First adopted flag (representing all 13 colonies/states) (1777-1795)
Admission of Kentucky and Vermont (1795-1818)
Admission of Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee (1818-1819)
Admission of Illinois (1819-1820)
Admission of Alabama and Maine (1820-1822)
Admission of Missouri (1822-1836)
Admission of Arkansas (1836-1837)
Admission of Michigan (1837-1841)
Admission of Niagara and Nipigon (1841-1845)
Admission of Florida (1845-1846)
Admission of Texas (1846-1847)
Admission of Iowa (1847-1848)
Admission of Wisconsin (1848-1851)
Admission of California (1851-1858)
Admission of Minnesota (1858-1859)
Admission of Oregon (1859-1861)
Admission of Kansas (1861-1863)
Admission of West Virginia (1863-1865)
Admission of Nevada (1865-1867)
Admission of Nebraska (1867-1877)
Admission of Colorado (1877-1879)
Removal of
Alabama,
Arkansas,
Florida,
Georgia,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Mississippi,
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
Tennessee,
Texas, and
Virginia (1879-1890)
Admission of Dakota, Idaho, Montana, and Washington (1890-1891)
Admission of Wyoming (1891-1909)
Admission of New Mexico (1909-1921)
Admission of Oklahoma (1921-1939)
Admission of Utah (1939-1947)
Admission of Cuba (1947-1959)
Admission of Alberta and readmission of Kentucky (1959-1962)
Admission of
Columbia,
Sasketchawan,
Manitoba,
Ontario,
Newfoundland, and
Acadia (1962-1964)
Readmission of Tennessee (1964-1965)
Readmission of Arkansas and Georgia (1965-1966)
Admission of Alaska and the Sandwich Islands (1966-1967)
Readmission of
Louisiana,
Texas, and
Virginia (1967-1968)
Admission of Baja California, Chihuahua, and Sonora (1968-1969)
Readmission of North Carolina and Florida (1969-1973)
Readmission of Alabama and Mississippi (1973-1974)
Admission of Dominica (1974-1977)
Readmission of South Carolina (1977-1985)
Admission of Belize and Guyana (1985-1989)
Admission of Jamaica (1989-1997)
Admission of Guanahani (1997-2004)
Admission of Puerto Rico (2004-present)