Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 1942

Most of the 48 states of the United States of America plus several of its territories and the District of Columbia issued individual passenger license plates dated for the year 1942. In 1942, automobile production in the United States was halted for the duration of World War II, and many automobile factories were converted to munitions or other war-oriented industrial manufacturing purposes until 1946.

State	Design	Slogan	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
Alabama	Embossed yellow lettering and on black base. "ALABAMA 1942" under registration at bottom center.	none	12A 345	unknown	Coded by county of issuance: 0A1-234 00A1-234
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California	Embossed yellow lettering on black base. "19 CALIFORNIA 41" embossed at top.	none	1A 23 45 12 A 345	unknown	Embossed black-on-yellow "19 CALIFORNIA 42" renewal tabs to cover top lettering issued for wartime metal shortages.
Colorado	Embossed white lettering and rims on maroon base. "19 COLORADO 42" embossed at top.	none	1-12345 12-1234	unknown	County-coded registration
Connecticut	Embossed white numbers on maroon plate; "CONN. 1933" embossed in white characters at bottom.	none	1234 A123 A/B123	unknown	Issued in blocks by branch office.
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida	Embossed orange lettering and border on royaL blue background. "19 FLORIDA 42" embossed at top.	none	12A3456	unknown	County- and weight-class-coded
Georgia
Guam
Idaho
Illinois	Embossed golden yellow lettering on black base plate. "ILLINOIS 1942" embossed at bottom.	none	123 456	unknown
Indiana	Dark blue lettering embossed on golden yellow base.	none	123-456	unknown
Iowa
Kansas	Embossed white numbers on green plate with border line; "KANSAS '42" embossed in white block letters centered at bottom; painted sunflower logos at bottom corners.	none	1-12345 10-12345 100-123	unknown	County-coded registration
Kentucky	Black base with white embossed lettering and border. County name at bottom.	none	12345	unknown
Louisiana
Maine	Embossed black numbers on beige plate with border line; "MAINE 1942" embossed in black block letters centered above numbers.	"VACATIONLAND" embossed in black block letters centered below numbers	12-345 123-456	1 to approximately 177-000
Maryland	Embossed black numbers on silver plate with border line; "MARYLAND" embossed in black block letters centered at top; "3-31" embossed in top left corner and "1942" in top right corner.	"DRIVE CAREFULLY" embossed in black block letters centered at bottom.	12-345 123-456	30-000 to approximately 647-000
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi	Blue with embossed yellow lettering and rim. The county name was stamped at the top left of the license plate, The letters "MISS" were arranged vertically between the "123" and "456" parts of the registration number.	none	123-456	unknown	Issued in blocks by county.
Missouri
Montana	Embossed white numbers on black plate with state-shaped border; "MONTANA–42" embossed in white block letters below numbers	none	1-12345 10-1234
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Panama Canal Zone
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah	Black on white, "UTAH" at left under "42."	"CENTER SCENIC AMERICA" embossed at bottom.	A1234	unknown
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

References

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	Indian tribes Designs and serial formats

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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

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