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Rick Kretschmer's License Plate Archives
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Gallery of Current U.S. License Plates
Standard issue and no-cost optional passenger car plates in current use
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Plates from 53 of 56 states and other U.S. jurisdictions are shown on this page.
Latest noteworthy updates to this page
- November 9, 2023 –
Added current design plates from New York, the District of Columbia, and Ohio. Added a Colorado
plate with the current numbering format. Added a Montana plate with the current plate
number font. Added a current design Illinois plate with a plate number from the previous
design.
Moved current U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico plates to the previous column, as they're both now
issuing plates with a new design.
Moved current South Dakota to the previous column, as they're now issuing plates with a slightly
revised graphic design and black plate numbers.
Moved current West Virginia, South Carolina, and Kansas plates to the previous column,
as they're now each issuing plates with new numbering formats.
Removed the following plates that are no longer valid for use: previous standard Alabama
(mountain scene), previous standard Ohio (gold fade), previous standard Indiana (Bicentennial),
two previous standard Iowa (000 xxx numbering format).
- April 13, 2023 –
Added a photo of a blue-background Tennessee In God We Trust no-extra-cost
plate.
Added placeholders for two additional Kentucky no-cost optional plates, the new
Team Kentucky design with and without the national motto
In God We Trust.
Moved current Florida In God We Trust plate to the previous column, as
they're now issuing them in yet another numbering format.
Moved current Utah and Alaska plates to the previous column, as they're now stamping their plates
with new serial dies (the same dies that North Carolina uses).
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The images shown on this page are U.S. passenger car plate designs that are in current use. Both standard plates
and optional designs available for no additional cost are shown. Optional designs that cost extra are far too
numerous for the scope of this project, and therefore are not shown.
The left column shows the plate design and serial format currently being issued; included in the right column are older
designs no longer being issued but still on the road, and additional serial formats that either are concurrently being
issued or were previously issued. Only older designs and formats issued within about the last 20 years or so,
and still in use, are shown. Even so, not all such older designs and formats are shown, either due to space
considerations, or because I do not have any photo available.
Passenger car plates are used not just for sedans, but also station wagons, mini-vans, and sport-utility vehicles
(SUVs), in all states except Delaware and Maryland. For those two states, I've included images of both sedan and
non-sedan private passenger vehicle plates. In some states, passenger car plates are also used for other types of
vehicles, such as pickup trucks, motor homes, and buses; however, I'm not otherwise addressing these vehicle types on this
page.
If you have, or can take, a digital photo of a plate not shown below, send it to me in an
e-mail attachment. I'll add it to this page, and will credit you for
submitting it.
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Plates shown on this page are from a variety of sources, including my collection, my trade box,
plates in actual use, and submissions by others. All photographs were taken by me, unless otherwise credited.
New England |
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Current design and format |
Recent designs and/or other serial formats also in use |
Maine |
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New Hampshire |
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Vermont |
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Massachusetts |
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Rhode Island |
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Connecticut |
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(Clinchy photo, stickered plate above) |
Northeast |
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Current design and format |
Recent designs and/or other serial formats also in use |
New York |
(Waters photo, above) |
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New Jersey |
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Pennsylvania |
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Delaware (sedans) |
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Delaware (station wagons, mini-vans, SUVs) |
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Maryland (sedans, station wagons) |
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Maryland (mini-vans, SUVs) |
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District of Columbia (standard) |
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(Clark plates, both B-series plates above) |
District of Columbia (no-cost option) |
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Mid-South |
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Current design and format |
Recent designs and/or other serial formats also in use |
Virginia |
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West Virginia (standard) |
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West Virginia (no-cost option) |
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Kentucky (standard) |
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Kentucky (no-cost option 1) |
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Kentucky (no-cost option 2) |
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Kentucky (no-cost option 3) |
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Tennessee (standard) |
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Tennessee (no-cost option) |
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North Carolina (standard) |
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North Carolina (no-cost option #1) |
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North Carolina (no-cost option #2) |
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Southeast |
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Current design and format |
Recent designs and/or other serial formats also in use |
South Carolina (standard) |
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South Carolina (no-cost option) |
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Georgia (standard) |
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(Fazekas plate, 2013 Peach State plate above; Clark plate,
six-character ...on my mind plate) |
Georgia (no-cost option) |
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Florida (standard #1) |
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Florida (standard #2) |
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Florida (no-cost option) |
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Alabama (standard) |
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Alabama (no-cost option) |
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Mississippi |
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Great Lakes |
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Current design and format |
Recent designs and/or other serial formats also in use |
Ohio |
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Michigan |
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Indiana (standard) |
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Indiana (no-cost option) |
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Illinois |
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Wisconsin |
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North Central |
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Current design and format |
Recent designs and/or other serial formats also in use |
Iowa |
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Minnesota |
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North Dakota |
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South Dakota |
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Nebraska |
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South Central |
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Current design and format |
Recent designs and/or other serial formats also in use |
Missouri |
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Kansas |
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(Hinks photo and plate, above left; expiration stickers removed)
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Oklahoma |
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Arkansas |
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Louisiana |
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(O'Connor plate, Battle of New Orleans plate above) |
Texas |
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Southwest |
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Current design and format |
Recent designs and/or other serial formats also in use |
New Mexico (standard #1) |
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New Mexico (standard #2) |
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New Mexico (standard #3) |
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Colorado |
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(Benzie plate, green background plate above) |
Utah (standard #1) |
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Utah (standard #2) |
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(Jackson photo, Life Elevated plate above) |
Utah (no-cost option) |
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Arizona |
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Nevada |
(Simmons photo, above) |
(Simmons photos, Home Means Nevada plate and
The Silver State plate with state-shaped separator, above) |
California |
(D. Kretschmer photo, above) |
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Northwest |
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Current design and format |
Recent designs and/or other serial formats also in use |
Wyoming |
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Montana (standard) |
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Montana (no-cost option) |
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Montana (additional no-cost options) |
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Idaho |
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Oregon |
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Washington |
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Alaska (standard) |
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Alaska (no-cost option #1) |
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Alaska (no-cost option #2) |
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Islands |
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Current design and format |
Recent designs and/or other serial formats also in use |
U.S. Virgin Islands |
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Puerto Rico |
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(O'Connor plate) |
Hawaii |
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American Samoa |
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Guam |
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Northern Mariana Islands |
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Page credits
Thanks to those who have directly contributed to the information on this page:
Chirstopher Jackson, Ross Clinchy, Jeff Fazekas, Debbie Kretschmer, Jeff Simmons, Michael Hinks, and Kate Waters.
Jackson, Clinchy, D. Kretschmer, Simmons, Hinks, and Waters photographs are presumed to be copyrighted,
and were submitted by and used with permission of Chirstopher Jackson, Ross Clinchy, Debbie Kretschmer, Jeff Simmons,
Michael Hinks, and Kate Waters, respectively. Fazekas, Benzie, O'Connor, Clark, and Hinks plates are/were from the
collections of Jeff Fazekas, Chris Benzie, Tim O'Connor, Stanley Clark, and Michael Hinks, respectively.
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