mvc, razor

Below is MVC project, and how can I pass the state list value into cshtml?

 public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View(StateList());
        }


 private List<string> StateList()
        {
            List<string> str = new List<string>();
            XElement xelement = XElement.Load(fileBondList);
            foreach (XElement xEle in xelement.Descendants("State"))
            {
                str.Add((string)xEle);
            }
            return str;
        }

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