How to address a letter to United States of America

Learn how to address and mail letters to United States of America - with address examples and many tips.

How to write an address to United States of America

Here’s what a typical address in United States of America looks like for postal mail.

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Recipient name

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House number Street name

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City State/Province/Territory Abbreviation Postal code

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Country

Learn more about addresses in United States of America

Address example United States of America
Basic structure:

Olivia Martinez
2456 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90026
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Address example United States of America
With additional Information:

Ms. Olivia Martinez
2456 Sunset Boulevard, Apt. 12B, 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90026
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Address example United States of America
For P.O. box:

Miss Janice Smith
P.O. Box 34
Duluth, MN 55803-0034
UNITED STATES

Postal information

Country name

United States of America

Postal code format

9 digits (eg: 01234-5678)

Standard address field position

Bottom right

Address text alignment

Left-aligned

Postal code regex

^\d{5}(-\d{4})?$

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code

US

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code

USA

UN M49 numeric country code

840

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Country information

Flag

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Common name (English)

United States

Official name (English)

United States of America

Native name

United States of America (United States)

Capital

Washington, D.C.

Continent

Americas

Subregion

North America

Area

9,525,067 km²

Borders with

Canada, Mexico

Currency

USD (United States dollar, Symbol: $)

Time zone

UTC-12:00, UTC-11:00, UTC-10:00, UTC-09:00, UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC+10:00, UTC+12:00

Google Maps link

https://goo.gl/maps/e8M246zY4BSjkjAv6

OpenStreetMap link

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/148838#map=2/20.6/-85.8

Total population

340,110,988

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