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

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State | Tartan | Year | Name | Pattern (sett)

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California |  | 2001[1][2] | California state tartan | Y8 B2 G20 S4 G20 S8 G20 S4 G20 B32 A56 B2 K8
Colorado |  | 1997[3][4] | Colorado state tartan | [Y/8] R6 MB34 K40 G4 W6 Lv6 W6 [G/64]
Connecticut |  | 1995[5][6] | Connecticut state tartan[5] |
Georgia |  | 1997[7][8] | Georgia tartan[7] |
Hawaii |  | 2008[9] | Hawaii tartan[10] | A8 R4 Y4 A48 E16 GN40 Y4 R6[9]
Illinois |  | 2012[11] | Illinois state tartan  |
Iowa |  | 2004[12] | Iowa tartan[13] |
Louisiana |  | 2001[14] | Louisiana tartan[15] |
Massachusetts |  | 2003[16] | Bay State tartan[16] | DB8 LB4 DB48 R3 DB10 R8 G4 DB8 AW4 DB22 G6 DB6 G12[17]

DB8 LB4 DB48 R4 DB10 R8 G4 DB8 VLT4 DB22 G6 DB6 G12[18]

Michigan |  | 2010  | State of Michigan tartan[19]
Missouri |  | 2019[20][21] | Missouri state tartan | 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[22] | Nevada state tartan[23] |
New Hampshire |  | 1995[24][25] | New Hampshire state tartan[24] |
North Carolina |  | 1991[26] | Carolina tartan[27] | R64 A28 K32 Y6 K6 W8 K8 R4 G56 R26 K8 R8 W4[28]
Oklahoma |  | 1999 | Oklahoma tartan | R3 W6 B42 Y4 K16 Y4 B42 W6 R3
Rhode Island |  | 2000[29] | Official Rhode Island tartan |
South Carolina |  | 2002[30] | Carolina tartan[31] | R64 A28 K32 Y6 K6 W8 K8 R4 G56 R26 K8 R8 W4[28]
Tennessee |  | 1999[32] | Tennessee state tartan |
Texas |  | 1989 | Texas Bluebonnet tartan[33] | G4 R2 B16 W2 R2 W2 LB16 W2 LB16 W2 Y1[33]
Utah |  | 1996[34] | Utah Centennial tartan[34] | W2 B6 R6 B4 R6 G18 R6 W4[34]
Virginia |  | 2007[35] | Virginia Quadricentennial tartan[35] |
Washington |  | 1991 (designed 1988)[36] | Washington state tartan[37][36] |

WW6 DR6 RB32 G64 A6 K6 MY4[38]

West Virginia |  | 2008 | Official tartan of the State of West Virginia |

GO8 G8 B16 G16 A12 SCR54 W2 K6 SCR54 G16 SCR16 B16 G8 GO8[39]

Wisconsin |  | 2008 | Wisconsin tartan[40] | [B/44] R6 B4 N6 K28 DG40 DY4 DG40 K28 B22 [DT/12] [41]

## See also

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* District tartans of Australia
* List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia
* List of tartans
* Regional tartans of Canada

## References

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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. ^ "State Tartan". Colorado Legislative Council. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
4. ^ "Colorado House Joint Resolution 97-1016". Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
5. ^ a b "The State Tartan". State of Connecticut. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
6. ^ "Conn. Gen. Stat. § 3-110j". Connecticut General Assembly. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
7. ^ a b "HB 644 - State symbols; designate official state tartan". Georgia House of Representatives. 1997. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
8. ^ "O.C.G.A. § 50-3-76". Justia. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
9. ^ a b "H.C.R. No. 81, H.D. 1". Hawaii State Legislature. 2008. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
10. ^ "The Hawai'i State Tartan". Caledonian Society of Hawaii. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
11. ^ "Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB4492". www.ilga.gov. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
12. ^ "Senate Concurrent Resolution 10". Iowa State Legislature. 2004. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
13. ^ "The Official Iowa Tartan". Hawkeye Area Grand Gaelic Isles Society. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
14. ^ "La. Rev. Stat. § 49:170.6". Louisiana State Legislature. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
15. ^ "The Louisiana Tartan". Caledonian Society of Baton Rouge. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
16. ^ a b "Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 2, § 52". Massachusetts General Court. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
17. ^ "Tartan details - Massachusetts - The Bay State". The Scottish Register of Tartans. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
18. ^ "Tartan details - Massachusetts-The Bay State". The Scottish Register of Tartans. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
19. ^ "About Us – Detroit Scots / St. Andrew's Society of Detroit".
20. ^ "Missouri State Tartan". Scottish St. Andrew Society of Greater St. Louis. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
21. ^ "Missouri Revised Statutes 10.190". Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
22. ^ "Nev. Rev. Stat. § 235.130". Nevada Legislature. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
23. ^ "Nevada Facts and State Emblems". Nevada Legislature. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
24. ^ a b "State Tartan". New Hampshire Almanac. State of New Hampshire. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
25. ^ "N.H. Rev. Stat. § 3:21". New Hampshire General Court. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
26. ^ "N.C. Gen. Stat § 145-15". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
27. ^ "North Carolina State Symbols". North Carolina Secretary of State. Archived from the original on March 25, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
28. ^ a b "Tartan Colors". The Carolina Tartan. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
29. ^ "State Symbols". Secretary of State of Rhode Island. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
30. ^ "S.C. Code § 1-1-703". South Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
31. ^ "State Symbols & Emblems: Colors & Textiles". South Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
32. ^ "State Symbols". State of Tennessee. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
33. ^ a b "Tartan details - Texas Blue Bonnet". The Scottish Register of Tartans. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
34. ^ a b c Utah State Symbols - Centennial Tartan from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on September 8, 2008
35. ^ a b "Virginia Quadricentennial" from the Scottish Register of Tartans. Retrieved on August 29, 2022
36. ^ a b State symbols, Washington State Legislature
37. ^ "RCW 1.20.110: State tartan". wa.gov.
38. ^ "Tartan Details - Washington State". Scottish Register of Tartans. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
39. ^ Scottish Tartan Authority - ITI# 7631 Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on November 18, 2010
40. ^ "WI statute 1.10(3)(s)" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
41. ^ "Tartan Details - Wisconsin". Scottish Register of Tartans. Retrieved December 20, 2015.

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