Searching by State

Hello!

I would like to use the Advanced Search widget to search by State, but so far I can’t make it work. I can’t get it to list the states in the dropdown menu, the only thing is displays is dashes “- – – – ”

I thought I could make it work by going into General Settings > Search options and setting the “Select a field to search” option to “2. State List (location taxonomy),” but it didn’t work.

Does anyone know how to make the Advanced Search widget search by state? I would appreciate any help!

Thanks in advance!