state_abbrev2fips = {
    'WA': '53', 'DE': '10', 'DC': '11', 'WI': '55', 'WV': '54', 'HI': '15',
    'FL': '12', 'WY': '56', 'PR': '72', 'NJ': '34', 'NM': '35', 'TX': '48',
    'LA': '22', 'NC': '37', 'ND': '38', 'NE': '31', 'TN': '47', 'NY': '36',
    'PA': '42', 'AK': '02', 'NV': '32', 'NH': '33', 'VA': '51', 'CO': '08',
    'CA': '06', 'AL': '01', 'AR': '05', 'VT': '50', 'IL': '17', 'GA': '13',
    'IN': '18', 'IA': '19', 'MA': '25', 'AZ': '04', 'ID': '16', 'CT': '09',
    'ME': '23', 'MD': '24', 'OK': '40', 'OH': '39', 'UT': '49', 'MO': '29',
    'MN': '27', 'MI': '26', 'RI': '44', 'KS': '20', 'MT': '30', 'MS': '28',
    'SC': '45', 'KY': '21', 'OR': '41', 'SD': '46'
}

fips2state_abbrev = dict((v,k) for k, v in state_abbrev2fips .iteritems())

state_abbrev2state = dict(
    AK='Alaska', AL='Alabama', AR='Arkansas', AS='American Samoa', AZ='Arizona', CA='California',
    CO='Colorado', CT='Connecticut', DC='District of Columbia', DE='Delaware', FL='Florida', GA='Georgia',
    GU='Guam', HI='Hawaii', IA='Iowa', ID='Idaho', IL='Illinois', IN='Indiana', KS='Kansas', KY='Kentucky',
    LA='Louisiana', MA='Massachusetts', MD='Maryland', ME='Maine', MI='Michigan', MN='Minnesota',
    MO='Missouri', MP='Northern Mariana Islands', MS='Mississippi', MT='Montana', NA='National',
    NC='North Carolina', ND='North Dakota', NE='Nebraska', NH='New Hampshire', NJ='New Jersey',
    NM='New Mexico', NV='Nevada', NY='New York', OH='Ohio', OK='Oklahoma', OR='Oregon', PA='Pennsylvania',
    PR='Puerto Rico', RI='Rhode Island', SC='South Carolina', SD='South Dakota', TN='Tennessee', TX='Texas',
    UT='Utah', VA='Virginia', VI='Virgin Islands', VT='Vermont', WA='Washington', WI='Wisconsin',
    WV='West Virginia', WY='Wyoming')