Number of States by Initial Letter

Here’s a MNemonic for 2 letters with 8 American states But WAIt here’s 3 more, with 4 CO-incidentally, both of these have 3 And 2 for each letter sent in, that bacKS TV DeeP FLiGHt R U have one And BEJ Q XYZ have none The 8 starting with M 3 Mas, 4 Mis and 1 Mo (Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana) The 8 starting with N 4 News, 2 Norths and 2 other Nes (New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, Nevada)