Standardized US States Array and Countries Array

Question

Does anyone know of a nice, usable class that everyone on here could benefit from to use in populating the ComboBox controls on a form for the Country and State

Answer 1

Updated jp2codes example, and added Canada:

public static class States {
    public static List los = new List {
      //us
      new State("AL", "Alabama"),
      new State("AK", "Alaska"),
      new State("AZ", "Arizona"),
      new State("AR", "Arkansas"),
      new State("CA", "California"),
      new State("CO", "Colorado"),
      new State("CT", "Connecticut"),
      new State("DE", "Delaware"),
      new State("DC", "District Of Columbia"),
      new State("FL", "Florida"),
      new State("GA", "Georgia"),
      new State("HI", "Hawaii"),
      new State("ID", "Idaho"),
      new State("IL", "Illinois"),
      new State("IN", "Indiana"),
      new State("IA", "Iowa"),
      new State("KS", "Kansas"),
      new State("KY", "Kentucky"),
      new State("LA", "Louisiana"),
      new State("ME", "Maine"),
      new State("MD", "Maryland"),
      new State("MA", "Massachusetts"),
      new State("MI", "Michigan"),
      new State("MN", "Minnesota"),
      new State("MS", "Mississippi"),
      new State("MO", "Missouri"),
      new State("MT", "Montana"),
      new State("NE", "Nebraska"),
      new State("NV", "Nevada"),
      new State("NH", "New Hampshire"),
      new State("NJ", "New Jersey"),
      new State("NM", "New Mexico"),
      new State("NY", "New York"),
      new State("NC", "North Carolina"),
      new State("ND", "North Dakota"),
      new State("OH", "Ohio"),
      new State("OK", "Oklahoma"),
      new State("OR", "Oregon"),
      new State("PA", "Pennsylvania"),
      new State("RI", "Rhode Island"),
      new State("SC", "South Carolina"),
      new State("SD", "South Dakota"),
      new State("TN", "Tennessee"),
      new State("TX", "Texas"),
      new State("UT", "Utah"),
      new State("VT", "Vermont"),
      new State("VA", "Virginia"),
      new State("WA", "Washington"),
      new State("WV", "West Virginia"),
      new State("WI", "Wisconsin"),
      new State("WY", "Wyoming"),
      //canada
      new State("AB", "Alberta"),
      new State("BC", "British Columbia"),
      new State("MB", "Manitoba"),
      new State("NB", "New Brunswick"),
      new State("NL", "Newfoundland and Labrador"),
      new State("NS", "Nova Scotia"),
      new State("NT", "Northwest Territories"),
      new State("NU", "Nunavut"),
      new State("ON", "Ontario"),
      new State("PE", "Prince Edward Island"),
      new State("QC", "Quebec"),
      new State("SK", "Saskatchewan"),
      new State("YT", "Yukon"),
      };

    public static List Abbreviations() {
      return los.Select(s => s.Abbreviation).ToList();
    }

    public static List Names() {
      return los.Select(s => s.Name).ToList();
    }

    public static string GetName(string abbreviation) {
      return los.Where(s => s.Abbreviation.Equals(abbreviation, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase)).Select(s => s.Name).FirstOrDefault();
    }

    public static string GetAbbreviation(string name) {
      return los.Where(s => s.Name.Equals(name, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase)).Select(s => s.Abbreviation).FirstOrDefault();
    }

    public static List ToList() {
      return los;
    }
  }

  public class State {
    public State(string ab, string name) {
      Name = name;
      Abbreviation = ab;
    }

    public string Name { get; set; }

    public string Abbreviation { get; set; }

    public override string ToString() {
      return string.Format("{0} - {1}", Abbreviation, Name);
    }
  }