Number plate news Arizona Highways number plates to raise money for state

When the new Arizona Highways number plates roll off the presses, it is a story all its own.

Inmates, who make all of the number plates, manufacture them in Florence. And while this specialty number plate design is relatively new, it is already catching on quickly, which is good news for the magazine.

Win Holden, the publisher of Arizona Highways Magazine, loves that there is another source of revenue to use for promotion and help pay the bills.

“Of that $25, $17 comes to the sponsoring organization — In this case it would be us — And the remainder goes directly into the state highway fund,” Holden said.

So far, 6,000 number plates have been sold. But Holden said not everyone buys them just to support the magazine or the state. Many Arizonans, Holden said, just like the way the plate looks.

Jack Dykinga is a regular contributor to the magazine, and his photograph taken at Saguaro National Monument was chosen for the number plate.