Motorists were split on the busy 2012 base, prompting an alternative base (PJA7061) to be offered c oncurrently.īack to top #5 CONNECTICUT () Connecticut has had a sea of blue and white plates over the years, with tweaks in the serial format.īack to top #6 MASSACHUSETTS () Massachusetts featured the abbreviation “MASS” from the first issue (1903, the first state-issued plate in the U.S.) through 1966, and the box design from 1947-1966. Since then it’s been a part of each base.

Since 1993, the state has had the same basic base plate, with relatively small changes.īack to top #4 GEORGIA () Apart from a prized 1941 issue which had a large peach decal in the center, and a US Bicentennial plate booster, Georgia issued fairly plain plates until 1990, when the peach made a triumphant return, replacing the “O” in the state name on a base also featuring a nice shade of peach on the bottom.

In 1979, one of my personal favorites, the buff-on-blue base with a state shape separator, hit the roads. The black-on-straw base debuted in 1959 and lasted 20 years with slight modifications. In 2016, the state stopped issuing registration stickers (going with a windshield sticker), and put a state map outline in the no-longer-used sticker well.īack to top #3 NEW JERSEY () Like Pennsylvania, New Jersey was late to spell out its full name. A couple of interesting bases include the US Bicentennial base, which was issued a full five years before the actual Bicentennial year (and didn’t follow the typical color scheme of red and/or blue), and the 1986 base featuring the unusual slogan “You’ve Got a Friend in”. The serial combination is all-numeric, and the state recycles unused combinations on new plates.īack to top #2 PENNSYLVANIA () Pennsylvania did not spell out its name in full until the 1960s, when it also started using the keystone image with regularity. There’s been very minor changes, and the shade of color varies at times, but that’s it. #1 DELAWARE () Delaware has had the same base plate since 1969, a flat gold-on-teal design. from my collection, put in order of states’ admittance to the Union.ġ- Delaware 2- Pennsylvania 3- New Jersey 4- Georgia 5- Connecticut 6- Massachusetts 7- Maryland 8- South Carolina 9- New Hampshire 10- Virginia 11- New York 12- North Carolina 13- Rhode Island 14- Vermont 15- Kentucky 16- Tennessee 17- Ohio 18- Louisiana 19- Indiana 20- Mississippi 21- Illinois 22- Alabama 23- Maine 24- Missouri 25- Arkansas 26- Michigan 27- Florida 28- Texas 29- Iowa 30- Wisconsin 31- California 32- Minnesota 33- Oregon 34- Kansas 35- West Virginia 36- Nevada 37- Nebraska 38- Colorado 39- North Dakota 40- South Dakota 41- Montana 42- Washington 43- Idaho 44- Wyoming 45- Utah 46- Oklahoma 47- New Mexico 48- Arizona 49- Alaska 50- Hawaii District of Columbia This page features a review of passenger and no- or low-cost optionals for all 50 states and Washington D.C.

Ohio license plate sticker colors 2018