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Here is Florida's best-selling specialty license plate

There are hundreds of specialty plates that residents can purchase to benefit causes and organizations around the state.
Credit: Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

TAMPA, Fla. — Florida offers 175 specialty license plates to fund causes, organizations and schools across the state and more residents are purchasing the designed plates every year. 

As of Dec. 1, more than 2.2 million drivers are registered with a special plate, but which one is the most popular?

Endless Summer, which features a picture of a person holding a surfboard with a sunset in the background, is the best-selling plate with a total of 138,977 registrations, according to the state's Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

It costs $25 and the most registrations are in Palm Beach County with more than 9,000. 

Some of the plates include ones themed around Margaritaville, the Clearwater Marine Aquarium and Recycle Florida.

Scroll to see the other top 10 plates in the state:

2) Helping Sea Turtles Survive

  • Total Registrations: 110,300
  • Cost: $23
  • Most registrations: Palm Beach County
Credit: Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

3) University of Florida

  • Total Registrations: 92,187
  • Cost: $25
  • Most registrations: Alachua County
Credit: Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

4) Miami Heat

  • Total Registrations: 83,245
  • Cost: $25
  • Most registrations: Miami-Dade County
Credit: Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

5) Florida State University 

  • Total Registrations: 69,748
  • Cost: $25
  • Most registrations: Leon County
Credit: Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

6) Tampa Bay Buccaneers

  • Total Registrations: 60,006
  • Cost: $25
  • Most registrations: Hillsborough County
Credit: 10 Tampa Bay

7) Save the Manatee

  • Total Registrations: 53,056
  • Cost: $25
  • Most registrations: Pinellas County
Credit: Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

8) Protect Wild Dolphins

  • Total Registrations: 51,565
  • Cost: $25
  • Most registrations: Lee County
Credit: Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

9) Vets of the US Armed Forces

  • Total Registrations: 50,825
  • Cost: According to the weight of the vehicle 
  • Most registrations: Brevard County
Credit: Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

10) Marine Corps

  • Total Registrations: 49,293
  • Cost: $15
  • Most registrations: Hillsborough County
Credit: Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

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