Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2002

Vehicle registration plates of the United States by year
Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2001	Events of 2002	Vehicle registration plates of the United States 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 2002.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Passenger baseplates[edit]

Passenger car plates
Image	Region	Design	Slogan	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
	Alabama	Embossed red serial on reflective white plate; blue bar with white falling stars and musical notes screened at top; "Alabama" screened in red centered at bottom.	"Stars Fell On" screened in white centered on blue bar; "HEART OF DIXIE" in white within red heart screened above and to right of state name
	Alaska
	American Samoa		"CENTENNIAL 2000" centered at top
	Arizona	Embossed dark green serial on reflective graphic plate with desert scene featuring turquoise, white, and orange gradient sky, white setting sun and purple mountains and cacti; "ARIZONA" screened in turquoise, with white outlines, centered at top.	"GRAND CANYON STATE" screened in dark green below serial, offset to right.
	Arkansas	Embossed red serial on reflective white plate; "Arkansas" screened in dark blue centered at top	"The Natural State" screened in dark blue centered at bottom	123 ABC
	California	Blue on reflective white with graphic red state name	None	1ABC123
File:2003 Colorado License Plate.jpg	Colorado	Embossed dark green on reflective graphic plate with white and grey mountains against dark green background	None	123-ABC
	Connecticut
	Delaware	Screened gold numbers on reflective dark blue plate with gold border; "DELAWARE" centered at bottom.	"THE FIRST STATE" centered at top	123456		Several variations of the font used for the serial exist. Some replacement plates have riveted numbers.
	District of Columbia	Embossed blue serial on reflective white plate, screened district flag used as separator, screened red stripes above and below serial; "Washington, D.C." screened in blue centered at top; debossed sticker boxes in bottom corners	"TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION" centered at bottom	AB-1234
	District of Columbia
	Florida	Embossed green serial on reflective white plate; citrus orange graphic over green state map screened in the center; "FLORIDA" screened in orange and yellow centered at top.		A12 BCD
	Georgia	Screened image of a Georgian peach centered on a white background; "GEORGIA" at top left.	"...on my mind" at top right	1234 ABC
	Guam	Embossed black on reflective white; gold map graphic in center.	"TANO Y CHAMORRO" centered at bottom
	Hawaii	Black on reflective white with rainbow graphic	"ALOHA STATE" centered at bottom
	Idaho
File:2001 Illinois License Plate.jpg	Illinois
	Indiana
	Iowa
	Kansas	Embossed black serial on reflective sky blue plate; State Capitol screened in the center surrounded by clouds; fading gold band screened at bottom with gold wheat stalks at left; "KANSAS" screened in black centered at top		ABC 123	PBA 000 to approximately SLZ 999; TAA 000 to approximately XUY 499
	Kentucky
	Louisiana
	Maine
	Maryland	Embossed black numbers on white plate; shield with the design of the Maryland state flag screened in the center; "Maryland" screened in black centered at top.	None	ABC 123		Modification of the optional 350th Anniversary base introduced in 1983. Two-year renewals started on July 1, 1992.
	Massachusetts	Embossed red serial on reflective white plate; "Massachusetts" screened in blue centered at top.	"The Spirit of America" screened in blue centered at bottom
	Michigan	Embossed reflective (glass-beaded) white serial on blue plate; "MICHIGAN" centered at top.	"GREAT LAKES" centered at bottom	ABC 123
	Minnesota
	Mississippi
	Missouri
	Montana
	Nebraska
	Nevada
	New Hampshire
	New Jersey
	New Mexico
	New York
	North Carolina	Blue on reflective white with light blue Wright Flyer graphic	"First in Flight" screened at top	ABC-1234
	North Dakota
	Northern Mariana Islands
	Ohio	Dark blue on reflective white, with Ohio Bicentennial Commission logo, and red and blue bars.	"1803 Ohio Bicentennial 1903" centered at top, "BIRTHPLACE OF AVIATION" centered at bottom.	AB12CD
	Oklahoma
	Oregon
	Pennsylvania
	Puerto Rico
	Rhode Island
	South Carolina	Embossed black serial on reflective white plate; light blue mountain graphic screened at top and sides and Sabal palmetto in the center; "South Carolina" screened in light blue centered at bottom.	"Smiling Faces. Beautiful Places." screened in black at top	123 ABC		Letters I, O and Q not used, and U used only from 2002 onwards, beginning with the NKU series.^[5]
	South Dakota
	Tennessee
	Texas
	Utah
	Utah
	Vermont
	Virginia	Embossed dark blue serial on reflective white plate; "VIRGINIA" screened in blue centered at top.	None	ABC-1234
		Embossed dark blue serial on reflective white plate; "VIRGINIA" screened in blue centered at top.	"1607 400th Anniversary 2007" centered at bottom
		As above, but with state name in red.	"1607 400th Anniversary 2007" centered at bottom
	Washington
	West Virginia	Embossed dark blue serial on reflective white plate; dark blue bar screened at top containing "West Virginia" in gold in the center; thin gold stripe screened between dark blue bar and serial.	"Wild, Wonderful" as before, plus "www.callwva.com" in dark blue between state name and serial, cutting off thin gold stripe in the middle.		First character corresponds to month of expiration.
	Wisconsin
	Wyoming

Non-passenger plates[edit]

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

References[edit]

↑ 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. Search this book on
↑ 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. Search this book on
↑ Crisler, Bob; Crisler, Chuck, eds. (2007). License Plate Values (7th ed.). King Publishing Company. Search this book on
↑ Martells, Jack (1980). Antique Automotive Collectibles. Chicago: Contemporary Books, Inc. pp. 128–145. ISBN 0-8092-7205-9. Search this book on
↑ "South Carolina License Plates". allaboutlicenseplates.com. Retrieved June 13, 2018.

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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. Search this book on

[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. Search this book on

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

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

[allaboutlicenseplatesSC-5] "South Carolina License Plates". allaboutlicenseplates.com. Retrieved June 13, 2018.

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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

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

Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2002

Contents

Passenger baseplates[edit]

Non-passenger plates[edit]

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References[edit]

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