CHICAGO (STNG) -- Vanity, thy home state is Illinois -- as well as Virginia and New Hampshire.
According to a recent survey by the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, Illinois vehicle owners rank third in the nation in the percentage of vanity license plates.
The Vanity Plates Survey -- conducted between November 2006 and April 2007 -- found that 9.3 million American vehicles and 440,000 Canadian vehicles display vanity plates, according to a release from the AAMVA.
The survey ranks jurisdictions by vanity plate penetration rate, the percentage of registered motor vehicles that are "vanitized," according to the release.
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“Vehicle license plates are as common as the vehicles on our roads,” Neil Schuster, CEO of AAMVA, said in the release. “But what is uncommon is the great number of individuals who have chosen to use these plates as a form of personal expression.
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