I have to throw one of these together every now and then. I would prefer not to make something like this database driven to not waste the resources on a database call. So I am putting it in this post. It contains all 50 states plus DC.

<asp:DropDownList ID="ddlState" runat="server">
    <asp:ListItem Text="" Value="" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Alabama" Value="AL" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Alaska" Value="AK" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Arizona" Value="AZ" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="California" Value="CA" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Colorado" Value="CO" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Connecticut" Value="CT" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Delaware" Value="DE" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="District of Columbia" Value="DC" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Florida" Value="FL" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Georgia" Value="GA" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Hawaii" Value="HI" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Idaho" Value="ID" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Illinois" Value="IL" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Indiana" Value="IN" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Iowa" Value="IA" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Kansas" Value="KS" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Kentucky" Value="KY" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Louisiana" Value="LA" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Maine" Value="ME" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Maryland" Value="MD" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Massachusetts" Value="MA" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Michigan" Value="MI" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Minnesota" Value="MN" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Mississippi" Value="MS" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Missouri" Value="MO" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Montana" Value="MT" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Nebraska" Value="NE" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="New Hampshire" Value="NH" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="New Jersey" Value="NJ" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="New Mexico" Value="NM" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="New York" Value="NY" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="North Carolina" Value="NC" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="North Dakota" Value="ND" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Ohio" Value="OH" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Oklahoma" Value="OK" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Oregon" Value="OR" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Pennsylvania" Value="PA" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Rhode Island" Value="RI" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="South Carolina" Value="SC" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="South Dakota" Value="SD" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Tennessee" Value="TN" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Texas" Value="TX" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Utah" Value="UT" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Vermont" Value="VT" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Virginia" Value="VA" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Washington" Value="WA" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="West Virginia" Value="WV" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Wisconsin" Value="WI" />
    <asp:ListItem Text="Wyoming" Value="WY" />
</asp:DropDownList>