How the Charts Work

How the Charts Work:

1.  Find the Region you are in.

2.  Look in the orange box at the top and find that state you are currently in.

3.  The license plate that you saw will be the state highlighted in purple on the left.

4.  Example 1:  You are in Michigan and you saw a license plate from Arizona – that would be worth 40 points.

5.  Example 2:  You are in Ohio and you saw a license plate from Maine – that would be worth 53 points.

6.  Color coding - 
Dark Green - Very simple to find - point range 1-5
Light Green - Simple to find - point range 6-15
Yellow - Moderate  - point range 16-55
Light Blue - Difficult to find - point range 56-75
Dark Blue - Very difficult to find - point range 76-100.

	You are in one of these states:
	Indiana	Illinois	Michigan	Ohio	Wisconsin
Looking For:
Alabama	15	21	23	23	24
Alaska	96	95	96	97	94
Arizona	36	36	40	40	37
Arkansas	29	32	39	39	36
California	8	8	9	9	8
Colorado	30	28	34	35	29
Connecticut	32	34	28	23	37
Delaware	56	60	55	50	62
Florida	9	10	11	9	12
Georgia	8	11	11	11	13
Idaho	65	64	67	67	65
Illinois	1	0	2	3	1
Indiana	0	3	6	7	6
Iowa	24	16	29	31	19
Kansas	25	27	37	38	29
Kentucky	3	10	13	13	14
Louisiana	27	30	34	33	32
Maine	59	60	54	53	62

A short explanation – these scoring charts are based on a methodology where the population of a state is divided by the distance to that state’s largest metropolitan area (other mathematical adjustments were made to make the scoring from 1-100).   

The distance from Fargo, ND, to Dallas, TX, is the same regardless of which direction you are heading - north or south.  However, the populations are different.  So, if you are in Texas and you see a ND license plate – that is far more difficult to find than a Texas license plate in ND as Texas has a much larger population.  So, in my charts, finding a ND license plate in Texas is worth more points than finding a TX license plate in ND.