state_codes.py

state_codes = {
'Alabama':'AL',
'Alaska':'AK',
'Arizona':'AZ',
'Arkansas':'AR',
'California':'CA',
'Colorado':'CO',
'Connecticut':'CT',
'Delaware':'DE',
'Florida':'FL',
'Georgia':'GA',
'Hawaii':'HI',
'Idaho':'ID',
'Illinois':'IL',
'Indiana':'IN',
'Iowa':'IA',
'Kansas':'KS',
'Kentucky':'KY',
'Louisiana':'LA',
'Maine':'ME',
'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',
'Ohio':'OH',
'Oklahoma':'OK',
'Oregon':'OR',
'Pennsylvania':'PA',
'Rhode Island':'RI',
'South Carolina':'SC',
'South Dakota':'SD',
'Tennessee':'TN',
'Texas':'TX',
'Utah':'UT',
'Vermont':'VT',
'Virginia':'VA',
'Washington':'WA',
'West Virginia':'WV',
'Wisconsin':'WI',
'Wyoming':'WY'}

state_codes_reverse = {}

for k,v in state_codes.items():
    state_codes_reverse[v] = k