Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2020

Last updated June 08, 2023

Vehicle registration plates of the United States by year
Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2019	Events of 2020	Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2021

Each of the 50 states of the United States of America plus several of its territories and the District of Columbia issued individual passenger license plates for 2020.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Passenger baseplates

Passenger car plates
Region	Design	Slogan	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
Alabama
Alaska	Embossed blue serial on reflective golden yellow plate, screened state flag in the center, "ALASKA" screened in blue centered at top.	"THE LAST FRONTIER" centered embossed in blue, at bottom.	ABC 123
American Samoa	Black on reflective graphic featuring Fatu Rock	"MOTU O FIAFIAGA" centered at top	1234
Arizona
Arkansas	Embossed black serial on reflective gradient sky blue and white plate, diamond graphic screened in the center, "Arkansas" screened in dark red centered at top.	"The Natural State" screened in dark red centered at bottom	123 ABC
California	Embossed blue on reflective white, with graphic red state name centered at top.	"dmv.ca.gov" centered screened in red, at bottom.	1ABC123
Colorado	Embossed dark green on reflective graphic plate with white and grey mountains against dark green background	None	ABC-D12
Connecticut	Embossed dark blue serial on reflective gradient sky blue and white plate with dark blue border line, "Connecticut" screened in dark blue centered at top, screened dark blue state shape at top left.	"Constitution State" centered at bottom, in dark blue.	AB·12345
Delaware		"THE FIRST STATE" centered screened at top in buff
District of Columbia		"END TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION" screened in blue, centered at bottom.	AB-1234
Florida
Georgia
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas	Screened black serial on reflective light blue plate; top half of state seal screened in white at bottom right; "KANSAS" screened in dark blue centered at top	"Ad Astra Per Aspera" inside the State Seal, Latin for "To The Stars Through Difficulties"	123 ABC	Began at 000 LJX
Kentucky	Embossed dark blue serial on white and light blue gradient plate; small Kentucky Tourism logo	"In God We Trust" screened in blue centered between logo and serial	123 ABC ABC 123
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland	State name screen-printed centered at top, waving state flag graphic screen-printed on bottom half, with serial embossed in black.	None	1AB2345
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York	Dark blue serial with state-shaped separator on white plate; "New York" at top with gold and blue stripes at sides; Niagara Falls and New York City images at bottom	"EXCELSIOR" in gold, with blue outline, centered at bottom	ABC-1234	'K' series	Plate design chosen by online vote.
North Carolina
North Dakota
Northern Mariana Islands
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina	Screened black serial on white and blue background with state flag motif at center	While I Breathe, I Hope.	ABC 123	LZD 101 to SVI 852
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas			"The Lone Star State" centered at bottom
Utah
Vermont
Virginia	Dark blue serial on reflective white plate; "VIRGINIA" screened in blue centered at top.	"VIRGINIA IS FOR LO♥ERS®" centered at bottom, with "Virginia.org" offset to lower right.	ABC-1234
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin	Embossed red serial number on reflective white plate;	"America's Dairyland" screened in red centered at bottom	ABC-1234	AAA-1001 to AJR-6200
Wyoming

Non-passenger plates

Non-passenger plates
Image	Region	Type	Design and slogan	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes

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Each of the 50 states of the United States of America plus several of its territories and the District of Columbia issued individual passenger license plates for 1999.

Each of the 50 states of the United States of America plus several of its territories and the District of Columbia issued individual passenger license plates for 2000.

Each of the 50 states of the United States of America plus several of its territories and the District of Columbia issued individual passenger license plates for 2001.

Each of the 50 states of the United States of America plus several of its territories and the District of Columbia issued individual passenger license plates for 2003.

Each of the 50 states of the United States of America plus several of its territories and the District of Columbia issued individual passenger license plates for 2004.

Each of the 50 states of the United States of America plus several of its territories and the District of Columbia issued individual passenger license plates for 2010.

Each of the 50 states of the United States of America plus several of its territories and the District of Columbia issued individual passenger license plates for 2019.

Massachusetts became the first state to officially issue vehicle license plates in 1903. New York continued to require their residents to register their vehicles with the state, but the owner had to supply their own license plate. Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia all began to require vehicle registration with the vehicle owners also supplying their own plate. Each of the other states of the United States of America plus several of its territories did not require or issue license plates during 1903.

Each of the 50 states of the United States of America plus several of its territories and the District of Columbia issued individual passenger license plates for 2022.

References

↑ Fox, Jams K. (1997). License Plates of the United States: A Pictorial History 1903-To the Present. Jerico, New York: Interstate Directory Publishing Company. ISBN 9781886777002.
↑ Minard, Jeff; Stentiford, Tim (2004). A Moving History, 50 Years Of ALPCA. 100 Years Of License Plates. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company. p. 58. ISBN 1-56311-975-7.
↑ Crisler, Bob; Crisler, Chuck, eds. (2007). License Plate Values (7th ed.). King Publishing Company.
↑ Martells, Jack (1980). Antique Automotive Collectibles. Chicago: Contemporary Books, Inc. pp. 128–145. ISBN 0-8092-7205-9.
↑ Fox, James K. (2019). License Plates of the United States: A Pictorial History 1903-To the Present. Brattleboro, Vermont: Echo Point Books & Media. ISBN 9781635617900.

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[1] Fox, Jams K. (1997). License Plates of the United States: A Pictorial History 1903-To the Present. Jerico, New York: Interstate Directory Publishing Company. ISBN 9781886777002.

[2] Minard, Jeff; Stentiford, Tim (2004). A Moving History, 50 Years Of ALPCA. 100 Years Of License Plates. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company. p. 58. ISBN 1-56311-975-7.

[3] Crisler, Bob; Crisler, Chuck, eds. (2007). License Plate Values (7th ed.). King Publishing Company.

[4] Martells, Jack (1980). Antique Automotive Collectibles. Chicago: Contemporary Books, Inc. pp. 128–145. ISBN 0-8092-7205-9.

[5] Fox, James K. (2019). License Plates of the United States: A Pictorial History 1903-To the Present. Brattleboro, Vermont: Echo Point Books & Media. ISBN 9781635617900.

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v t e Vehicle registration plates of the United States
States	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Federal district	Washington, D.C.
Insular areas	American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands
Other registration plates	Canal Zone Native American tribes Designs and serial formats
By year	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

v t e Vehicle registration plates of North America
Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States
Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands