How do I put this output into a table ?

Question

I query a table and output using the following :
<cfoutput query="qryAreas"
group="state">#state#<br>
<cfoutput
group="city"> #site#<br><cfoutput>  #zipcode#<br></cfoutput><p>
</cfoutput>
</cfoutput>
Since this is dynamic, the output gives me one column all the
way down to the end of the page/screen.
How do I dynamically output this into a table with two or
three columns, displaying the same data as above ?
I can probably do individual queries and put each one into a
<td> but there has to be a better way to do this
dynamically.

Answer 1

My current output, without table, list the first state, then
the first city under that state, then all zipcode for that city. It
then list the second city for that state and all zipcodes for that
city, When all the cities are exhausted for that state, it skips a
line and then lists the next state, city, etc., and starts the
process all over again. It gives me one column to the end of the
screen.
So for each td, I would like to have the state, the cities
and zipcode, then the next td would have the next state, all cites
and zipcodes, etc. I would not know how many states are in the
table, so each td should contain a state.