The State of Wyoming

Wyoming

Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...

 first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display license plates in 1913. License plates are issued and regulated by the Wyoming Department of Transportation

Wyoming Department of Transportation

The Wyoming Department of Transportation is a government agency charged with overseeing transportation infrastructure for the U.S. state of Wyoming...

 through its Motor Vehicle Services division. Wyoming license plates have included an image of a Bucking Horse and Rider

Bucking Horse and Rider

The Bucking Horse and Rider is a registered trademark of the State of Wyoming. Wyoming trademarked the image for the state's license plates in 1936. However, the state's usage of the logo is traced back to as early as 1918. Wyoming is popularly known as the "Cowboy State," in part because of the...

 since 1936, constituting the longest-running license plate motif in the world.

Standard Issue Plates

First issued in 2008.

Image	Type	Slogan	Serial Format	Notes
	Passenger	None	Coded by County of Issuance: 00-00000 (Variable number of digits following divider)	Black on Reflective White with Teton Range Teton Range The Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. A north-south range, it is on the Wyoming side of the state's border with Idaho, just south of Yellowstone National Park. Most of the range is in Grand Teton National Park....  Background Graphic
	Truck	None	Coded by County of Issuance: 00-00000 (Variable number of digits following divider)	Black on Reflective White with Teton Range Teton Range The Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. A north-south range, it is on the Wyoming side of the state's border with Idaho, just south of Yellowstone National Park. Most of the range is in Grand Teton National Park....  Background Graphic TRUCK at top of Plate
	Apportioned International Registration Plan The International Registration Plan is a registration reciprocity agreement among the contiguous United States and Canadian provinces which provides payment of registration fees on the basis of total distance operated in all jurisdictions...	None	A00000 (Variable number of digits following divider)	Black on Reflective White with Teton Range Teton Range The Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. A north-south range, it is on the Wyoming side of the state's border with Idaho, just south of Yellowstone National Park. Most of the range is in Grand Teton National Park....  Background Graphic APPORTIONED at top of Plate
	Commercial	None	Coded by County of Issuance: 00-00000 (Variable number of digits following divider)	Black on Reflective White with Teton Range Teton Range The Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. A north-south range, it is on the Wyoming side of the state's border with Idaho, just south of Yellowstone National Park. Most of the range is in Grand Teton National Park....  Background Graphic COMMERCIAL at top of Plate
	Exempt	None	E/X-12345 (Variable number of digits following divider)	Black on Reflective White with Teton Range Teton Range The Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. A north-south range, it is on the Wyoming side of the state's border with Idaho, just south of Yellowstone National Park. Most of the range is in Grand Teton National Park....  Background Graphic EXEMPT at top of Plate
	City	None	CITY-12345 (Variable number of digits following divider)	Black on Reflective White with Teton Range Teton Range The Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. A north-south range, it is on the Wyoming side of the state's border with Idaho, just south of Yellowstone National Park. Most of the range is in Grand Teton National Park....  Background Graphic EXEMPT at top of Plate

Specialty Plates

First issued in 2008.

Image	Type	Logo Used	Serial Format	Notes
	Amateur Radio	None	Amateur Radio Call Sign	Black on Reflective White with Teton Range Teton Range The Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. A north-south range, it is on the Wyoming side of the state's border with Idaho, just south of Yellowstone National Park. Most of the range is in Grand Teton National Park....  Background Graphic AMATEUR RADIO at top of plate
	Disabled Veteran Veteran A veteran is a person who has had long service or experience in a particular occupation or field; " A veteran of ..."...	American Flag DV Overlay	Coded in Serial: 0000	Black on Reflective White with Teton Range Teton Range The Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. A north-south range, it is on the Wyoming side of the state's border with Idaho, just south of Yellowstone National Park. Most of the range is in Grand Teton National Park....  Background Graphic DISABLED VETERAN at top of plate
	Emergency Medical Technician Emergency medical technician Emergency Medical Technician or Ambulance Technician are terms used in some countries to denote a healthcare provider of emergency medical services...	Star of Life	Coded in Serial: 0000	Black on Reflective White with Teton Range Teton Range The Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. A north-south range, it is on the Wyoming side of the state's border with Idaho, just south of Yellowstone National Park. Most of the range is in Grand Teton National Park....  Background Graphic
	Firefighter	Firefighter Logo	Coded in Serial: 0000	Black on Reflective White with Teton Range Teton Range The Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. A north-south range, it is on the Wyoming side of the state's border with Idaho, just south of Yellowstone National Park. Most of the range is in Grand Teton National Park....  Background Graphic FIREFIGHTER at top of plate
	Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor, known to Hawaiians as Puuloa, is a lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet...  Survivor	American Flag PHS Overlay	Coded in Serial: 0000	Black on Reflective White with Teton Range Teton Range The Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. A north-south range, it is on the Wyoming side of the state's border with Idaho, just south of Yellowstone National Park. Most of the range is in Grand Teton National Park....  Background Graphic PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR at top of plate
	Prisoner of War Prisoner of war A prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...	POW-MIA Banner	Coded in Serial: 0000	Black on Reflective White with Teton Range Teton Range The Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. A north-south range, it is on the Wyoming side of the state's border with Idaho, just south of Yellowstone National Park. Most of the range is in Grand Teton National Park....  Background Graphic PRISONER OF WAR at top of plate
	Purple Heart Purple Heart The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York...  Recipient	Purple Heart	Coded in Serial: 0000	Black on Reflective White with Teton Range Teton Range The Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. A north-south range, it is on the Wyoming side of the state's border with Idaho, just south of Yellowstone National Park. Most of the range is in Grand Teton National Park....  Background Graphic COMBAT WOUNDED at top of plate
	University of Wyoming University of Wyoming The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet , between the Laramie and Snowy Range mountains. It is known as UW to people close to the university...	None	Coded by County of Issuance: 00-0000 (Variable number of digits following divider)	Reflective Yellow on Brown UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING at bottom of plate
	Wyoming National Guard Wyoming National Guard The Wyoming Military Department is part of the Government of Wyoming. It's primary components are the Wyoming Army National Guard, and the Wyoming Air National Guard. The most important component of the Wyoming Air National Guard is the 153d Airlift Wing...	National Guard Flags	Coded in Serial: 0000	Black on Reflective White with Teton Range Teton Range The Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. A north-south range, it is on the Wyoming side of the state's border with Idaho, just south of Yellowstone National Park. Most of the range is in Grand Teton National Park....  Background Graphic NATIONAL GUARD at top of plate

Standard Issue Passenger Plates

Image	First Issued	Slogan	Serial format	Notes
	1969	None	Unknown	Reflective White on Dark Blue
	1970	None	Unknown	Reflective Yellow on Dark Green
	1971	None	Unknown	Reflective White on Black
	1972	None	Unknown	Brown on Reflective Yellow Awarded "Plate of the Year" of 1972 by the ALPCA Automobile License Plate Collectors Association The Automobile License Plate Collectors Association is the largest such organization in the world. Founded in Rumney Depot, New Hampshire, United States, in 1953 and holding its first meeting in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, in 1954, its members have come from all 50 U.S... .
	1973	None	Unknown	Black on Reflective White
	1974	None	Unknown	Brown on Reflective Yellow
	1975	THE SPIRIT OF '76 — In the American West!	Coded by County of Issuance: 00-0000 (Variable number of digits following divider) 00-000A (Following exhaustion of above format) 00-A000 (Following exhaustion of above format)	Blue on Reflective White
	1978	None	Coded by County of Issuance: 00-0000 (Variable number of digits following divider) 00-000A (Following exhaustion of above format; Variable number of digits following divider)	Brown on Reflective White with Brown Wooden Fence Graphic Awarded "Plate of the Year" of 1978 by the ALPCA Automobile License Plate Collectors Association The Automobile License Plate Collectors Association is the largest such organization in the world. Founded in Rumney Depot, New Hampshire, United States, in 1953 and holding its first meeting in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, in 1954, its members have come from all 50 U.S... .
	1983	None	Coded by County of Issuance: 00-0000 (Variable number of digits following divider) 00-000A (Following exhaustion of above format; Variable number of digits following divider)	Brown on Reflective Yellow with Brown Wooden Fence Graphic
	1988	1890 Centennial 1990	Coded by County of Issuance: 00-0000 (Variable number of digits following divider) 00-000A (Following exhaustion of above format; Variable number of digits following divider)	Red on Reflective White
	1993	None	Coded by County of Issuance: 00-0000 (Variable number of digits following divider) 00-000A (Following exhaustion of above format; Variable number of digits following divider)	Mountains
	2000	None	Coded by County of Issuance: 00-0000 (Variable number of digits following divider) 00-000A (Following exhaustion of above format; Variable number of digits following divider) 00-00AA (Following exhaustion of above format; Variable number of digits following divider) 00-0AAA (Following exhaustion of above format)	Black on Reflective White with Devil's Tower Devils Tower National Monument Devils Tower is an igneous intrusion or laccolith located in the Black Hills near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River...  Background Graphic Serials were originally embossed, but later surface-printed. On surface printed plates, the bucking bronco was initially the same shape as on embossed plates, but it was later given greater detail. Awarded "Plate of the Year" of 2000 by the ALPCA Automobile License Plate Collectors Association The Automobile License Plate Collectors Association is the largest such organization in the world. Founded in Rumney Depot, New Hampshire, United States, in 1953 and holding its first meeting in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, in 1954, its members have come from all 50 U.S... .

Standard Issue Non-Passenger Plates

Image	First Issued	Type	Serial format	Notes
	1993	House Trailer	Coded by County of Issuance: 00H/T0000 (Variable number of digits following divider)	Mountains HOUSE TRL at bottom of plate

County Codes

Code	County
1	Natrona
2	Laramie Laramie County, Wyoming Laramie County is the most populous of the 23 counties of the U.S. state of Wyoming. The county is located in the southeastern corner of the state. The county's population was 91,738 at the 2010 census. The county seat is Cheyenne, the state capital...
3	Sheridan
4	Sweetwater
5	Albany
6	Carbon Carbon County, Wyoming Carbon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of 2010, the population was 15,885. Its county seat is Rawlins.- History :Carbon County was organized in 1868....
7	Goshen
8	Platte
9	Big Horn
10	Fremont
11	Park
12	Lincoln
13	Converse
14	Niobrara
15	Hot Springs
16	Johnson
17	Campbell
18	Crook
19	Uinta Uinta County, Wyoming -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 19,742 people, 6,823 households, and 5,144 families residing in the county. The population density was 10 people per square mile . There were 8,011 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile...
20	Washakie
21	Weston
22	Teton Teton County, Wyoming Teton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of 2010, the population was 21,294. Its county seat is Jackson. Teton County contains the affluent Jackson Hole skiing area...
23	Sublette

External links

• Wyoming license plates 1969-present