ASP.NET MVC US State Drop Down List

Question

anyone have have a dropdownlist helper method with a list of US states? thanks.

Answer 1

You can build this with an extension method pretty easily.

Answer 2

I'm sure it's a pretty common request. Would be nice to have it somewhere and indexed so we can all use it. If there's nothing by tomorrow I'll write it and post it up.

Answer 3

As promised ... toss this in your "Global" namespace (or wherever else you want).

public class UnitedStatesStates
{
    public static readonly IDictionary<string, string> StateDictionary = new Dictionary<string, string> {
        {"ALABAMA", "AL"},
        {"ALASKA", "AK"},
        {"AMERICAN SAMOA", "AS"},
        {"ARIZONA ", "AZ"},
        {"ARKANSAS", "AR"},
        {"CALIFORNIA ", "CA"},
        {"COLORADO ", "CO"},
        {"CONNECTICUT", "CT"},
        {"DELAWARE", "DE"},
        {"DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA", "DC"},
        {"FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA", "FM"},
        {"FLORIDA", "FL"},
        {"GEORGIA", "GA"},
        {"GUAM ", "GU"},
        {"HAWAII", "HI"},
        {"IDAHO", "ID"},
        {"ILLINOIS", "IL"},
        {"INDIANA", "IN"},
        {"IOWA", "IA"},
        {"KANSAS", "KS"},
        {"KENTUCKY", "KY"},
        {"LOUISIANA", "LA"},
        {"MAINE", "ME"},
        {"MARSHALL ISLANDS", "MH"},
        {"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"},
        {"NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS", "MP"},
        {"OHIO", "OH"},
        {"OKLAHOMA", "OK"},
        {"OREGON", "OR"},
        {"PALAU", "PW"},
        {"PENNSYLVANIA", "PA"},
        {"PUERTO RICO", "PR"},
        {"RHODE ISLAND", "RI"},
        {"SOUTH CAROLINA", "SC"},
        {"SOUTH DAKOTA", "SD"},
        {"TENNESSEE", "TN"},
        {"TEXAS", "TX"},
        {"UTAH", "UT"},
        {"VERMONT", "VT"},
        {"VIRGIN ISLANDS", "VI"},
        {"VIRGINIA", "VA"},
        {"WASHINGTON", "WA"},
        {"WEST VIRGINIA", "WV"},
        {"WISCONSIN", "WI"},
        {"WYOMING", "WY"}
    };

    public static SelectList StateSelectList
    {
        get { return new SelectList(StateDictionary, "Value", "Key"); }
    }
}

and use it like this:

<%= Html.DropDownList("state", UnitedStatesStates.StateSelectList)%>