COUNTY 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928
Maricopa 1-14365 1-17984* 1-21115 1-25112 1-28917 1-31050* 1-40077
Cochise 2-4151 2-5723 2-6722* 2-7390* 2-7980* 2-8434 2-8376
Pima 3-4629 3-5600 3-7300* 3-8114 3-8929* 3-10024 3-11826
Gila 4-2651 4-3700 4-5055 4-5867 4-6568* 4-6847* 4-7269*
Yavapai 5-2725 5-4125 5-4999* 5-5966* 5-6754* 5-7584* 5-7900*
Yuma 6-1762 6-2270 6-2636 6-2986 6-3798 6-3653 6-4155
Pinal 7-1284 7-1713 7-2107 7-3117* 7-3375* 7-4005* 7-2033
Graham 8-1073* 8-1297* 8-1389* 8-1799* 8-1796* 8-1900 8-2197*
Santa Cruz 9-891 9-1156 9-1286* 9-1249 9-1637* 9-727 9-1391
Mohave 10-1237* 10-1497* 10-1446* 10-1216* 10-1238 10-1385 10-1616
Coconino 11-1123* 11-1523 11-1791* 11-1748 11-2472* 11-2541* 11-3003*
Navajo 12-1062* 12-1337 12-1694* 12-1842* 12-2299* 12-1918 12-2235
Apache 14-369 14-545 14-618 14-670 14-543 14-813 14-1131*
Greenlee 13-490 [13-600] 15-481 15-1060 15-1132* 15-1293 15-1378
TOTAL 36,426 47,083 57,352 66,750 76,052* 80,788 93,201
1922: Cochise allotted 2-100 - 2-4399, Pima 3-100 - 3-3799.
1923: Maricopa allotted 1-100 - 1-15099, Cochise 2-100 - 2-4499.
1929-31: Series in ( ) are combined Non-Pass. types (C/S, C/P, T/S, T/P) and
have no county codes.
CO. 1929 1930 1931
(A) 501 - 7-264 501 - 501 - 90-60
A 7-811 - 56-697 86-74 - 5-40-54 1-00-75 - 6-39-49
(B) 70-001 - 71-451 7-00-01 - 7-11-21 70-001 - 70-839
B 71-948 - 81-592 7-33-57 - 8-16-02 7-17-12 - 8-23-67
(C) 85-001 - 8-50-01 - 85-001 - 85-477
C 86-351 - 97-754 8-74-04 - 10-12-53 8-74-04 - 10-01-65
(D) 105-001 - 105-473 10-50-01 - 105-001 - 106-087
D 105-998 - 112-056 10-79-29 - 11-34-37 10-73-44 - 11-61-44
(E) 120-001 - 120-894 12-00-01 - 12-10-54 120-001 - 120-853
E 121-266 - 128-627 12-15-03 - 12-87-60 12-16-59 - 13-11-63*
(F) 130-001 - 130-250 13-00-01 - 130-001? - 132-702
F 131-197 - 135-130 13-20-08 - 13-39-69 13-36-86 - 13-71-35
(G) 140-001 - 14-00-01 - 14-08-40 140-001 -
G 141-479 - 144-616 14-28-78 - 14-51-49 14-09-88 - 14-53-00
(H) 150-001 - 150-331 15-00-01 - 150-001 -
H 150-574 - 153-009 15-12-01 - 15-34-47 15-07-26 - 15-20-31
(J) 155-001 - 15-50-01 - 155-001 - 155-147
J 155-708 - 156-672 15-57-86 - 15-74-71 15-58-99 - 15-63-83
(K) 160-001 - 160-474 16-00-01 - 16-04-77 160-001 - 160-010
K 160-518 - 162-285 16-08-74 - 16-22-53 16-06-11 - 16-23-27
(L) 165-001 - 165-211 16-50-01 - 16-61-29 165-001 - 165-080
L 165-940 - 167-959 16-62-15 - 16-89-87 16-63-38 - 16-89-94
(M) 170-001 - 171-094 17-00-01 - 17-00-02 170-001 - 170-640
M 171-454 - 172-785 17-12-84 - 17-34-04 17-15-63 - 17-35-76
(N) 175-001 - 17-50-01 - 175-001 - 175-210
N 175-318 - 175-923 17-53-54 - 17-63-05 17-54-10 - 17-66-49
(P) 180-001 - 180-207 18-00-01 - 180-001 -
P 180-385 - 181-830 18-07-69 - 18-22-50* 18-08-44 - 18-22-96
COUNTY 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936
Maricopa 48,887* 45,381* 53,875* 36,112* 38,553* 37,481* 42,849* 46,319*
Cochise 9,645 8,346 10,656* 7,016* 7,001* 7,580* 7,447* 8,237*
Pima 11,351 13,850* 12,762 15,538* 14,830* 15,787* 15,886* 17,628*
Gila 6,059 5,509 8,801* 3,014 2,301 3,240 4,747* 4,944*
Yavapai 7,362 7,258* 9,505* 5,789* 5,414* 5,814* 6,221* 6,859*
Yuma 3,934 1,962 3,450 3,027 3,035 3,208 3,061 5,267*
Pinal 3,138 2,272 4,313* 4,680* 3,843* 3,856* 3,054 3,800*
Graham 2,436* 2,247* 1,306 1,537 1,640* 1,662 2,146* 2,451*
Santa Cruz 965 1,686 485 1,418 1,299 1,421 1,589* 1,632*
Mohave 1,768* 1,380 1,717* 1,099 1,140 1,444* 1,695 2,298*
Coconino 2,020 2,773* 2,657 2,107 2,060 2,805 2,846* 3,195*
Navajo 1,332 2,121* 2,014 2,078* 1,955 2,249* 1,874 2,688*
Apache 606 952 1,240* 576 910* 1,103* 1,186* 1,229
Greenlee 1,341 1,482* 1,453* 1,124* 749 948* 472 993*
TOTAL 100,844 97,119 114,234* 85,115* 84,730* 88,598* 95,073* 107,540*
COUNTY 1ST FIGURE 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936
Maricopa 1-7 3C1P 3S9V 3K3U 4U7J 5S 1R
Cochise 8-9 9UC5 9UA8 9YC2 9XJ4 8B 6E
Pima A-E E2E4 D7K7 E3N1 E4B1 F4 F6
Gila F-G GU28 GH46 GX99 F8C4 F9 D3
Yavapai H-K H4R2 H2R5 H4T9 H6Y2 J1 G1
Yuma L-N NU43 NU52 NX64 NU81 N1 X2
Pinal P-R P7T9 P3G9 P3J4 RU73 P3 C2
Graham S SX97 SZ32 SZ56 S3H4 S4 Z3
Santa Cruz T TV55 TU13 TV58 TY65 TZ 23
Mohave U U68G U71F UV84 UZ93 U4 D3
Coconino V V3D4 V2X8 V6V6 V7B2 V8 X9
Navajo X X2Z8 X2H2 X3X8 X1Y2 X6 E6
Apache Y YH19 YN31 YR65 YS67 YT 25
Greenlee Z ZR88 ZK32 ZN73 ZF84 ZP 33
1932: Coconino V73R also seen.
1933: Mohave U16K, U27E, U41F also seen.(C/P 1932 U71F, 1933 U34J)
1936: Pima overlaps Gila, duplicating F1 A1 to F4 F6 (618 P).
COUNTY 1937 1938
Maricopa A1 - A9-999, A1 - E9517*
B100 - F1-096 (50,596*)
Cochise G100 - G8-505 (8,406*) G1 - G9498*
Pima J100 - K9-039 (18,840*) J1 - K8794*
Gila M100 - M6-222 (6,123*) M1 - M6432*
Yavapai N100 - N7-124 (7,025*) N1 - N6909*
Yuma R100 - R6-382 (6,283*) R1 - R6791*
Pinal S100 - S4-486 (4,387) S1 - S4679
Graham T100 - T2-471 (2,372*) T1 - T3487*
Santa Cruz U100 - U1-840 (1,741*) U1 - U1524
Mohave V100 - V2-398 (2,299*) V1 - V2598*
Coconino W100 - W3-517 (3,418*) W1 - W3496*
Navajo X100 - X2-770 (2,671*) X1 - X2764*
Apache Y100 - Y1-595 (1,496*) Y1 - Y1606*
Greenlee Z100 - Z1-064 (965) Z1 - Z1438
TOTAL 116,622* 119,528*
COUNTY 1939 1940 1941 1942
Maricopa A 1 - A51371* A48 584* A50 241 50A 861*
Pima B 1 - B19949* B18 949* B21 047* 21B 307*
Cochise C 1 - C8886* C7 905* C8 160 7C 974*
Yavapai D 1 - D6895* D6 158 D5 830 6D 729*
Yuma E 1 - E5918* E5 330 E4 914 6E 011*
Gila F 1 - F5930* F4 252 F5 478 5F 634*
Pinal G 1 - G4764 G4 838 G5 333 5G 043
Coconino H 1 - H3037* H2 256 H3 104* 3H 094*
Navajo J 1 - J2509 J2 161 J2 473 3J 000*
Graham K 1 - K2522* K2 428 K2 002 2K 337
Mohave L 1 - L2500* L2 235* L1 739 2L 141*
Santa Cruz N 1 - N1557 N1 497 N1 049 2N 021*
Apache P 1 - P1531 P1 551 P1 523 1P 682*
Greenlee R 1 - R1563 R1 521 R2 175 2R 168
STATEWIDE T 1 - (none) (none) (none) 28T 562
TOTAL 118,932* 109,665 115,068 148,564
1939: Pima allotted B1 - B20000, Yuma allotted E1 - E6500.
1945 A 1 - Z9999 County allocation system unknown; patterned after Utah's
quantity-based system.
HYPOTHETICAL 1945 INITIAL ALLOTMENT
THESE ARE ESTIMATES ONLY AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE!
Verified allocations and plate number origins in bold.
Maricopa A1 - E9000 (49,000)
Pima E9001 - G9000 (20,000)
Yavapai G9001 - H4900 (5,900)
Cochise H4901 - J1900 (7,000) H9496 -
Yuma J1901 - J7400 (5,500) J1960 - J6106
Gila J7401 - K1900 (4,500)
Pinal K1901 - K7100 (5,200)
Coconino K7101 - K9700 (2,600)
Navajo K9701 - L2100 (2,400) L408 -
Graham L2101 - L4100 (2,000) L2183 - L3764
Mohave L4101 - L6100 (2,000) L5247 -
Santa Cruz L6101 - L7700 (1,600)
Apache L7701 - L9000 (1,300)
Greenlee L9001 - N700 (1,700) N433 -
TOTAL (110,700)
ADDITIONAL PLATES SEEN: N6279, P4912, R8908, T9313
GRAND TOTAL assuming no I,M,O,Q,S used, as 1939-42 (128,411)
COUNTY 1947 1948
Maricopa A/A 1 - A/L 7381 A/N 9856*
Pima C/C 1 - C/H 7726 C/J 964
Cochise E/E 1 - E/E 5813 E/E 7661
Yuma H/H 1 - H/H 3112 H/H 6144
Yavapai J/J 1 - J/J 4791 J/J 6060
Pinal K/K 1 - K/K 423 K/K 6322*
Gila L/L 1 - L/L 4935 L/L 4702
Navajo N/N 1 - N/N 2030 N/N 2934
Coconino P/P 1 - P/P 3155 P/P 3661
Graham S/S 1 - S/S 2222 S/S 2661
Mohave T/T 1 - T/T 2395* T/T 2149
Greenlee U/U 1 - U/U 1759 U/U 2011
Santa Cruz X/X 1 - X/X 1395
Apache Z/Z 1 - Z/Z 1306
TOTAL 131,134 157,816
1947: DAV keychain tag #K/K 4493 seen.
COUNTY 1949 1950-51 1952-53 1954-55 1956-58
Maricopa A-1 - A-84746w A-99931 A-99999 A-99999 A-99999
A-85289s- A-86463s
X-3501 - (none) X-29333 (none) (none) (none)
V-3501 - (none) (none) V-61359 V-93307 V-99999
M 1 - (none) (none) (none) (none) M 17363
Pima C-1 - C-37488w* C-51169 C-69203 C-81627 C-99999
Cochise E-1 - E-6872w E-10370 E-12068 E-13993 E-17155
E-7740s- E-8354s
Yuma H-1 - H-7474w H-9481 H-10164 H-17024 H-19290
Yavapai J-1 - J-6400w J-8498 J-7237 J-8901 J-10373
J-6404s
Pinal K-1 - K-6732w K-8092 K-13596 K-15137 K-16975
K-7003s - K-7237s
Gila L-1 - L-5446w L-8053 L-8719 L-8790 L-9971
L-5679s - L-5714s
Navajo N-1 - N-3019w N-5287 N-5560 N-5925 N-5756
N-3660s
Coconino P-1 - P-3331w P-6029 P-6744 P-7990 P-8652
Graham S-1 - S-2200w S-4196 S-4043 S-4588 S-4783
Mohave T-1 - T-1291w T-2205 T-2630 T-3073 T-3634
Greenlee U-1 - U-1705w U-4089 U-3553 U-4313 U-4906
U-2827s
Santa Cruz X-1 - X-1768w X-2165 X-2472 X-2852 X-1386
X-1933s
Apache Z-1 - Z-1232w Z-2092 Z-2081 Z-2493 Z-3645
Statewide (1957-58) Y-1 - (none) (none) (none) (none) Y-99999
(1958) R-1 - (none) (none) (none) (none) R-7147
TOTAL 175,608 247,490 305,928 366,512 527,532
1949: Waffle aluminum (w), or smooth aluminum (s). (2,068 P)
Cochise assigned C-1 - C-34000.
INITIAL ALLOTMENTS
1924 1940
Maricopa 1-100 - 1-20099 (20,000) Maricopa A 1 - A50 000
Cochise 2-100 - 2-6099 (6,000) Pima B 1 - B19 000
Pima 3-100 - 3-6099 (6,000) Cochise C 1 - C8 000
Gila 4-100 - 4-4099 (4,000) Yavapai D 1 - D7 000
Yavapai 5-100 - 5-3899 (3,800) Yuma E 1 - E6 000
Yuma 6-100 - 6-2599 (2,500) Gila F 1 - F5 200
Pinal 7-100 - 7-1799 (1,700) Pinal G 1 - G5 550
Graham 8-100 - 8-1199 (1,100) Coconino H 1 - H3 100
Santa Cruz 9-100 - 9-1299 (1,200) Navajo J 1 - J2 750
Mohave 10-100 - 10-1599 (1,500) Graham K 1 - K2 550
Coconino 11-100 - 11-1399 (1,300) Mohave L 1 - L2 500
Navajo 12-100 - 12-1299 (1,200) Santa Cruz N 1 - N1 850
Apache 14-100 - 14-599 (500) Apache P 1 - P1 600
Greenlee 15-100 - 15-799 (700) Greenlee R 1 - R1 600
TOTAL 51,500 P TOTAL 116,700 P
1947
Maricopa A/A 1 - A/K 9005 (59,000)
Pima C/C 1 - C/H 3002 (23,000)
Cochise E/E 1 - E/E 7200
Yuma H/H 1 - H/H 5200
Yavapai J/J 1 - J/J 4900
Pinal K/K 1 - K/K 4500
Gila L/L 1 - L/L 4300
Navajo N/N 1 - N/N 2700
Coconino P/P 1 - P/P 2700
Graham S/S 1 - S/S 2200
Mohave T/T 1 - T/T 1900
Greenlee U/U 1 - U/U 1750
Santa Cruz X/X 1 - X/X 1500
Apache Z/Z 1 - Z/Z 1250
TOTAL 122,100 P
1950 1952
Maricopa A-1 - A-85000 Maricopa A-1 - A-99999,
V-3501 - V-23500
Pima C-1 - C-37000 Pima C-1 - C-50000
Cochise E-1 - E-7700 Cochise E-1 - E-9500
Yuma H-1 - H-7500 Yuma H-1 - H-10000
Yavapai J-1 - J-6000 Yavapai J-1 - J-8500
Pinal K-1 - K-6500 Pinal K-1 - K-10000
Gila L-1 - L-5500 Gila L-1 - L-7500
Navajo N-1 - N-3500 Navajo N-1 - N-5000
Coconino P-1 - P-3800 Coconino P-1 - P-5500
Graham S-1 - S-2700 Graham S-1 - S-4000
Mohave T-1 - T-2400 Mohave T-1 - T-3000
Greenlee U-1 - U-2700 Greenlee U-1 - U-4000
Santa Cruz X-1 - X-1800 Santa Cruz X-1 - X-2500
Apache Z-1 - Z-1450 Apache Z-1 - Z-2000
TOTAL 173,550 P TOTAL 241,499 S
