Here is the data from the 2018-2023 period, from an Maryland Private Information Act to the Maryland Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Administration.
| Plate_Category
|
2018
|
2019
|
2020
|
2021
|
2022
|
2023
|
Grand Total
|
Average
|
| Amateur Radio Operator Plate
|
22
|
14
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
39
|
8
|
| Background Plate
|
31,340
|
48,481
|
52,265
|
73,771
|
69,689
|
71,560
|
347,106
|
69,421
|
| Gold Star Plate
|
13
|
8
|
6
|
9
|
9
|
10
|
55
|
11
|
| Interchangeable
|
1,452
|
2,655
|
2,156
|
3,991
|
3,521
|
2,778
|
16,553
|
3,311
|
| Military Plate
|
1,299
|
1,595
|
1,020
|
1,041
|
849
|
980
|
6,784
|
1,357
|
| Miscellaneous *
|
|
|
386,987
|
504,212
|
438,657
|
448,917
|
1,778,773
|
355,755
|
| Organization Logo Plate
|
2,132
|
4,015
|
2,017
|
2,766
|
2,409
|
2,754
|
16,093
|
3,219
|
| Organization Non-Logo Plate
|
10
|
25
|
3
|
16
|
9
|
14
|
77
|
15
|
| Specialty Plate (Emergency)
|
1
|
|
16
|
54
|
96
|
83
|
250
|
50
|
| Specialty Plate (Law Enforcement)
|
597
|
463
|
546
|
536
|
527
|
546
|
3,215
|
643
|
| Standard Plate
|
673,365
|
714,477
|
716,805
|
926,190
|
821,136
|
834,838
|
4,686,811
|
937,362
|
| Grand Total
|
710,231
|
771,733
|
1,161,823
|
1,512,587
|
1,336,902
|
1,362,480
|
6,855,756
|
1,371,151
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| *Data from 2018 and 2019 is not available for plates in Miscellaneous category.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| License Plate Category
|
Count of Plate_Type_Description
|
| Amateur Radio Operator Plate
|
2
|
| Background Plate
|
24
|
| Gold Star Plate
|
3
|
| Interchangeable
|
7
|
| Military Plate
|
111
|
| Miscellaneous
|
3
|
| Organization Logo Plate
|
645
|
| Organization Non-Logo Plate
|
9
|
| Specialty Plate (Emergency)
|
55
|
| Specialty Plate (Law Enforcement)
|
68
|
| Standard Plate
|
71
|
| Grand Total
|
998
|
