Each of the 50 states of the United States of America plus several of its territories and the District of Columbia issued individual passenger license plates for 1988.[1][2][3][4]
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{{small|2/C}} 123456 | A}} or {{small|0/A}}) | Top line cut off at the left, allowing for taller county-code characters. This plate replaced all 1974–87 plates; serials in each county thus restarted from 1. | | 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 |
Northern Mariana
Islands |
| Ohio |
| Oklahoma |
| Oregon |
| Pennsylvania |
| Puerto Rico |
| Rhode Island |
| South Carolina |
| South Dakota |
| Tennessee |
| Texas |
| Utah |
| Vermont |
| Virginia | Embossed dark blue serial on reflective white plate with border line; "Virginia" screened in blue centered at top. | None | ABC-123 | Still currently revalidated. |
| Washington | Embossed dark blue serial on reflective white plate with light blue Mount Rainier graphic and dark blue border line; "Washington" screened in red centered at top. | "Centennial Celebration" screened in red centered at bottom | 123-ABC |
| West Virginia |
| Wisconsin |
| Wyoming |