diff --git a/backend/src/api/organizations.ts b/backend/src/api/organizations.ts
index 371a8129..ea37603e 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/organizations.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/organizations.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,13 @@ import {
   OrganizationTag,
   PendingDomain
 } from '../models';
-import { validateBody, wrapHandler, NotFound, Unauthorized } from './helpers';
+import {
+  validateBody,
+  wrapHandler,
+  NotFound,
+  REGION_STATE_MAP,
+  Unauthorized
+} from './helpers';
 import {
   isOrgAdmin,
   isGlobalWriteAdmin,
@@ -986,67 +992,6 @@ export const addUserV2 = wrapHandler(async (event) => {
   return NotFound;
 });
 
-export const REGION_STATE_MAP = {
-  Alabama: '4',
-  Alaska: '10',
-  'American Samoa': '9',
-  Arizona: '9',
-  Arkansas: '6',
-  California: '9',
-  Colorado: '8',
-  'Commonwealth Northern Mariana Islands': '9',
-  Connecticut: '1',
-  Delaware: '3',
-  'District of Columbia': '3',
-  'Federal States of Micronesia': '9',
-  Florida: '4',
-  Georgia: '4',
-  Guam: '9',
-  Hawaii: '9',
-  Idaho: '10',
-  Illinois: '5',
-  Indiana: '5',
-  Iowa: '7',
-  Kansas: '7',
-  Kentucky: '4',
-  Louisiana: '6',
-  Maine: '1',
-  Maryland: '3',
-  Massachusetts: '1',
-  Michigan: '5',
-  Minnesota: '5',
-  Mississippi: '4',
-  Missouri: '7',
-  Montana: '8',
-  Nebraska: '7',
-  Nevada: '9',
-  'New Hampshire': '1',
-  'New Jersey': '2',
-  'New Mexico': '6',
-  'New York': '2',
-  'North Carolina': '4',
-  'North Dakota': '8',
-  Ohio: '5',
-  Oklahoma: '6',
-  Oregon: '10',
-  Pennsylvania: '3',
-  'Puerto Rico': '2',
-  'Republic of Marshall Islands': '9',
-  'Rhode Island': '1',
-  'South Carolina': '4',
-  'South Dakota': '8',
-  Tennessee: '4',
-  Texas: '6',
-  Utah: '8',
-  Vermont: '1',
-  Virginia: '3',
-  'Virgin Islands': '2',
-  Washington: '10',
-  'West Virginia': '3',
-  Wisconsin: '5',
-  Wyoming: '8'
-};
-
 /**
  * @swagger
  *