Flex/AS3 custom ComboBox for US states with XML

package com.imageMEDIA {
    import mx.controls.ComboBox;

    public class ComboBox_States_US extends ComboBox {
        
        private var _selected:String;
        private var statesUS:XML=new XML(
         <states>
             <state label= "Alabama" value= "AL" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Alaska" value= "AK" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Arkansas" value= "AR" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Arizona" value= "AZ" country= "US" />
             <state label= "California" value= "CA" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Colorado" value= "CO" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Connecticut" value= "CT" country= "US" />
             <state label= "District of Columbia" value= "DC" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Delaware" value= "DE" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Florida" value= "FL" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Georgia" value= "GA" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Hawaii" value= "HI" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Idaho" value= "ID" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Illinois" value= "IL" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Indiana" value= "IN" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Iowa" value= "IA" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Kansas" value= "KS" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Kentucky" value= "KY" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Louisiana" value= "LA" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Maine" value= "ME" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Maryland" value= "MD" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Massachusetts" value= "MA" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Michigan" value= "MI" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Minnesota" value= "MN" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Mississippi" value= "MS" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Missouri" value= "MO" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Montana" value= "MT" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Nebraska" value= "NE" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Nevada" value= "NV" country= "US" />
             <state label= "New Hampshire" value= "NH" country= "US" />
             <state label= "New Jersey" value= "NJ" country= "US" />
             <state label= "New Mexico" value= "NM" country= "US" />
             <state label= "New York" value= "NY" country= "US" />
             <state label= "North Carolina" value= "NC" country= "US" />
             <state label= "North Dakota" value= "ND" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Ohio" value= "OH" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Oklahoma" value= "OK" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Oregon" value= "OR" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Pennsylvania" value= "PA" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Rhode Island" value= "RI" country= "US" />
             <state label= "South Carolina" value= "SC" country= "US" />
             <state label= "South Dakota" value= "SD" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Tennessee" value= "TN" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Texas" value= "TX" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Utah" value= "UT" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Vermont" value= "VT" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Virginia" value= "VA" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Washington" value= "WA" country= "US" />
             <state label= "West Virginia" value= "WV" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Wisconsin" value= "WI" country= "US" />
             <state label= "Wyoming" value= "WY" country= "US" />
         </states>);

        public function ComboBox_States_US() {
            dataProvider = statesUS..state;
            labelField = '@label';
         }
                
     }
}

You can also download one for Canada provinces at blog.shortfusion.com/index.cfm/2009/4/15/FlexAS3-Custom-ComboBox-for-Canada-provinces-with-XML and one for countries at blog.shortfusion.com/index.cfm/2009/4/15/FlexAS3-Custom-ComboBox-for-Countries-with-XML