FIPS Region Codes

Version 1.0.0 • Published May 07, 2026 00:00 UTC • by US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), RefPack

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) region codes for countries, dependencies, areas of special sovereignty, and their principal administrative divisions.

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FIPS Region Codes

Overview

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) region codes for countries, dependencies, areas of special sovereignty, and their principal administrative divisions.

Dataset Structure

Field Type Description Required
region_code string Yes
region_division string Yes
region_name string Yes

Sample Entries

region_code region_division region_name
AA00 country ARUBA
AC00 country ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
AC01 dependency Barbuda
AC03 parish Saint George
AC04 parish Saint John

Usage Scenarios

  • US government systems requiring FIPS geographic codes
  • Cross-referencing country and region identifiers across standards
  • Geographic data enrichment and normalization
  • Administrative boundary classification and lookup

Data Integrity

  • The region_code field serves as the unique identifier.
  • Required fields: region_code, region_division, region_name
  • Additional properties are disallowed.

Metadata & Versioning

  • Dataset ID: fips_region_codes
  • Version: 1.0.0
  • Created (UTC): 2026-05-07T00:00:00Z
  • Title: FIPS Region Codes
  • Authors: US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), RefPack
  • License: Public Domain
  • Tags: fips, region, geography, geospatial, codes, countries, administrative divisions, nist, cat002