List of U.S. state tartans

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This is a list of tartans that have been adopted by law by their respective state legislatures as official U.S. state symbols. Not all states have an official tartan.

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Table

StateTartanYearNamePattern (sett)
California California Tartan.PNG 2001 [1] [2] California state tartan, has an additional tartan for the city of San Francisco [3] Y8 B2 G20 S4 G20 S8 G20 S4 G20 B32 A56 B2 K8
Colorado Colorado-tartan.png 1997 [4] [5] Colorado state tartan [Y/8] R6 MB34 K40 G4 W6 Lv6 W6 [G/64]
Connecticut Connecticut state tartan.png 1995 [6] [7] Connecticut state tartan [6]
Florida [8] 2006Florida tartan, has an additional tartan for the city of Miami [9]
Georgia Georgia Tartan.gif 1997 [10] [11] Georgia tartan [10]
Hawaii Hawaii state tartan, lightened.jpg 2008 [12] Hawaii tartan [13] A8 R4 Y4 A48 E16 GN40 Y4 R6 [12]
Illinois Illinois state tartan.png 2012 [14] Illinois state tartan
Indiana [15] 2000Indiana tartan
Iowa Iowa state tartan.png 2004 [16] Iowa tartan [17]
Louisiana Louisiana state tartan.png 2001 [18] Louisiana tartan [19]
Massachusetts Massachusetts state tartan.png 2003 [20] Bay State tartan [20] DB8 LB4 DB48 R3 DB10 R8 G4 DB8 AW4 DB22 G6 DB6 G12 [21]

DB8 LB4 DB48 R4 DB10 R8 G4 DB8 VLT4 DB22 G6 DB6 G12 [22]

Michigan State of Michigan tartan.jpg 2010State of Michigan tartan [23]
Missouri Official Missouri Tartan.png 2019 [24] [25] Missouri state tartan, has an additional red-based tartan, and a tartan for the city of St. Louis [26] [27] G6, DT4, G4, DT4, B4, DT4, B6, A6, R4, W4, G8, W4, R4, A6, B6, DT4, B4, DT4, G4, DT4, G6, DT4, G16, DT12, G16, A4, G16, DT12, G16, DT4
Nevada Nevada-tartan.png 2001 [28] Nevada state tartan [29]
New Hampshire State Tartan of New Hampshire.png 1995 [30] [31] New Hampshire state tartan [30]
New Jersey [32] 2007New Jersey tartan
North Carolina NC tartan.jpg 1991 [33] Carolina tartan, has an additional blue-based tartan [34] [35] R64 A28 K32 Y6 K6 W8 K8 R4 G56 R26 K8 R8 W4 [36]
Oklahoma Oklahoma-tartan.png 1999Oklahoma tartanR3 W6 B42 Y4 K16 Y4 B42 W6 R3
Rhode Island Rhode Island state tartan.png 2000 [37] Official Rhode Island tartan
South Carolina NC tartan.jpg 2002 [38] Carolina tartan, also has an additional blue-based tartan [39] [40] R64 A28 K32 Y6 K6 W8 K8 R4 G56 R26 K8 R8 W4 [36]
Tennessee Tennessee state tartan.png 1999 [41] Tennessee state tartan
Texas Texas Bluebonnet Tartan.svg 1989Texas Bluebonnet tartan [42] G4 R2 B16 W2 R2 W2 LB16 W2 LB16 W2 Y1 [42]
Utah Utah state tartan.png 1996 [43] Utah Centennial tartan [43] W2 B6 R6 B4 R6 G18 R6 W4 [43]
Virginia [44] 2003 Virginia Quadricentennial tartan
Washington Washington-tartan.png 1991 (designed 1988) [45] Washington state tartan [46] [45]

WW6 DR6 RB32 G64 A6 K6 MY4 [47]

West Virginia West Virginia state tartan.png 2008Official tartan of the State of West Virginia

GO8 G8 B16 G16 A12 SCR54 W2 K6 SCR54 G16 SCR16 B16 G8 GO8 [48]

Wisconsin Wisconsin state tartan.png 2008Wisconsin tartan [49] [B/44] R6 B4 N6 K28 DG40 DY4 DG40 K28 B22 [DT/12] [50]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "History and Culture: State Symbols". California State Library . Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Cal. Gov. Code § 424.3". California State Assembly . Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  3. ↑ "San Francisco city tartan registry info" . Retrieved June 22, 2025.
  4. ↑ "State Tartan". Colorado Legislative Council . Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Colorado House Joint Resolution 97-1016". Colorado General Assembly . Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  6. 1 2 "The State Tartan". State of Connecticut. Archived from the original on August 16, 2002. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Conn. Gen. Stat. § 3-110j". Connecticut General Assembly . Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Florida tartan registry info" . Retrieved June 22, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Miami city tartan info" . Retrieved June 22, 2025.
  10. 1 2 "HB 644 - State symbols; designate official state tartan". Georgia House of Representatives. 1997. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  11. ↑ "O.C.G.A. § 50-3-76". Justia . Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  12. 1 2 "H.C.R. No. 81, H.D. 1". Hawaii State Legislature. 2008. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  13. ↑ "The Hawai'i State Tartan". Caledonian Society of Hawaii. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB4492". www.ilga.gov. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
  15. ↑ "Indiana tartan registry info" . Retrieved June 22, 2025.
  16. ↑ "Senate Concurrent Resolution 10". Iowa State Legislature. 2004. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  17. ↑ "The Official Iowa Tartan". Hawkeye Area Grand Gaelic Isles Society. 25 April 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  18. ↑ "La. Rev. Stat. § 49:170.6". Louisiana State Legislature . Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  19. ↑ "The Louisiana Tartan". Caledonian Society of Baton Rouge. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  20. 1 2 "Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 2, § 52". Massachusetts General Court . Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Tartan details - Massachusetts - The Bay State". The Scottish Register of Tartans. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  22. ↑ "Tartan details - Massachusetts-The Bay State". The Scottish Register of Tartans. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  23. ↑ "About Us – Detroit Scots / St. Andrew's Society of Detroit".
  24. ↑ "Missouri State Tartan". Scottish St. Andrew Society of Greater St. Louis . Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  25. ↑ "Missouri Revised Statutes 10.190". Missouri Revisor of Statutes . Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  26. ↑ "Missouri red tartan registry info" . Retrieved June 22, 2025.
  27. ↑ "St. Louis city tartan info" . Retrieved June 22, 2025.
  28. ↑ "Nev. Rev. Stat. § 235.130". Nevada Legislature . Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  29. ↑ "Nevada Facts and State Emblems". Nevada Legislature. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  30. 1 2 "State Tartan". New Hampshire Almanac. State of New Hampshire . Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  31. ↑ "N.H. Rev. Stat. § 3:21". New Hampshire General Court . Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  32. ↑ "New Jersey tartan registry info" . Retrieved June 22, 2025.
  33. ↑ "N.C. Gen. Stat § 145-15". North Carolina General Assembly . Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  34. ↑ "North Carolina State Symbols". North Carolina Secretary of State. Archived from the original on March 25, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  35. ↑ "North Carolina blue tartan registry info" . Retrieved June 22, 2025.
  36. 1 2 "Tartan Colors". The Carolina Tartan. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  37. ↑ "State Symbols". Secretary of State of Rhode Island . Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  38. ↑ "S.C. Code § 1-1-703". South Carolina General Assembly . Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  39. ↑ "State Symbols & Emblems: Colors & Textiles". South Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  40. ↑ "South Carolina blue tartan registry info" . Retrieved June 22, 2025.
  41. ↑ "State Symbols". State of Tennessee . Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  42. 1 2 "Tartan details - Texas Blue Bonnet". The Scottish Register of Tartans. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  43. 1 2 3 Utah State Symbols - Centennial Tartan from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on September 8, 2008
  44. ↑ "Virginia Quadricentennial tartan registry info" . Retrieved June 22, 2025.
  45. 1 2 State symbols, Washington State Legislature
  46. ↑ "RCW 1.20.110: State tartan". wa.gov.
  47. ↑ "Tartan Details - Washington State". Scottish Register of Tartans . Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  48. ↑ Scottish Tartan Authority - ITI# 7631 Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on November 18, 2010
  49. ↑ "WI statute 1.10(3)(s)" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved July 27, 2010.
  50. ↑ "Tartan Details - Wisconsin". Scottish Register of Tartans . Retrieved December 20, 2015.
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