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When listing countries and states in a form (be it in a webapp, an OS app, mobile app, etc.), where should Puerto Rico be listed. In the country list or the state list?

Puerto Rico is not a country but its not a state. Puerto Rico is a US territory and a common wealth and they use the US dollar.

https://www.google.com/search?q=puerto+rico+state+or+country

So, should it be listed with the US states or as its own country or in some other way?

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  • Do you have to include puerto rico in your list? – Larry Battle Dec 18 '12 at 18:58
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    Yeah, its funny cause we had the app up for a long time and just now some one from puerto rico complained that there wasn't an option for puerto rico. – Mechlar Dec 18 '12 at 19:01
  • I originally had my explanation as to why I believe this is not off topic, however, another user edited my question removing the explanation. Here it is again: "I know at first this doesn't seem like a question for StackOverflow but I feel this is the best place because many programmers are faced with this decision. Please refute if you have a better place to post it, and I will gladly follow suit. But since there is no "political correctness for programmers" StackExchange site, I debate this is the best place for now." – Mechlar Dec 19 '12 at 23:38

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There is still a country code under ISO 3166. So to answer your question, it depends on your app.

http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/country_codes/iso-3166-1_decoding_table.htm

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According to the USPS, it goes with the States, and shows up as PR: USPS Abbreviations

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