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.
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] |