State table - Should I use the State Abbreviation or a Autonumber for the Primary Key?

adibakale

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I have a Customers table that holds a customer account number, Customer name, Street, City, State, Zip.

I want to make a lookup table for City and a lookup table for State.

Should I use the State Abbreviation for the Primary Key or an Autonumber?
 

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If the space of entries are finite (not growing) and the state abbreviation are unique, State Abbreviation as primary key would be appropriate, otherwise AutoNumber.
 
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