US vehicle registration plates (license plates) indicate their state of registration,
and often have a state nickname or other statement, and some have county names or codes too.
(Many thanks to Carl Beringhs for his research on the county systems.)
- IF - Inter-Service Fleet (official vehicles of US forces stationed in Germany - have USA and the NATO star, rather than D, in the blue field on the left)
- Alabama - Stars Fell On (formerly Heart of Dixie) - also has a code system of prefixes indicating county of registration:
- 1 - Jefferson county (Birmingham)
- 2 - Mobile county (Mobile)
- 3 - Montgomery county (Montgomery)
- 4 - Autauga county (Prattville)
- 5 - Baldwin county (Bay Minette)
- 6 - Barbour county (Clayton)
- 7 - Bibb county (Centreville)
- 8 - Blount county (Oneontra)
- 9 - Bullock county (Union Springs)
- 10 - Butler county (Greenville)
- 11 - Calhoun county (Anniston)
- 12 - Chambers county (Lafayette)
- 13 - Cherokee county (Centre)
- 14 - Chilton county (Clanton)
- 15 - Choctaw county (Butler)
- 16 - Clarke county (Grove Hill)
- 17 - Clay county (Ashland)
- 18 - Cleburne county (Heflin)
- 19 - Coffee county (Elba)
- 20 - Colbert county (Tuscumbia)
- 21 - Conecuh county (Evergreen)
- 22 - Coosa county (Rockford)
- 23 - Covington county (Andalusia)
- 24 - Crenshaw county (Luverne)
- 25 - Cullman county (Cullman)
- 26 - Dale county (Ozark)
- 27 - Dallas county (Selma)
- 28 - DeKalb county (Fort Payne)
- 29 - Elmore county (Wetumpka)
- 30 - Escambia county (Brewton)
- 31 - Etowah county (Gadsden)
- 32 - Fayette county (Fayette)
- 33 - Franklin county (Russelville)
- 34 - Geneva county (Geneva)
- 35 - Greene county (Eutaw)
- 36 - Hale county (Greensboro)
- 37 - Henry county (Abbeville)
- 38 - Houston county (Dotham)
- 39 - Jackson county (Scottsboro)
- 40 - Lamar county (Vernon)
- 41 - Lauderdale county (Florence)
- 42 - Lawrence county (Moulton)
- 43 - Lee county (Opelika)
- 44 - Limestone county (Athens)
- 45 - Lownders county (Hayneville)
- 46 - Macon county (Tuskegee)
- 47 - Madison county (Huntsville)
- 48 - Marengo county (Linden)
- 49 - Marison county (Hamilton)
- 50 - Marshall county (Guntersville)
- 51 - Monroe county (Monroeville)
- 52 - Morgan county (Decatur)
- 53 - Perry county (Marion)
- 54 - Pickens county (Carrolton)
- 55 - Pike county (Troy)
- 56 - Randolph county (Wedowee)
- 57 - Russell county (Phenix City)
- 58 - Shelby county (Columbiana)
- 59 - St Clair county (Ashville)
- 60 - Sumter county (Livington)
- 61 - Talladega county (Talladega)
- 62 - Tallapoosa county (Tallapoosa / Dadeville [since 2002])
- 63 - Tuscaloosa county (Tuscaloosa)
- 64 - Walker county (Jasper)
- 65 - Washington county (Chatom)
- 66 - Wilcox county (Camden)
- 67 - Winston county (Double Springs)
- Alaska - The Last Frontier
- Arizona - Grand Canyon State
- Arkansas - The Natural State
- California - The Golden State
- Colorado - [had a 2- or 3-digit county code prefix until 2002]
- Connecticut - Constitution State
- Delaware - The First State
- District of Columbia
- Florida - The Sunshine State - also has name of county of registration at bottom
- Georgia - Georgia on my mind - also has name of county of registration at bottom
- Hawaii - The Aloha State
- Idaho - Famous Potatoes - also has a code system indicating county of registration, believed to be:
- 1A - Ada county (Boise)
- 1B - Bannock county (Pocatello)
- 1C - Camas county (Fairfield)
- 1F - Franklin county ( Preston)
- 1G - Gem county (Emmett)
- 1J - Jefferson county (Rigby)
- 1L - Latah county (Moscow)
- 1M - Madison county (Rexburg)
- 1O - Oneida county (Malad City)
- 1P - Payette county (Payette)
- 1T - Teton county (Driggs)
- 2A - Adams county (Council)
- 2B - Bear Lake county (Paris)
- 2C - Canyon county (Caldwell)
- 2F - Fremont county (St Anthony)
- 2G - Gooding county (Gooding)
- 2J - Jerome county (Jerome)
- 2L - Lemhi county (Salmon)
- 2M - Minidoka county (Rupert)
- 2O - Owyhee county (Murphy)
- 2P - Power county (American Falls)
- 2T - Twin Falls county (Twin Falls)
- 3B - Benewah county (St Maries)
- 3C - Caribou county (Soda Springs)
- 3L - Lewis county (Nez Perce)
- 4B - Bingham county (Blackfoot)
- 4C - Cassia county (Burley)
- 4L - Lincoln county (Shoshone)
- 5B - Blaine county (Hailey)
- 5C - Clark county (Dubois)
- 6B - Boise county (Idaho City)
- 6C - Clearwater county (Orofino)
- 7B - Bonner county (Sandpoint)
- 7C - Custer county (Challis)
- 8B - Bonneville county (Idaho Falls)
- 9B - Boundary county (Bonners Ferry)
- 10B - Butte county (Aco)
- E - Elmore county (Mountain Home)
- I - Idaho county (Grangeville)
- K - Kootenai county (Coeur d'Aléne)
- N - Nez Perce county (Lewiston)
- S - Shoshone county (Wallace)
- V - Valley county (Cascade)
- W - Washington county (Weiser)
- Illinois - Land of Lincoln
- Indiana - Crossroads of America - also has a code system of numbers at top right indicating county of registration:
- 1 Adams
- 2 Allen
- 3 Bartholomew
- 4 Benton
- 5 Blackford
- 6 Boone
- 7 Brown
- 8 Carroll
- 9 Cass
- 10 Clark
- 11 Clay
- 12 Clinton
- 13 Crawford
- 14 Daviess
- 15 Dearborn
- 16 Decatur
- 17 Dekalb
- 18 Delaware
- 19 Dubois
- 20 Elkhart
- 21 Fayette
- 22 Floyd
- 23 Fountain
- 24 Franklin
- 25 Fulton
- 26 Gibson
- 27 Grant
- 28 Greene
- 29 Hamilton
- 30 Hancock
- 31 Harrison
- 32 Hendricks
- 33 Henry
- 34 Howard
- 35 Huntington
- 36 Jackson
- 37 Jasper
- 38 Jay
- 39 Jefferson
- 40 Jennings
- 41 Johnson
- 42 Knox
- 43 Kosciusko
- 44 LaGrange
- 45 Lake
- 46 LaPorte
- 47 Lawrence
- 48 Madison
- 49 Marion
- 50 Marshall
- 51 Martin
- 52 Miami
- 53 Monroe
- 54 Montgomery
- 55 Morgan
- 56 Newton
- 57 Noble
- 58 Ohio
- 59 Orange
- 60 Owen
- 61 Parke
- 62 Perry
- 63 Pike
- 64 Porter
- 65 Posey
- 66 Pulaski
- 67 Putnam
- 68 Randolph
- 69 Ripley
- 70 Rush
- 71 St Joseph
- 72 Scott
- 73 Shelby
- 74 Spencer
- 75 Starke
- 76 Steuben
- 77 Sullivan
- 78 Switzerland
- 79 Tippecanoe
- 80 Tipton
- 81 Union
- 82 Vanderburgh
- 83 Vermillon
- 84 Vigo
- 85 Wabash
- 86 Warren
- 87 Warrick
- 88 Washington
- 89 Wayne
- 90 Wells
- 91 White
- 92 Whitley
- 93 Marion
- 94 Lake
- 95 Marion
- 96 Lake
- 97 Marion
- 98 Marion
- 99 Marion
- Iowa - has name of county of registration at bottom
- Kansas - has a 2-letter code for county of registration on a sticker in one of the bottom corners (usually left):
- AB - Barber county (Medicine Lodge)
- AL - Allen county (Iola)
- AN - Anderson county (Garnett)
- AT - Atchinson county (Atchinson)
- BB - Bourbon county (Fort Scott)
- BR - Brown county (Hiawatha)
- BT - Barton county (Great Bend)
- BU - Butler county (El Dorado)
- CA - Clark county (Ashland)
- CD - Cloud county (Concordia)
- CF - Coffey county (Burlington)
- CK - Cherokee county (Columbus)
- CL - Cowley county (Winfield)
- CM - Comanche county (Coldwater)
- CN - Cheyenne county (St Francis)
- CQ - Chautaugau county (Sedan)
- CR - Crawford county (Girard)
- CS - Chase county (Cottonwood Falls)
- CY - Clay county (Clay Center)
- DC - Decaux county (Oberlin)
- DG - Douglas county (Lawrence)
- DK - Dickinson county (Abilene)
- DP - Donipan county (Troy)
- ED - Edwards county (Kinsley)
- EK - Elk county (Howard)
- EL - Ellis county (Hays)
- EW - Ellsworth county (Ellsworth)
- FI - Finney county (Garden City)
- FO - Ford county (Dodge City)
- FR - Franklin county (Ottawa)
- GE - Geary county (Junction City)
- GH - Graham county (Hill City)
- GL - Greeley county (Tribune)
- GO - Gove county (Gove)
- GT - Grant county (Ulysses)
- GW - Greenwood county (Eureka)
- GY - Gray county (Cimarron)
- HG - Hodgeman county (Jetmore)
- HM - Hamilton county (Syracuse)
- HP - Harper county (Anthony)
- HS - Haskell county (Sublette)
- HV - Harvey county (Newton)
- JA - Jackson county (Holton)
- JF - Jefferson county (Oskaloosa)
- JO - Johnson county (Olatho)
- JW - Jewell county (Mankato)
- KE - Kearney county (Lakin)
- KM - Kingman county (Kingman)
- LB - Labette county (Oswego)
- LC - Lincoln county (Lincoln)
- LE - Lane county (Dighton)
- LG - Logan county (Oakley)
- LN - Linn county (Mound City)
- LV - Leavenworth county (Leavenworth)
- LY - Lyon county (Emporia)
- MC - Mitchell county (Beloit)
- ME - Meade county (Meade)
- MG - Montgomery county (Independence)
- MI - Miami county (Poala)
- MN - Marion county (Marion)
- MP - McPherson county (McPherson)
- MR - Morris county (Council Groove)
- MS - Marshall county (Marysville)
- MT - Morton county (Elkhart)
- NM - Nemaha county (Seneca)
- NO - Neosho county (Erie)
- NS - Ness county (Ness City)
- NT - Norton county (Norton)
- OB - Osborne county (Osborne)
- OS - Osage county (Lyndon)
- OT - Ottawa county (Minneapolis)
- PL - Phillips county (Phillipsburg)
- PN - Pawnee county (Larned)
- PR - Pratt county (Pratt)
- PT - Pottawatomie county (Westmoreland)
- RA - Rawlins county (Atwood)
- RC - Rice county (Lyons)
- RH - Rush county (La Crosse)
- RI - Riley county (Manhattan)
- RN - Reno county (Hutchinson)
- RO - Rooks county (Stockton)
- RP - Republic county (Belleville)
- RS - Russell county (Russell)
- SA - Saline county (Salina)
- SC - Scott county (Scott City)
- SD - Sheridan county (Hoxie)
- SF - Stafford county (St John)
- SG - Sedgewick county (Wichita)
- SH - Sherman county (Goodland)
- SM - Smith county (Smith Center)
- SN - Shawnee county (Topeka)
- ST - Stanton county (Johnson)
- SU - Summer county (Wellington)
- SV - Stevens county (Hugoton)
- SW - Seward county (Liberal)
- TH - Thomas county (Colby)
- TR - Trego county (Wakeeney)
- WA - Wallace county (Sharon Springs)
- WB - Wabaunsee county (Alma)
- WH - Wichita county (Leoti)
- WL - Wilson county (Fredonia)
- WO - Woodson county (Yates Center)
- WS - Washington county (Washington)
- WY - Wyandotte county (Kansas City)
- Kentucky - Bluegrass State - also has name of county of registration at bottom
- Louisiana - Sportsman's Paradise
- Maine - Vacationland
- Maryland
- Massachusetts - The Spirit of America
- Michigan - Great Lakes
- Minnesota - 10,000 Lakes
- Mississippi - has name of county of registration at bottom
- Missouri - Show-Me State
- Montana - Big Sky Country - also has a 2-digit code indicating county of registration:
- 1 - Silver Bow county (Butte)
- 2 - Cascade county (Great Falls)
- 3 - Yellowstone county (Billings)
- 4 - Missoula county (Missoula)
- 5 - Lewis & Clark county (Helena)
- 6 - Gallatin county (Bozeman)
- 7 - Flathead county (Kalispell)
- 8 - Fergus county (Lewiston)
- 9 - Powder River county (Broadus)
- 10 - Carbon county (Red Lodge)
- 11 - Phillips county (Malta)
- 12 - Hill county (Havre)
- 13 - Ravalli county (Hamilton)
- 14 - Custer county (Miles City)
- 15 - Lake county (Polson)
- 16 - Dawson county (Glendive)
- 17 - Roosevelt county (Wolf Point)
- 18 - Beaverhead county (Dillon)
- 19 - Chouteau county (Fort Benton)
- 20 - Valley county (Glasgow)
- 21 - Toole county (Shelby)
- 22 - Big Horn county (Hardin)
- 23 - Musselshell county (Roundup)
- 24 - Blaine county (Chinook)
- 25 - Madison county (Virginia City)
- 26 - Pondera county (Conrad)
- 27 - Richland county (Sidney)
- 28 - Powell county (Deer Lodge)
- 29 - Rosebud county (Forsyth)
- 30 - Deer Lodge county (Anaconda)
- 31 - Teton county (Chouteau)
- 32 - Stillwater county (Columbus)
- 33 - Treasure county (Hysham)
- 34 - Sheridan county (Plentywood)
- 35 - Sanders county (Thompson Falls)
- 36 - Judith Basin county (Stanford)
- 37 - Daniels county (Scobey)
- 38 - Glacier county (Cut Bank)
- 39 - Fallon county (Baker)
- 40 - Sweet Grass county (Big Timber)
- 41 - McCone county (Circle)
- 42 - Carter county (Ekalaka)
- 43 - Broadwater county (Townsend)
- 44 - Wheatland county (Harlowton)
- 45 - Prairie county (Terry)
- 46 - Granite county (Philipsburg)
- 47 - Meagher county (White Sul Springs)
- 48 - Liberty county (Chester)
- 49 - Park county (Livingston)
- 50 - Garfield county (Jordan)
- 51 - Jefferson county (Boulder)
- 52 - Wibaux county (Wibaux)
- 53 - Golden Valley county (Ryegate)
- 54 - Mineral county (Superior)
- 55 - Petroleum county (Winnett)
- 56 - Lincoln county (Libby)
- Nebraska - has a 2- or 3-digit code indicating county of registration.
(In recent years, Douglas, Lancaster & Sarpy counties switched to a random alphanumeric style, eg, ABC 123.):
- 1## Douglas county (Omaha) [# = various numbers]
- 2## Lancaster county (Lincoln) [# = various numbers]
- 3 Gage county (Beatrice)
- 4 Custer county (Broken Bow)
- 5 Dodge county (Fremont)
- 6 Saunders county (Wahoo)
- 7 Madison county (Madison)
- 8 Hall county (Grand Island)
- 9 Buffalo county (Kearney)
- 10 Platte county (Columbus)
- 11 Otoe county (Nebraska City)
- 12 Knox county (Center)
- 13 Cedar county (Hartington)
- 14 Adams county (Hastings)
- 15 Lincoln county (North Platte)
- 16 Seward county (Seward)
- 17 York county (York)
- 18 Dawson county (Dawson)
- 19 Richardson county (Falls City)
- 20 Cass county (Plattsmouth)
- 21 Scotts Bluff county (Gering)
- 22 Saline county (Wilber)
- 23 Boone county (Albion)
- 24 Cuming county (West Point)
- 25 Butler county (David City)
- 26 Antelope county (Neligh)
- 27 Wayne county (Wayne)
- 28 Hamilton county (Aurora)
- 29 Washington county (Blair)
- 30 Clay county (Clay Center)
- 31 Burt county (Tekamah)
- 32 Thayer county (Hebron)
- 33 Jefferson county (Fairbury)
- 34 Fillmore county (Geneva)
- 35 Dison county (Ponca)
- 36 Holt county (O'Neill)
- 37 Phelps county (Holdrege)
- 38 Furnas county (Beaver City)
- 39 Cheyenne county (Sidney)
- 40 Pierce county (Pierce)
- 41 Polk county (Osceola)
- 42 Nuckolls county (Nelson)
- 43 Colfax county (Schuyler)
- 44 Nemaha county (Auburn)
- 45 Webster county (Red Cloud)
- 46 Merrick county (Central City)
- 47 Valley county (Ord)
- 48 Red Willow county (McCook)
- 49 Howard county (St Paul)
- 50 Franklin county (Franklin)
- 51 Harlan county (Alma)
- 52 Kearney county (Minden)
- 53 Stanton county (Stanton)
- 54 Pawnee county (Pawnee City)
- 55 Thurston county (Pender)
- 56 Sherman county (Loup City)
- 57 Johnson county (Tecumseh)
- 58 Nance county (Fullerton)
- 59# Sarpy county [# = various numbers]
- 60 Frontier county (Stockville)
- 61 Sheridan county (Rushville)
- 62 Greeley county (Greeley)
- 63 Boyd county (Butte)
- 64 Morrill county (Bridgeport)
- 65 Box Butte county (Alliance)
- 66 Cherry county (Valentine)
- 67 Hitchcock county (Trenton)
- 68 Keith county (Ogallata)
- 69 Dawes county (Chadron)
- 70 Dakota county (Dakota City)
- 71 Kimball county (Kimball)
- 72 Chase county (Imperial)
- 73 Gosper county (Elwood)
- 74 Perkins county (Grant)
- 75 Brown county (Ainsworth)
- 76 Dundy county (Benkelman)
- 77 Garden county (Oshkosh)
- 78 Deuel county (Chapell)
- 79 Hayes county (Hayes Center)
- 80 Sioux county (Harrison)
- 81 Rock county (Bassett)
- 82 Keya Padra county (Springview)
- 83 Gaqrfield county (Burwell)
- 84 Wheeler county (Bartlett)
- 85 Banner county (Harrisburg)
- 86 Blaine county (Brewster)
- 87 Logan county (Stapleton)
- 88 Loup county (Taylor)
- 89 Thomas county (Thedford)
- 90 McPherson county (Tryon)
- 91 Arthur county (Arthur)
- 92 Grant county (Hyannis)
- 93 Hooker county (Mullen)
- Nevada - The Silver State
- New Hampshire - Live Free or Die
- New Jersey - Garden State
- New Mexico - Land of Enchantment - also has name of county of registration at top
- New York - Empire State
- North Carolina - First in Flight
- North Dakota - Discover the Spirit
- Ohio - the heart of it all! - used to have the name of the county also, but now has a 2-digit code indicating county of registration, including: 1 - Adams; 88 - Wyandotte
- Oklahoma - Native America
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania - WWW.STATE.PA.US
- Rhode Island - The Ocean State
- South Carolina - Smiling Faces, Beautiful Places
- South Dakota - Great Faces, Great Places - also has a 1- or 2-digit code indicating county of registration:
- 1 Minnehaha county (Sioux Falls)
- 2 Pennington county (Rapid City)
- 3 Brown county (Aberdeen)
- 4 Beadle county (Huron)
- 5 Codington county (Watertown)
- 6 Brookings county (Brookings)
- 7 Yankton county (Yankton)
- 8 Davison county (Mitchell)
- 9 Lawrence county (Deadwood)
- 10 Aurora county (Plankinton)
- 11 Bennett county (Martin)
- 12 Bon Homme county (Tyndall)
- 13 Brule county (Chamberlain)
- 14 Buffalo county (Gannvalley)
- 15 Butte county (Belle Fourche)
- 16 Campbell county (Mound City)
- 17 Charles Mix county (Lake Andres)
- 18 Clark county (Clark)
- 19 Clay county (Vermillion)
- 20 Corson county (McIntosh)
- 21 Custer county (Custer)
- 22 Day county (Webster)
- 23 Deuel county (Clear Lake)
- 24 Dewey county (Timber Lake)
- 25 Douglas county (Armour)
- 26 Edmunds county (Ipswitch)
- 27 Fall River county (Hot Springs)
- 28 Faulk county (Faulkton)
- 29 Grant county (Milbank)
- 30 Gregory county (Burke)
- 31 Haakon county (Philip)
- 32 Hamlin county (Hayti)
- 33 Hand county (Miller)
- 34 Hamson county (Alexandria)
- 35 Harding county (Buffalo)
- 36 Hughes county (Pierre)
- 37 Hutchinson county (Olivet)
- 38 Hyde county (Highmore)
- 39 Jackson county (Kadoka)
- 40 Jerauld county (Wessington Springs)
- 41 Jones county (Murdo)
- 42 Kingsbury county (De Smet)
- 43 Lake county (Madison)
- 44 Lincoln county (Canton)
- 45 Lyman county (Kennebec)
- 46 McCook county (Salem)
- 47 McPherson county (Leola)
- 48 Marshall county (Britton)
- 49 Meade county (Sturgis)
- 50 Mellette county (White River)
- 51 Miner county (Howard)
- 52 Moody county (Flandreau)
- 53 Perkins county (Bison)
- 54 Potter county (Gettysburg)
- 55 Roberts county (Sisseton)
- 56 Sanborn county (Woonsocket)
- 57 Spink county (Redfield)
- 58 Stanley county (Fort Pierre)
- 59 Sully county (Onida)
- 60 Tripp county (Winner)
- 61 Turner county (Parker)
- 62 Union county (Elk Point)
- 63 Walworth county (Selby)
- 64 Ziebach county (Dupree)
- 65 Shannon county (Wounded Knee)
- 66 Yankton county (Yankton)
- 67 Todd county (Mission)
- 77 Dealer plates [since 2002]
- Tennessee - BicennTENNial (and) Sounds Good to Me - also has name of county of registration at bottom
- Texas - The Lone Star State
- Utah - Utah! Greatest Snow on Earth - also has a two-letter code system for county of registration given on a sticker in the upper left corner:
- BE - Box Elder county (Brigham City)
- BV - Beaver county (Beaver)
- CA - Cache county (Logan)
- CC - Carbon county (Price) [since 2002]
- DA - Davis county (Farmington)
- DG - Daggett county (Manila)
- DU - Duchesne county (Duchesne)
- EM - Emery county (Castle Dale)
- GA - Garfield county (Panguitch)
- GR - Grand county (Moab)
- JU - Juab county (Nephi)
- KA - Kane county (Kanab)
- MD - Millard county (Fillmore)
- MN - Morgan county (Morgan)
- PT - Piute county (Junction)
- RH - Rich county (Randolph)
- RN - Iron county (Parowan)
- SE - Sevier county (Richfeld)
- SJ - San Juan county (Monticello)
- SL - Salt Lake county (Salt Lake City)
- SP - Sanpete county (Manti)
- SU - Summit county (Coalville)
- TE - Tooele county (Tooele)
- UN - Uintah county (Uintah / Vernal [since 2002])
- UT - Utah county (Utah / Provo [since 2002])
- WA - Wasatch county (Wasatch / Heber City [since 2002])
- WB - Weber county (Ogden)
- WE - Wayne county (Loa)
- WN - Washington county (St George)
- Vermont - Green Mountain State
- Virginia
- Washington - Evergreen State
- West Virginia - Wild, Wonderful
- Wisconsin - America's Dairyland
- Wyoming