Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 1978

Vehicle registration plates of the United States by year
Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 1977	Events of 1978	Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 1979

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 1978.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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Region	Design	Slogan	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
Alabama	Embossed blue serial on reflective white plate; red Alabama State Capitol graphic screened in the center; state flag, blue rectangle and U.S. Bicentennial logo screened at bottom; "ALABAMA" screened in blue centered at top.	"HEART OF DIXIE" in white within red heart screened at top left	ABC 123
Alaska
American Samoa
Arizona
Arkansas	Embossed red numbers on reflective white plate; "Arkansas" screened in blue centered at top	"Land of Opportunity" screened in blue centered at bottom	ABC 123	GED 001 to POP 999	Issued from 1978 to 1988.
California
Canal Zone
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware	1969 base with 1978 sticker
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana	Black embossed serial and red screened state name on reflective white plate with light blue Indianapolis 500 race cars in the background, background reflective	none	0A1234 00A1234	County-coded	Indianapolis 500 race cars in background. This issue is thought by some to be a tribute to Tony Hulman, owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, who died in 1977; sample plates, normally numbered 00A0000 in most years, were numbered 00H0000 this year, lending some credence to this belief. Plates expired from January 31 through June 30, 1979.
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
Northern Mariana Islands
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia	Embossed dark blue numbers on reflective white plate; yellow state shape with blue outline screened at left behind numbers; "WEST VIRGINIA" screened in dark blue centered at bottom.	Dark blue bar screened at top with "Wild, Wonderful" in white in the center
Wisconsin	Embossed red serial on white plate; "WISCONSIN" at bottom, slogan at top; month of expiration at bottom left, debossed "73" at bottom right	AMERICA'S DAIRYLAND	A12-345 AB 1234	Coded by month of expiration (A)	Revalidated for 1978 with white on blue stickers
Wyoming

Region	Type	Design & Slogan	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
Maine	Trailer	Embossed black serial on reflective white plate with border line; "MAINE 74" at top offset to the left, "TRAILER" at bottom	123-456	1 to approximately 125-000, 150-001 to 205-000	Revalidated for 1978 with white on dark green stickers.
		Embossed black serial on reflective white plate with border line; "MAINE 74" at top, "TRAILER" at bottom		125-001 to approximately 150-000
		Embossed black serial on reflective white plate with border line; "MAINE" at top left, "TRAILER" at bottom		205-001 to approximately 362-000
Maryland	Temporary
Wisconsin	Insert trailer	Embossed white serial on light blue plate; "WISCONSIN" at bottom, "TRAILER" at top; "78" at bottom right	A/B1234	Coded by weight class (A)	Revalidated with quarterly stickers. The stickers for each quarter are as follows: 1 - black on orange, 2 - black on yellow, 3 - white on red, 4 - black on white. Weight classes are A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, N, P, Q, R, S, and T.
Wisconsin	Insert trailer		C/Z1234	CZ 1 to approximately CZ4000

v t e Vehicle license 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.
Territories	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

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 1978

Non-passenger plates

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