Vehicle registration plates of Nebraska

The U.S. state of Nebraska first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display license plates in 1915. All plates were made of steel until 1947 when aluminum plates were introduced.

Passenger plates 1923 to present

In 1956, the U.S. states and Canadian provinces came to an agreement with the Automobile Manufacturers Association that fixed the size for license plates for vehicles, except those for motorcycles, at six inches in height by twelve inches in width, with standardized mounting holes. The 1955 (dated 1956) issue was the first Nebraska license plate that complied with these standards.

Image	Dates issued	Design	Slogan	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
	1923	Olive green on black	none	1-12345 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
	1928	White on dark blue	none	1-12345 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
	1933	Blue lettering and border embossed on yellow base.	none	1-12345 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)	Issued in pairs, for front and rear of vehicle.
	1934	White on dark green	none	1-12345 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
	1946–47	Bright white embossed lettering on red base	none	1-12345 10-12345	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)	Revalidated for 1947 with brown tabs.
	1948	Dark blue on unpainted metal	none	1-12345 10-12345	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
	1950	Dark blue on white	none	1-12345 10-12345	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
	1954	Yellow embossed lettering on black base	none	1-12345 10-12345	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
	1955	Black on yellow base	none	1-12345 10-12345	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
	1956	White on black	The Beef State	1-123456 10-12345	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
	1957	Green on white	The Beef State	1-123456 10-12345	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
	1958–59	Black on yellow	The Beef State	1-123456 10-12345	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)	Revalidated for 1959 with aluminum tabs.
	1960–61	Yellow lettering and rims on black base	The Beef State	1-123456 10-12345	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)	Revalidated for 1961 with stickers.
	1962–64	Green on white	The Beef State	1-123456 10-12345	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)	Revalidated for 1963 and 1964 with stickers.
	1965	Black on white	The Beef State	1-123456 10-12345	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
150px	1966–68	Red on white with state outline	Centennial	1-A1234 1-AB123 10-A123 10-AB12	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)	Commemorated Nebraska's 100 years of statehood. Revalidated for 1967 and 1968 with stickers.
	1969–71	Black on white with state outline	Cornhusker State	1-A1234 1-AB123 10-A123 10-AB12	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)	Revalidated for 1970 and 1971 with stickers.
	1972–75	Red on white with state outline	Cornhusker State	1-A1234 1-AB123 10-A123 10-AB12 5/9-A1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)	Revalidated for 1973, 1974 and 1975 with stickers. After reaching 59-ZZ99, Sarpy County introduced five-character serials with stacked county codes; these were used on each subsequent base until 2002.
	1976–84	Red on white with blue	1776 BICENTENNIAL 1976	1-A1234 1-AB123 10-A123 10-AB12 2/1-A1234 5/9-A1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)	Only base on which Scotts Bluff County, as well as Sarpy County, used five-character serials with stacked county codes.
	1984–87	Blue on white	none	1-A1234 1-AB123 10-A123 10-AB12 5/9-A1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
	1987–90	Red lettering on red/orange/yellow/black screened background	none	1-A1234 1-AB123 10-A123 10-AB12 5/9-A1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
	1990–93	Black lettering on white/blue/orange screened background	none	1-A1234 1-AB123 10-A123 10-AB12 5/9-A1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
	1993–96	Blue on white with blue and yellow graphic featuring Chimney Rock and city skyline	none	1-A1234 1-AB123 10-A123 10-AB12 5/9-A1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
	1996–99	Black on white with black and orange graphic featuring Chimney Rock and city skyline	none	1-A1234 1-AB123 10-A123 10-AB12 5/9-A1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
	1999–2002	Red on gradient blue and white with yellow Chimney Rock and light blue city skyline graphics	none	1-A1234 1-AB123 10-A123 10-AB12 5/9-A1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
	2002–05	Black on gradient yellow, orange and red with black prairie landscape graphic, three black silhouettes of sandhill cranes, and an orange sun	www.state.ne.us	ABC 123	NAA 001 to ?	Issued in Douglas, Lancaster and Sarpy Counties, the three most populous. Initially issued with stickers at the bottom displaying the county name; these were discontinued due to poor quality.
				1-A1234 1-AB123 10-A123 10-AB12	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)	Issued in all other counties.
	2005–11	Dark blue on gradient blue and white with red state outline and Conestoga wagon graphic	www.nebraska.gov	ABC 123		Issued in Douglas, Lancaster and Sarpy Counties.
				1-A1234 1-AB123 10-A123 10-AB12	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)	Issued in all other counties.
	2011–present	Dark green on gradient white and yellow with Western meadowlark and goldenrod	nebraska.gov	ABC 123		Issued in Douglas, Lancaster and Sarpy Counties.
				1-A1234 1-AB123 10-A123 10-AB12	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)	Issued in all other counties.

County coding

Nebraska counties by license plate prefix

Nebraska established a county-code system for its passenger plates in 1922. These one- or two-digit codes were assigned based on the number of registered vehicles in each county at that time. In 2002, the system was discontinued in Douglas, Lancaster and Sarpy Counties, with an ABC 123 serial format being adopted in these counties.

County	Code
Adams	14
Antelope	26
Arthur	91
Banner	85
Blaine	86
Boone	23
Box Butte	65
Boyd	63
Brown	75
Buffalo	9
Burt	31
Butler	25
Cass	20
Cedar	13
Chase	72
Cherry	66
Cheyenne	39
Clay	30
Colfax	43
Cuming	24
Custer	4
Dakota	70
Dawes	69
Dawson	18
Deuel	78
Dixon	35
Dodge	5
Douglas	1
Dundy	76
Fillmore	34
Franklin	50
Frontier	60
Furnas	38
Gage	3
Garden	77
Garfield	83
Gosper	73
Grant	92
Greeley	62
Hall	8
Hamilton	28
Harlan	51
Hayes	79
Hitchcock	67
Holt	36
Hooker	93
Howard	49
Jefferson	33
Johnson	57
Kearney	52
Keith	68
Keya Paha	82
Kimball	71
Knox	12
Lancaster	2
Lincoln	15
Logan	87
Loup	88
McPherson	90
Madison	7
Merrick	46
Morrill	64
Nance	58
Nemaha	44
Nuckolls	42
Otoe	11
Pawnee	54
Perkins	74
Phelps	37
Pierce	40
Platte	10
Polk	41
Red Willow	48
Richardson	19
Rock	81
Saline	22
Sarpy	59
Saunders	6
Scotts Bluff	21
Seward	16
Sheridan	61
Sherman	56
Sioux	80
Stanton	53
Thayer	32
Thomas	89
Thurston	55
Valley	47
Washington	29
Wayne	27
Webster	45
Wheeler	84
York	17

External links

• Nebraska license plates 1969-present