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Flags of the U.S. states
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The flags of the U.S. states exhibit a wide variety of regional influences and local histories, as well as widely different styles and design principles. Modern state flags date from the 1890s when states wanted to have distinctive symbols at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Most state flags were designed and adopted between 1893 and World War I.[1]
According to a 2001 survey by the North American Vexillological Association, New Mexico has the best-designed flag of any U.S. state, U.S. territory, or Canadian province, while Georgia's 2001–2003 state flag was rated the worst design. [2]
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Years in parenthesis denote the year the flag was adopted by the state's legislature.
Maine and Massachusetts have ensigns differing from the state flag for use at sea.
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- Lists of U.S. state insignia
- Flags of the Confederate States of America
- Flags of the United States (including commonwealth, territory, and federal district flags)
- ^ Artimovich, Nick. Questions & Answers p.8. North American Vexillological Association. Retrieved on 2007-03-20.
- ^ Kaye, Ted (2001-06-10). NEW MEXICO TOPS STATE/PROVINCIAL FLAGS SURVEY, GEORGIA LOSES BY WIDE MARGIN. North American Vexillological Association. Retrieved on 2007-10-07.
- ^ a b c State Flag of Alabama. Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History (2006-04-27). Retrieved on 2007-03-18.
- ^ Text states that Oregon adopted its flag in 1925
- ^ Symbols of Washington State. Washington State Legislature. Retrieved on 2007-03-11.
- ^ While this flag was officially adopted by Louisiana in 1861 there is no indication that it actually flew over state buildings up to 1912. In that year (1912) the blue pelican flag was officially adopted after nearly 100 years of unofficial use.
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| States | Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| Federal district | Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia) |
| Insular areas | American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · U.S. Virgin Islands |
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