New Hampshire · sequential passenger map
New Hampshire license-plate format
New Hampshire passenger plates are numeric: three digits, a space, four digits. In this atlas the pattern string uses A for a letter slot and 9 for a digit slot. Other characters are separators that appear on the metal but do not enlarge the combination space.
- Pattern
- 999 9999
- Classes
- 7 digits
- Alphabet size
- 26
- Skipped letters
- none modelled
- Combination count
- 10,000,000
- Model year
- 1999
How the map works
Each A slot independently takes one glyph from ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. Each 9 slot takes 0–9. The product of those bases is 10,000,000 — the size of the sequential space taught here. Hyphens, spaces and dots in 999 9999 are display only.
Live Free or Die plates stayed numeric far longer than most states. Letters appear on vanity and organisational issues, not on the sequential passenger model used here.
Before this map, New Hampshire used shorter numeric Live Free or Die runs. Optional graphics (universities, military, environmental) can look nothing like the sequential passenger die and are not counted in the 10,000,000 figure.
SPR 9932 is alphabetic and is not a New Hampshire passenger serial.
Generated versus issued
A string that fits 999 9999 is in-class. It is not automatically an issued plate. Series can skip blocks, retire numbers, or reserve low digits. This essay never queries a motor-vehicle file. See also generated vs issued.