diff --git a/pygris/enumeration_units.py b/pygris/enumeration_units.py
index a4db96b..e714916 100644
--- a/pygris/enumeration_units.py
+++ b/pygris/enumeration_units.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 __author__ = "Kyle Walker <kyle@walker-data.com"
 
-from .helpers import _load_tiger, validate_state, validate_county, fips_codes
+from .helpers import _load_tiger, validate_state, validate_county, fips_codes, get_state_name
 import pandas as pd
 
 def counties(state = None, cb = False, resolution = '500k', year = None, cache = False, subset_by = None):
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@ def tracts(state = None, county = None, cb = False, year = None, cache = False,
         elif year in [2000, 2010]:
             suf = str(year)[2:]
             url = f"https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2010/TRACT/{year}/tl_2010_{state}_tract{suf}.zip"
+        elif year in [2008, 2009]:
+            state_name = get_state_name(state).upper().replace(' ', '_')
+            url = f"https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER{year}/{state}_{state_name}/tl_{year}_{state}_tract00.zip"
         else:
             url = f"https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER{year}/TRACT/tl_{year}_{state}_tract.zip"
 
diff --git a/pygris/helpers.py b/pygris/helpers.py
index 92f0f01..8df49e1 100644
--- a/pygris/helpers.py
+++ b/pygris/helpers.py
@@ -120,6 +120,28 @@ def validate_state(state, quiet = False):
                     print(f"Using FIPS code '{state_fips}' for input '{original_input}'")
                 
                 return state_fips
+
+def get_state_name(state, quiet = False):
+    # Standardize as lowercase
+    original_input = state
+    state = state.lower()
+    # Get rid of whitespace
+    state = state.strip()
+
+    # Get the FIPS codes dataset
+    fips = fips_codes()
+    # If a state name, grab the appropriate info from fips_codes
+    state_sub = fips.query('state_code == @state')
+
+    if state_sub.shape[0] == 0:
+        raise ValueError("You have likely entered an invalid state code, please revise.")
+    else:
+        state_name = state_sub.state_name.unique()[0]
+
+        if not quiet:
+            print(f"Using state name '{state_name}' for input '{original_input}'")
+        
+        return state_name
             
 
 def validate_county(state, county, quiet = False):