia"   "53"="Washington"
"54"="West Virginia"   "55"="Wisconsin"   "56"="Wyoming"
"60"="American Samoa"  "64"="Fed States of Micronesia"
"66"="Guam"  "68"="Marshall Islands"  "69"="Northern Mariana Islands"
"70"="Palua" "71"="Midway Islands"  "72"="Puerto Rico"  "74"="US Minor Outlying Islands"  

"78"="Virgin Islands"   "79"="Wake Island"   "96"="U.S. Outlying Areas"  "99"="Foreign Country" 
    ;