List of U.S. state tartans

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.

Table

State Tartan Year Name Pattern (sett)
Arkansas
California 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 1997[4][5]Colorado state tartan[Y/8] R6 MB34 K40 G4 W6 Lv6 W6 [G/64]
Connecticut 1995[6][7]Connecticut state tartan[6]
Florida 2006[8]Florida tartan, has an additional tartan for the city of Miami[9]
Georgia 1997[10][11]Georgia tartan[10]
Hawaii 2008[12]Hawaii tartan[13]A8 R4 Y4 A48 E16 GN40 Y4 R6[12]
Idaho
Illinois 2012[14] Illinois state tartan
Indiana 2000[15]Indiana tartan
Iowa 2004[16]Iowa tartan[17]
Louisiana 2001[18]Louisiana tartan[19]
Massachusetts 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 2010 State of Michigan tartan[23]
Missouri 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 2001[28]Nevada state tartan[29]
New Hampshire 1995[30][31]New Hampshire state tartan[30]
New Jersey 2007[32]New Jersey tartan
North Carolina 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 1999Oklahoma tartanR3 W6 B42 Y4 K16 Y4 B42 W6 R3
Oregon 2017 Official Oregon tartan
Rhode Island 2000[37]Official Rhode Island tartan
South Carolina 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 1999[41]Tennessee state tartan
Texas 1989Texas Bluebonnet tartan[42]G4 R2 B16 W2 R2 W2 LB16 W2 LB16 W2 Y1[42]
Utah 1996[43]Utah Centennial tartan[43]W2 B6 R6 B4 R6 G18 R6 W4[43]
Virginia 2003[44]Virginia Quadricentennial tartan
Washington Washington State Tartan1991 (designed 1988)[45]Washington state tartan[46][45]

WW6 DR6 RB32 G64 A6 K6 MY4[47]

West Virginia 2008Official tartan of the State of West Virginia

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

Wisconsin 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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