HAWAII
Starting number: Honolulu 1-000 (1922-25), 50-000 (1926-39),
Hawaii 20-000, Maui 30-000, Kauai 40-000. No hyphen 1923-26.
Honolulu issued #10-000 12/18/1922. Truck began 1938.
HONOLULU HAWAII MAUI KAUAI TOTAL
1922 8-688 [23-499] 40-679 11,869
1923 11957 [22999] 40915 14,874
1924 [15499] [23499] 42069 20,070
1925 [18499] [24199] 30182 42200 24,084
1926 [70499] [24-700] 32782 42383 30,368
1927 72-294 [25-300] 42-863 30,460
1928 [73-999] [26-100] 34-129 41-656 35,888
1929 [77-999] [26-700] 35-538 43-156 43,397
1930 [80-999] [27-000] 36-979* 40-715 45,697
1931 [82-999] [27-000] 34-550 42-324 46,877
1932 [83-999] [27-500] 30-491 41-002 42,996
1933 [83-999] [27-500] 35-233 42-823 49,559
1934 80-700* 20-527 35-090 43-813 40,134
1935 80-808 [27-700] 31-758 43-610 43,880
1936 [84-999] 27-428 35-862 44-470 52,763
1937 87-523* 24-363 37-085 43-437 52,412
1938 [84-999] 20-610 36-998 44-034 46,645
1939 [89-999] 26-702 34-619 44-491 55,815*
1938-39 TRUCK
Honolulu 85-000 - 99-999 (1938)
1-000 - 9-999 (1939)
Hawaii 27-500 - 29-999
Maui 37-000 - 39-999
Kauai 47-000 - 49-999
1940 FORMATS A-I used in 1st position.
Honolulu A/O 5000 - A/O 9999, B/O 5000 - Z/O 9999
Hawaii A/H 2000 - A/H 2999, B/H 2000 - Z/H 2999
Maui A/M 3000 - A/M 3999, B/M 3000 - Z/M 3999
Kauai A/K 4000 - A/K 4999, B/K 4000 - Z/K 4999
1941-49 FORMATS Letters used*: A,B,C,E,H,K,L,M,T,U,W,X,Y,Z
Honolulu A 5000 - A 9999, B 5000 - Z 9999 *J,N,P,R added 1949
Hawaii A 2000 - A 2999, B 2000 - Z 2999 *J seen 1948
Maui A 3000 - A 3999, B 3000 - Z 3999 *N,P added 1949-50
Kauai A 4000 - A 4999, B 4000 - Z 4999
1950 FORMATS Only A,B,C,E used.
Honolulu 1A5000 - 1A9999, 2A5000 - 5A9999, 1B5000 - 5E9999
Other counties use same format and letters as 1941-49.
YEAR HONOLULU HAWAII MAUI KAUAI
1940 I/O 7066 H/H 2357 E/M 3470 C/K 4221
1941 U 9504 [M 2999] K 3952 H 4618
1942 W 8790 L 2831 K 3995 E 4059
1946 U 7543 M 2501 C 3729 E 4077
1947 [X 9999] M 2693 H 3676 B 4323
1948 Z 8748 U 2499, L 3504 H 4351
J 2471
1949 W 9455, J 7632, N 9796, M 2803 N 3206 L 4033
P 9757, R 6393
1950 2E6737 [Y 2499] P 3812 M 4500
TOTALS OF OBSERVED PLATES BY YEAR/BASE AND COUNTY
HONOLULU HAWAII MAUI KAUAI TOTAL
1940 42,067 7,358 4,471 2,222 56,118
1941 49,505 [8,000] 5,953 4,619 68,077
1942/45 53,791 6,832 5,996 3,060 69,679
1946 47,544 7,502 2,730 3,078 60,854
1947 [60,000] 7,694 4,677 1,324 73,695
1948 68,749 9,972 6,505 4,352 89,578*
1949 67,420 7,804 8,207 6,034 89,465
1950 81,738 [12,500] 9,813 7,501 111,552*
1951 90,009 14,188 10,490 8,353 123,040
1952 103,908 13,515 [13,000] 10,358 140,781*
1953 TAB 61,339 9,179 7,137 77,655
1954 TAB 104,682 19,198 2,334 126,214
1955 TAB 114,015 2,898 7,086 8,517 132,516
1956 TAB 38,272 19,014 4,200 3,450 64,936
1953/56 162,196 19,785 16,225 14,975 213,281
1957/60 201,044 22,570 15,313 12,832 251,759
1961/68 431,944 40,320 29,436 19,080 520,780
1969/75 568,944 58,200 43,504 23,856 694,504
1976/80 609,414 82,858 63,846 32,444 788,562
1981/91 TYPE 1 574,425 158,255 163,231 57,633 953,544
TYPE 2 610,389 86,973 159,966 58,190 915,518
TOTAL 1,184,814 248,163 348,074 125,820 1,908,871
1991/24 TYPE 1 566,433 149,850 148,851 163,836 1,028,970
TYPE 2 268,731 29,970 16,983 19,980 335,664
TYPE 1a 2,350,187 512,199 603,684 247,078 3,713,148
TOTAL 3,185,351 692,019 769,518 430,894 5,077,782
1951-80 FORMATS Numbers always progress before letters.
Letters used: Honolulu A,B,C,E,F,N,T,W,X (P,R 1 - 99 added 1977)
Hawaii H,Z, Maui M,L, Kauai K
1952-75: F-1 - F-999 omitted.
1954-56: All tabs marked "PASS" except 1955-56 Kauai.
1969-80: 1L series for Lanai and Molokai only.
1976-80: Z series for Hawaii replacements only.
YEAR HONOLULU HAWAII MAUI KAUAI
1951 A 100 - X 999 1H-100 - 7Z-787 1M-100 - 3L-689 1K-100 - 9K-893
A-1000 - B-4051 K 100 - K 458
1A-100 - 6X-656
1952 A-100 - X-999 1H-100 - 7Z-114 1M-100 - [6L-499] 1K-100 - 9K-999
A-1000 - C-7018 K-100 - K-2357
1A-100 - 9X-788
53 TAB 1A-1000 - 3B-1182 H 1000 - H10178 K-1000 - K-8136
54 TAB 1A-1000 - 3B-6681 H-1000 - H-20197 K-1000 - K-3333
55 TAB 1A-1000 - 4B-7014 H-1000 - H-3897 M-1000 - M-8085 K-1000 - K-9516
56 TAB 1A-1000 - 5A-3271 H-1000 - H-20013 M-1000 - M-5199 K-1000 - K-4449
1953/56 A-100 - X-999 1H-100 - 9Z-999 1M-100 - 7L-348 1K-100 - 9K-999
TYPE 1 1A-100 - 9X-999 H-100 - Z-999 K-100 - K-2240
A-1000 - X-5312 H-1000 - H-1999
TYPE 2 1A-1005 - 1A-2095
TYPE 3 H-2098 - H-2784
TYPE 4 M-1024 - K-6974 -
1957/60 A-100 - X-999 1H-100 - 9Z-999 1M-100 - 9L-112 1K-100 - 9K-999
1A-100 - 9X-999 H-100 - Z-999 K-100 - K-4831
A-1000 - X-9999 H-1000 - H-5569
(1959) 1A-1000 - 5A-4943
1961/68 A-1 - X-9999 1H-100 - 9Z-999 1M-000 - 9L-999 1K-100 - 9K-999
1A-1 - 6B-9999 H-100 - Z-999 M-0000 - M-9999 K-1000 - K-11979
7B-1000 - 1F-4966 H-1000 - Z-9999 L-0000 - L-1435
1H-1000 - 1H-5319
1969/75 A-1 - X-9999 1H-100 - 9Z-999 M-0000 - M-9999 1K-000 - 9K-999
1A-1 - 3N-9999 H-100 - Z-9999 1M-0000 - 3M-9299 K-0001 - K-12856
1H-1000 - 3H-5199 1L-0000 - 1L-4203 1K-0000 - 1K-1999
1976/80 A-1 - X-9999 H-1 - H-47304 M-0000 - M-9999 1K-000 - 9K-999
TYPE 1 1A-1 - 1F-4676 Z-1 - Z-1878 1M-0000 - 3M-9401 K-0001 - K-20444
1L-0000 - 1L-3999
TYPE 2 1F-7926 - 9F-8368 H-48761 - H-56611 4M-0225 - 4M-2828 K-20001 - K-20500
P-1 - R-99
TYPE 2k L-17501 - L-20000
TYPE 1a 1N-572 - 4N-6740 H-57473 - H-70209 4M-3988 - 5M-3606
TYPE 2a 5N-303 - 6N-9447 H-71567 - H-80980 5M-6527 - 5M-9845
TYPE 3 6N-9505 - 6N-9734
TYPE 2b 7N-198 - 7N-9276
1981-91 WARRIOR BASE No I,O,Q,Z used. No H,K,L,M in Honolulu.
1981 "JUN 81" Type 1: Arkansas dies (953,178 P)
Sep.82 "AUG 83" Type 2: Oregon dies (915,518 P)
(TOTAL 1,908,871 P)
COUNTY ARKANSAS DIES OREGON DIES
Honolulu AAA 001 - BUY 999 BVA 001 - DTY 999
Hawaii HAA 001 - HHT 413 HHW 352 - HMV 411
Maui MAA 001 - MFX 637 MGA 723 - MHW 819
MJK 004 - MJK 991 MJX 118 - MKX 719
MLB 496 - MMM 263 MMN 996 - MSY 422
Kauai KAA 001 - KCP 690 KDB 698 - KFS 945
DAA-DAY omitted. KEI 203 reportedly issued by mistake; not counted.
Omitted Prefixes: DAA-DAY, HAD, HAG-HAM, HAS, HAU, HAV, HAY.
Non-Pass. Prefixes: BUS, BWS, DWS, HFD, HPD, KFD, MCP, MFD, MPD.
All Suffixes are Non-Pass.
Replaced 1991-94 as follows:
1991 - Hawaii, Maui and Kauai
1992 - Honolulu AAA-AYY
1993 - Honolulu BAA-BYY
1994 - Honolulu CAA-DTY
1991-2024 RAINBOW BASE No I,O,Q used. No H,K,L,M in Honolulu.
11-17-90 "OCT 91" Type 1: Oregon dies (4,752,379 P)
Jul.94 "JUN 95" Type 2: Arkansas dies (335,664 P)
(TOTAL 5,088,043 P)
Omitted: EUA-EUZ, FAA-FAZ, FUA-FUZ, GUA-GUZ, HAL-HAM, HBL,
JAA-JAZ, JEA-JEZ, JNA-JNZ, JUA-JUZ, KUA-KUZ, NAA-NAZ,
NEA-NEZ, NUA-NUZ, PAA-PAZ, WAA-WAZ. (KKK issued)
Non-Pass. Prefixes/Suffixes same as 1981-91.
Starting July 2004, EAA-EZZ replaced with owner's choice of same
number, or a new number in the N series.
COUNTY OREGON DIES ARKANSAS DIES
Honolulu EAA 001 - FTW 999 (566,433) FTX 001 - GNZ 999 (268,731)
GPA 001 - GZZ 999 (170,829)
(Jul.99) JBA 001 - JZZ 999 (284,715)
(1/24/03) NBA 001 - NZZ 999 (303,696)
(3/31/06) PBA 001 - PZZ 999 (341,658)
(2009?) RAA 001 - TZZ 999 (1,081,917)
(Oct.20) WBA 001 - WCS 075 (30,045)
Hawaii HNA 001 - HTZ 999 (114,885)
HVA 001 - HWM 999 (34,965) HWN 001 - HWZ 999 (10,989)
HUA 001 - HUV 999 (18,981)
HUW 001 - HUZ 999 (3,996)
HXA 001 - HZZ 999 (68,931)
(Jul.00) HAA 001 - HMZ 999 (272,727)
(2011) ZAA 001 - ZHF 709 (166,545)
Maui MTA 001 - MZL 999 (148,851) MZM 001 - MZZ 999 (11,988)
(Apr.94) MAA 001 - MAE 999 (4,995)
MAF 001 - MSZ 999 (362,637)
(1/25/09) LAA 001 - LLY 352 (251,101)
Kauai KHA 001 - KRC 999 (163,836) KRD 001 - KRZ 999 (19,980)
KSA 001 - KZZ 999 (160,839)
(2010) KAA 001 - KDU 532 (86,446)
