FLORIDA
Highest 1905-17 pre-state plate known: #14191
#16049 highest issued 10/20/1917.
Truck began 1918.
H.P. 1918 H.P. 1919 1920 1921
1-25 1-B - 32986-B 1-22 38396-B* B-40064 50935-B
26-40 1-C - 7275-C 23-27 14169-C* C-11849* 17678-C
41-60 1-D - 367-D 28-35 3528-D D-5679 7072-D
61+ (1-E - ? none issued) 36+ 1483-E* E-507 1948-E*
(TOTAL) (40,628) (57,576*) (58,099) (77,633)
1922 C-1 - C-93404
1923 1-C - 122-675-C
1924 1-C - 155-476-C
1925 1-C - 249-269-C*
1926 1-C - 491-054-C*
1927 1-C - 408-843-C*
1928 1-C - 391-050-C*
1929 C-1 - C-320-177*
1930 1 - 323-194*
1931 1 - 350-288* (400,000 ordered)
WEIGHT LBS. 1932 1933
1-3000 1 - 287-871 235-014 (250,000 ordered)
3001+ D 1 - D74-894 57-795D (60,000 ordered)
(TOTAL) (362,765*) (292,773*)
WEIGHT LBS. 1934 1935 1936 1937
1-2050 T 1 - T34-645* T14-144 T27-483* 12-811T (St. Lucie 17-850T)
2051-3050 1 - 203-553* 233-831* 248-504* 267-232*
3051-4050 D 1 - D48-389* D49-383* D62-598* 75-415D*
4051+ W 1 - W 8-181 W12-074* W11-033* 12-368W*
(TOTAL) (294,768*) (309,432*) (349,618*) (367,826*)
REPLACEMENT PLATES (Began 1928)
1928 602 306-C 1933
1929 C-400-001 - C-403-000 1934 400-400
1930 400-632 1935 300-643
1931 1936 300-686
1932 1937 301-099, 100365D, 50-103W
WEIGHT LBS. 1938 FORMATS 1939-41 FORMATS
1-2050 T1-1 - T9-9-999 1T-1 - 9T-999 (1T-1000+ added
T10-1 - T68-999 10T-1 - 68T-999 1939 only)
2051-3050 1-1 - 9-99-999 1-1 - 9-99999
10-1 - 68-9-999 10-1 - 68-9999
3051-4050 D1-1 - D9-99-999 1D-1 - 9D-9999, 1D10000 - 9D99999
D10-1 - D68-9-999 10D-1 - 68D-999, 10D1000 - 68D9999
4051+ W1-1 - W9-9-999 1W-1 - 9W-9999
W10-1 - W68-999 10W-1 - 68W-999
1938-75: County codes on County Code page. 90 = Replacement.
WEIGHT LBS. 1942-47 FORMATS
1-2000 1T-1 - 9T-999
10T-1 - 68T-99 (10T-100+ added 1947)
2001-2500 1-1 - 9-9999
10-1 - 68-999
2501-3500 1D-1 - 9D-9999, 1D10000 - 9D99999 (D/10 10000+
10D-1 - 68D-999, 10D1000 - 68D9999 added 1945-47)
3501-4500 1W-1 - 9W-9999, 1W10000 - 9W99999
10W-1 - 68W-999, 10W1000 - 68W9999
4501+ 1WW-1 - 9WW-999
10WW-1 - 68WW-99 (10WW100+ added 1947)
1943: Tab is county and weight coded.
WEIGHT LBS. 1948-55 FORMATS
1-2000 1T-1 - 9T-9999
10T-1 - 68T-999
2001-2500 1D-1 - 9D-9999
10D-1 - 68D-999 (10D1000+ added 1953)
2501-3500 1-1 - 9-99999 (1-1A - 1-9999C added 1948-50)
(1-100000+ added 1951-55)
10-1 - 68-9999 (10/10000+ added 1948)
(10-1A - 10-999M added 1949-50)
(10-10000+ added 1951-55)
3501-4500 1W-1 - 9W-9999, 1W10000 - 9W99999
10W-1 - 68W-999, 10W1000 - 68W9999
(10W10000+ added 1951-55)
4501+ 1WW-1 - 9WW-999 (1WW1000+ added 1948-49 only)
10WW-1 - 68WW-99, 10WW100 - 68WW999
OVERFLOW FORMATS
1948 10/10000 - 10/19999
1949-50 1-1A - 1-9999A, 10-1A - 10-999A (No D,I,K-Z seen)
1951-55 Extra-long plates 1-100000+, 10-10000+, 10W10000+
HIGHEST NUMBER EXPECTED PER REGISTRATION FIGURES (assuming all
letters A-M used)(*or observed number if higher):
COUNTY 1945 1946 1947
BROWARD D/10 10362 10/D 13341 D/10 16328
COUNTY 1948 1949 1950
DADE 1-3082A 1-3722B 1-7404C
BROWARD 10/17853 10-672J* 10-380M
ALACHUA 11-783A
COUNTY 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
DADE 1-138964 1-144151 1-158630 1-172018 1-199892*
BROWARD 10-26340 10-29468 10-33747 10-37657 10-45235
BROWARD-W 10W11435 10W14478 10W18090 10W22188 10W29555
ALACHUA 11-11034 11-10906 11-11772 11-12364 11-14030
LAKE 12-10268 12-10843 12-11773*
MANATEE 15-10114 15-10866 15-11335 15-12170
SARASOTA 16-10183 16-11970* 16-11739 16-13038
BREVARD 19-10077 19-11618
BAY 23-10294* 23-10749* 23-11179* 23-12807
TOTALS OF OVERFLOW FORMATS
1945 363 1951 57,777 7%
1946 3,342 1952 69,601 7%
1947 6,329 1953 96,045 9%
1948 10,936 2% 1954 119,409 10%
1949 23,384 3% 1955 170,127 13%
1950 40,553 5%
WEIGHT LBS. 1956-61 FORMATS
1-2000 1T-1 - 9T-9999 (1T-10000+ added 1958)
10T-1 - 68T-999 (10T-1000+ added 1957)
2001-2500 1D-1 - 9D-9999 (1D-10000+ added 1960)
10D-1 - 68D-9999 (10D10000+ added 1961)
2501-3500 1-1 - 9-999999
10-1 - 68-99999
3501-4500 1W-1 - 9W-99999, 1W100000 - 9W999999
10W-1 - 68W-9999, 10W10000 - 68W99999
4501+ 1WW-1 - 9WW-9999 (1WW10000+ added 1959)
10WW-1 - 68WW-999, 10WW1000 - 68WW9999
(10W/W-10000+ added 1961)
WEIGHT LBS. 1962-75 FORMATS
1-2500 1D-1 - 9D-99999 (1D100000+ added 1972)
10D-1 - 68D-9999, 10D10000 - 68D99999
2501-3500 1-1 - 9-999999
10-1 - 68-99999 (10-100000+ added 1967/68)
3501-4500 1W-1 - 9W-99999, 1W100000 - 9W999999 (10/W-100000+
10W-1 - 68W-9999, 10W10000 - 68W99999 added 1966)
4501+ 1WW-1 - 9WW-9999, 1WW10000 - 9WW99999
10WW-1 - 68WW-999, 10WW1000 - 68WW9999, 10W/W-10000+
OVERFLOW FORMATS
HIGHEST NUMBER EXPECTED PER REGISTRATION FIGURES
(*OR OBSERVED NUMBER IF HIGHER THAN REGS.):
BROWARD SMALL 10 10/W 10 W/W
1961 - - 10357*
1962 - - 11712*
1963 - - 13199
1964 - - 15133
1965 - 99283 17337
1966 90720 103154* 19192
1967/68 101771 111448 21815
1968/69 113366* 123046* 24537
1969/70 128238* 139537* 28400*
1970/71 127137* 153505* 31411
1972 130740* 167045* 38255
1973 133866* 180931* 46277*
1974 130951 187978* 52065
1975 352895* 224522* 67101*
OTHER HIGHS AND POSSIBLE EXPECTED OVERFLOW FORMATS
REGISTERED OBSERVED EXPECTED
1974 Sarasota 16W/W10936
Brevard 19W/W10159 19W/W10108
1975 Dade 1-249089 1-509160
1W328168 1W397115
1WW74494 1WW78551 1W/W100000+?
Broward 10D81555 10D88550 10/D-100000+?
Sarasota 16W/W12403 16W/W16041
Lee 18WW9826 18W/W10000+
Brevard 19-43557 19-100816
19W/W11634 19W/W12771
1975-80 BASE
7-1-74 "75" (1962-75 formats listed above) (6,516,790 S)
Plate-to-owner system began 7/1/74; previously was plate-to-vehicle.
Last natural seen "MAY 78".
Replaced July 1979 to June 1980.
1977-80 NON-MAP BASE No I,O,Q used.
Apr.77 "JUL 77" AAA 001 - FBN 549 (2,642,904 S)
Issued to new registrations only.
County stickers added January 1978, expire "APR 78", only for new
registrations. Month stickers added January 1979, expire "APR 79".
FBN 554 reported to be final number. Last natural seen "MAR 80".
Replaced April 1986 to March 1987.
1979-87 ORANGE MAP BASE No I,O,Q used*.
2-1-79 "JUN 79" Type 1 FBP 511 - YZZ 999 (8,357,897 S)
Dec.82 "MAR 83" Type 1a AIA 001 - YQZ 999 (2,113,884 S)
Feb.84 "JUN 84" Type 1b/2/3 001 AAA - 032 KTG (5,129,897 S)
(TOTAL 15,601,678 S)
Description of Types:
2-1-79 "JUN 79" Type 1 - Aluminum, no hologram (050 GRK seen)
May 85 "SEP 85" Type 2 - Steel, no hologram
(no exact break, 448 DLG - 948 FVM seen)
Jun.86 "OCT 86" Type 3 - Aluminum, "85" or "86" hologram
(no exact break, 682 HHR - 032 KTG seen)
*Type 1a: I and Q used in 1st and 2nd positions only.
Non-Passenger Prefixes: HAA-HAK?, MAA-MZZ, ZAA-ZZZ (not
included in total; HAK 412 plain,
HAP 227 map seen, verify HAL,HAN)
Non-Passenger Suffixes: YAA-ZZZ
Replaced April 1986 to 1992 upon 5 years of use.
1986-92 GREEN MAP BASE No O used.
6-1-86 "AUG 86" AAA 00A - JUR 49D, KCM 90Q,
KCN 37V, KCS 43V - KGW 36X
(TOTAL 15,550,546 S)
Description of Types:
6-1-86 "AUG 86" Type 1 - Light green map
(no exact break, up to CTQ 13J seen)
Dec.86 "MAR 87" Type 2 - Dark green map
(no exact break, CHS 99Z on seen)
1988 " 88" Type 3 - As Type 2, but small "FLORIDA"
(no exact break, CWA 13J - DAC 00V seen)
Sequence: AAA 00A, AAA 01A - 99A, AAA 00B - 99Z, AAB 00A, etc.
Non-Passenger Prefixes: MAA-MZZ, YAA-YZZ, any 3rd "letter" 0.
Some Type 1 and Type 2 have small county name dies.
Replaced 1992 to 1997 upon 5 years of use.
1992-98 NEW ORANGE MAP BASE No O used.
Nov.91 "FEB 92" JUR 58Z - KCM 23Q, KCN 54A - KCN 40T,
KCN 53V - KCS 99H, KGX 33A - XBK 42Q (Brevard),
(Orange) XCP 19N - XDI 21H
(TOTAL 17,393,013 S)
Non-Passenger Prefixes: MAA-MZZ, YAA-ZZZ (Lease high ZAV 00D)
(Detailed changes from Green Map to Orange Map (JUR-KGX) - see
Variations)
"RESTRICTED": NPI 99Z (Dade NPI 64Z, NPJ 36G)
Last "DADE" seen: RIB 47U - RJR 02S (99,657)
(Broward RIA 02K, Indian River RJT 71L)
Last "DMV" seen: KCR 67F
"SUNSHINE STATE" slogan issued 11/11/94, "MAR 95", in Dade County
and DMV office only; known series in Misc. 2. (1,452,180 S)
Earliest slogan seen: RWW 83A (Dade), TAG 90P (DMV)
Replaced 1997 to 2002 upon 5 years of use.
1997-2004 ONE ORANGE BASE No O used.
Jul.97 "DEC 97" (Citrus) XBR 60W - XCN 41X (Okeechobee)
(Osceola) XDN 23E - XZZ 99Z (1,397,159 S)
Feb.98 "JUN 98" Type 1a I17 83V - L47 42Y (782,960 S)
Feb.98 "DEC 98" Type 1b CY1 94X - IZ5 65N (3,766,372 S)
Dec.99 "MAR 00" Type 1c A00 AAA - I49 YXW (13,994,650 S)
2000 "NOV 00" Type 1d T00 AAA - X29 FTJ (6,608,430 S)
(TOTAL 26,549,571 S)
Numbers progress before letters, regardless of position.
Type 1a sequence: J00 00A - J99 99A, J00 00B etc.
Type 1b sequence: DA0 00A - DA9 99A, DA0 00B - DA9 99Z, DB0 00A
Type 1c sequence: A00 AAA - A99 AAA, A00 AAB - A99 ZZZ, B00 AAA
Embossed "SUNSHINE STATE" slogan issued interchangably with county
name in multiple counties as an option up to B34 GCU.
Separate exclusively-slogan series began 2000 as Type 1d.
E22 ABC has UL sticker box with "MONTH"
F88 EET has UL sticker box, no "MONTH", "06-02"
F49 GKA has UL sticker box, unknown "MONTH"
U74 TQS has no UL sticker box, unknown "MONTH"
F52 QEJ, V08 KFB have no UL sticker box or "MONTH", "06-03"
Additional numbers seen: I62 ZDY, I52 ZIR, J24-32 ACP, J04 AXN,
X40 HHC, X67 HTA, X67 IIT, X85 ZGB, X58 ZGF.
Replaced 2002 to 2008 upon 6 years of use.
(Non-pass. highs on Green Map Base: I54 55U, CY4 26K)
2004-24 TWO ORANGES COUNTY NAME BASE No O used.
1-27-04 "10-04" Type 1 I99 ZAU - K87 AAR (1,624,689 S)
8-15-04 "10-04" Type 1a A00 0AA - G86 3KH (4,007,864 S)
9- 5-06 Type 2 G18 9KI - N13 1GR (4,282,943 S)
2009 Type 3 N80 5LZ - N99 9ZZ (325,195 S)
2010 "03-10" Type 3a 000 MAA - 999 RZZ (3,125,000 S)
2016 "04-17" Type 3b Y00 AAA - Z98 DTQ (1,819,099 S)
2018 "07-19" Type 3c IA7 8QC - IB6 8FN (38,591 S)
2018 "07-19" Type 4 IC1 0TC - IW9 6EZ (1,154,787 S)
(TOTAL 16,606,007 S)
2004-24 TWO ORANGES SUNSHINE STATE BASE No O used.
1-27-04 "10-04" Type 1 X99 FTN - X99 ZZZ (1,203,601 S)
8-15-04 "10-04" Type 1a P00 0AA - W42 3CN (4,438,424 S)
2006? Type 2 W45 4DD - X99 9ZZ (1,171,546 S)
1-28-07 "05-07" Type 2a 000 HAA - 999 LZZ (3,125,000 S)
7- 8-08 "02-10" Type 2b 000 VAA - 748 WZI (1,233,749 S)
2009 "02-10" Type 3 219 XAB - 999 YZZ (1,248,781 S)
2009 Type 3a 000 TAA - 999 TZZ (625,000 S)
2010 "07-10" Type 3b AAA A00 - JRY S15 (15,121,716 S)
2018 "08-19" Type 4 KGX C55 - LHT G87 (1,615,433 S)
2020 "04-21" Type 4a SD4 4BD -
(TOTAL 30,716,790 S)
Description of Two Oranges Types: Type 1 - Thin dies, brown stem
Type 2 - Wide dies, brown stem
Type 3 - Wide dies, green stem
Type 4 - New dies, green stem
Effective 9/1/2009, replaced upon 10 years of use.
2009-24 TWO ORANGES IN GOD WE TRUST BASE No O used.
1/17/09 "01-10" Type 1 000 0GA - 280 4GP (142,805 S)
2009 Type 2 380 6GQ - 788 0JZ (844,075 S)
Type 2a 959 5BB - 226 5BP (122,671 S)
Type 2b 587 1PD - 738 0QZ (461,510 S)
"07-16" Type 2c 925 0TA - 682 6VR (657,577 S)
"01-18" Type 3 102 4XG - 001 3YE (228,990 S)
"08-19" Type 4 218 11Z - 781 99Z (56,389 S)
"12-19" Type 4a Z93 7CN - Z91 1DK (21,975 S)
(TOTAL 2,547,824 S)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Wide dies, short slogan, brown stem
Type 2 - Wide dies, short slogan, green stem
Type 3 - Wide dies, tall slogan
Type 4 - New dies, tall slogan
Law effective 10/1/2008.
1987-95 OPTIONAL EXTRA-COST BASES (EXCEPT UNIVERSITIES):
Description of Types: (All are Type 1 unless noted)
Type 1 - Thin dies, 2 sticker boxes
Type 2 - Thin dies, 1 sticker box
Type 3 - Wide dies, 1 sticker box
CHALLENGER Green & Light Blue/White & Orange No I,O,Q used.
1-2-87 "APR 87" Type 1 AAA 001 - AGY 939 (159,780 S)
Dec.87 "MAR 88" Type 2 AGZ 790 - BDK 305 (446,069 S)
Jan.88 "APR 88" Type 3 (AHG 908 - AKY 007) (mixed)
Type 1a BDL 195 - BDZ 601 (12,395 S)
Type 2a BEA 484 - BFU 400 (39,877 S)
(TOTAL 660,739 S)
Initial alphabetical county assignment AAA 001 - ACM 928,
ADX 973 - AGZ 208 (128,036 S) on file.
AMF = Astronauts Memorial Foundation, issued in 1987, Type 1.
KSC = Kennedy Space Center, issued in 1987, Type 1 (not counted),
issued only at Titusville office; replaced during 1992 with same
number, whereas all others received a new number.
Description of Challenger Types:
Type 1 - Sticker boxes at top (172,175)
Type 2 - Sticker boxes at bottom (485,946)
Type 3 - As Type 2, but small "FLORIDA" (mixed with Type 2)
VETERANS DESIGN I Dark Blue & Red/White
10-1-89 "JAN 90" DAA 001 - DEI 121 (100,021 S)
No I,O,Q used, but I added by DEI.
VETERANS DESIGN II Dark Blue & Red/White No O used.
2001 "12-01" Type 1 SAA0A - SCJ8S (14,929 S)
Type 2 SCQ9T - SIF7M (34,937 S)
Type 3 SIJ5U - SMI4T (24,489 S)
(TOTAL 76,935 S)
SUPERBOWL Dark Blue & Red/White No I,O,Q used.
10-1-89 "JAN 90" TMM 123 - TPT 116 (50,943 S)
Replaced 1994.
MANATEE DESIGN I Red/White,Green,Light Blue,Gray & Black
10-1-89 "JAN 90" Type 1 HAA 001 - HXZ 454 (481,972 S)
Type 2 HYB 347 - IBJ 840 (83,411 S)
1-27-07 "05-08" Type 3 IBK 364 - IBX 437 (12,062 S)
(TOTAL 579,857 S)
No I,O,Q used, but I,Q added by HYI, HYQ.
MANATEE DESIGN II No O used.
12-20-07 "01-09" Type 3 IBY 303 - IDQ 053 (41,709 S)
PANTHER DESIGN I Black/White, Tan & Light Green No I,O,Q used.
7-1-90 "OCT 90" LAA 001 - LEE 575 (96,479 S)
PANTHER DESIGN II Black, Green, Tan & Gray/White & Gold
5-11-93 "NOV 93" Type 1 LEF 129 - LUL 813 (306,379 S)
Type 2 LUN 197 - LYV 642 (107,339 S)
5- 4-07 "05-08" Type 3 LYW 007 - MBH 549 (61,482 S)
(TOTAL 476,944 S)
No I,O,Q used, but I,Q added by LTI, LTQ.
COLUMBUS Dark Blue, Red & Light Blue/White No I,O,Q used.
1-1-91 "APR 91" PAA 001 - PAK 019 (9,010 S)
Replaced 1994.
OLYMPICS Blue, Red, Green, Yellow & Black/White No O used.
10-1-92 "JAN 93" Type 1 G0000 - G9999 (10,000 S)
Type 1a G000A - G999Z (25,000 S)
Type 1b G00AA - G16VN (51,317 S)
"11-08" Type 2 G67WB - G83YS (6,617 S)
"03-09" Type 3 G0ABS - G8APD (3,118 S)
(TOTAL 101,039 S)
SPECIAL OLYMPICS
1-1-94 "APR 94" Type 1 SAA 001 - SBP 296 (36,260 S)
Type 2 SBP 904 - SBS 241 (2,335 S)
Type 3 SBT 571 - SBW 325 (2,752 S)
(TOTAL 44,281 S)
No I,O,Q used, but Q added by SBQ.
EDUCATION No I,O,Q used.
10-1-94 "JAN 95" Type 1 001 ABC - 772 AEY (90,682 S)
Type 2 956 AFA - 527 AGN (37,534 S)
"05-09" Type 3 598 AGQ - 127 AHK (19,510 S)
(TOTAL 151,975 S)
No I,O,Q used, but I,Q added by AEI, AEQ.
FINE ARTS No I,O,Q used.
2-1-95 "MAY 95" Type 1 FAA 001 - FDM 460 (81,379 S)
"05-06" Type 2 FDP 444 - FER 666 (25,198 S)
Type 3 FES 317 - FFS 265 (24,924 S)
(TOTAL 133,132 S)
No I,O Q used, but I added by FDI.
INDIAN RIVER LAGOON No O used.
2-15-95 "MAY 95" Type 1 R0000 - R9999 (10,000 S)
Type 1a R000A - R999Z (25,000 S)
Type 1b R00AA - R50KT (26,851 S)
"12-03" Type 2 R64LH - R66WE (24,203 S)
Type 3 R77XU - R99ZZ (5,523 S)
Type 3a R0AAA - R9AGL (1,620 S)
(TOTAL 99,120 S)
INVEST IN CHILDREN No I,O,Q used.
5-1-95 "AUG 95" Type 1 001 CAA - 572 CCH (53,519 S)
"09-02" Type 1a 849 DJK - 079 DJW (10,220 S)
"11-02" Type 2 109 DJX - 356 DKU (23,225 S)
"05-08" Type 3 078 DKX - 353 DLG (9,267 S)
(TOTAL 99,977 S)
No I,O,Q, but I added by DKI, Q added by DJQ.
