diff --git a/resources/parser/default.yaml b/resources/parser/default.yaml
index 18812d03..22a2a262 100644
--- a/resources/parser/default.yaml
+++ b/resources/parser/default.yaml
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ state_district:
 
 state:
     # Probability of using full name e.g. New York vs. NY
-    full_name_probability: 0.25
-    abbreviated_probability: 0.75
+    full_name_probability: 0.2
+    abbreviated_probability: 0.8
 
 country:
     # If no country is specified, pull the country name from CLDR (authoratative country names translated into different languages)