(KMOX) - Since 2010, when the state of Illinois announced a pro sports team license plate series, the state has raised more than $13 million to public schools across the state. More than 71,000 plates with the logos of professional sports teams have been sold to support public education.
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White released a scoreboard of which teams are leading in sales in the state last week. As of early September, 71,299 sporting series license plates are on the road with the number for each team is as follows:
• White Sox: 21,890
• Chicago Blackhawks: 19,848
• Chicago Cubs: 13,970
• Chicago Bears: 8,620
• St. Louis Cardinals: 3,555
• Chicago Bulls: 3,416
White says there are more Cardinals license plates in Illinois than in Missouri – the team's home state. There are 1,214 St. Louis Cardinal license plates registered in the state of Missouri, according to the Missouri Department of Revenue.
Each license plate sale and renewal raises $25 for the Professional Sports Teams Education Fund and is earmarked for the Common School Fund, which supports public schools throughout Illinois. The cost to purchase a random number sports plate for a currently titled vehicle with valid Illinois registration will be $69.
The first sports series license plates were the Blackhawks license plates, which were offered in November 2010.
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