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.
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History
Modern U.S. state flags date from the 1890s, when states wanted to have distinctive symbols at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. Most U.S. 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 state flag was rated the worst design.[2] (Georgia adopted a new flag in 2003; Nebraska's state flag, whose design was rated second worst, remains in use to date.) About half the flags have a common "seal on a bed sheet" design, wherein the state seal is simply put on a solid, usually blue, background. Such flags consistently get the lowest ranks from the Vexillological Association.
Current state flags
Dates in parentheses denote when the flag was adopted by the state's legislature.
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![Flag of Alabama(February 16, 1895)[3]](/info/File:Flag_of_Alabama.svg)
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![Flag of Louisiana (November 22, 2010)[4]](/info/File:Flag_of_Louisiana.svg)
![Flag of Mississippi (April 23, 1894, and February 7, 2001; see notes)[5]](/info/File:Flag_of_Mississippi.svg)
![Flag of North Carolina (June 24, 1991)[6]](/info/File:Flag_of_North_Carolina.svg)
![Flag of Oklahoma (November 1, 2006)[7][8]](/info/File:Flag_of_Oklahoma.svg)
![Flag of Oregon (obverse) (April 15, 1925)[9]](/info/File:Flag_of_Oregon.svg)
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![Flag of Utah (February 16, 2011)[10][11][12][13]](/info/File:Flag_of_Utah_(enhanced_variant).svg)
![Flag of Virginia (February 1, 1950)[14]](/info/File:Flag_of_Virginia.svg)
![Flag of Washington[15] (August 25, 1923)](/info/File:Flag_of_Washington.svg)
![Flag of Wisconsin (May 1, 1981)[16]](/info/File:Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg)
Current state ensigns
Maine and Massachusetts have ensigns differing from the state flag for use at sea.
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Historical state flags
Former state flags
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![Flag of Alabama(November 7, 1861 – November 12, 1865, obverse)[3]](/info/File:Flag_of_Alabama_(1861,_obverse).svg)
![Flag of Alabama(November 7, 1861 – November 12, 1865, reverse)[3]](/info/File:Flag_of_Alabama_(1861,_reverse).svg)
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Texas Revolution
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See also
- Flags of governors of the U.S. states
- History of the flags of the United States (including territory, federal district, county and city flags)
- Flags of the U.S. counties
- Flags of cities of the United States
- List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia
- Flags of the Confederate States
Notes
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Flags of the U.S. states, federal district and other political divisions
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