ASP.NET MVC US State Drop Down List

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

From stackoverflow

• You can build this with an extension method pretty easily.

  UpTheCreek : Care to show us how?

• 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.

• 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)%>
  

  Rake36 : Sweet. Thanks Kyle. Saved me some work. I love this site.

  robnardo : This helped me understand how to set name/value (or key/value) pairs for the View's select tag. thanks!

  UpTheCreek : What exactly do you mean by 'Global' namespace? Any what are best practices here regarding MVC and accessing from views?

  Kyle West : I just have a "MyApp.Global" namespace that I put stuff like this in. You can put it where ever you like.

  Josh Stodola : Why does it SHOUT the state names?