Data Visualizations

Cradle of the United States, Philadelphia blends revolutionary history, urban diversity and raw energy in a blue-and-yellow flag that tells the story of a proud and complex city.

A golden phoenix on a white field – the city that has risen from its ashes since 1906.

Newark, a major city in New Jersey, blends industrial history, cultural diversity and urban energy in a flag reflecting its role as a crossroads for the whole region.

"Keep Austin Weird" – capital of Texas, a tech hub and live-music city.

Four red stars, two blue stripes, a city that burns and rises again.

Three fleurs-de-lis on white – "The Big Easy," birthplace of jazz, Mardi Gras and resilience.

A golden sun above white zigzag mountains – perfect simplicity.

Columbus, the dynamic capital of Ohio, blends innovation, universities, modern neighborhoods and tradition in a vivid, symbol-laden flag.

Lincoln, capital of Nebraska, blends endless plains, monumental architecture and a university spirit in a flag reflecting the restraint and history of the Midwest.

Three red stars, two red bars – the arms of George Washington, a federal capital without a state.

Charleston, the historic pearl of the South, blends colonial architecture, harbor, sea breeze and painful memory in a flag with a strong identity.

Calvert and Crossland – British cannonballs, "The Wire," the rebirth of the harbor.

Seal on white – "Cradle of the Confederacy" and birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement.

A seal with an equestrian statue on white – Confederate capital, the controversial Monument Avenue.

A blue gear, the municipal seal – "the city that made beer famous."

A yellow-blue-yellow triband with a red shield – capital of Minnesota.

Santa Fe, the highest capital in the United States, blends adobe, Pueblo culture, art, sun and spirituality in a flag laden with history and symbols of the Southwest.

The municipal seal on a yellow field – capital of the newest state, a former independent kingdom.

Neptune's trident on blue and white – a seaside resort, a massive military base.

A pink cherry blossom with a white star – a new flag, a new identity.

Among pine-covered hills, humid heat and state institutions, Tallahassee embodies a deeper, quieter Florida than its postcard image.

Nevada's quiet capital, Carson City carries a flag that blends mountain symbols, mining heritage and desert light.

The Zia sun symbol on yellow – Breaking Bad, hot-air balloons, a tricultural crossroads.

Blue-white-blue stripes with a seal – birthplace of the blues, Elvis's kingdom, barbecue capital.

The smallest capital in the United States, Montpelier blends hills, brick buildings and an artisanal atmosphere in a flag in the image of a peaceful, rooted Vermont.

White disc with seal on blue – the "Insurance Capital of the World."

Divided blue and gold with a seal – "Trenton Makes, The World Takes."

The "City of Trees" – a blue field, the state capitol, and a forest that shouldn't exist here.

A seal on white – "City with Soul," the water crisis, capital of the blues and of civil rights.

A cowboy silhouette on a red circle – the oil town at the heart of the great plains.

A seal showing Roger Williams on dark blue – founded 1636, religious freedom.

Pierre, the peaceful capital of South Dakota, reflects in its flag a land of tall grasses, wide rivers and immense silence.

Between the Mississippi, French heritage and the deep heat of the South, Baton Rouge carries a flag loaded with royal, colonial and American symbols.

Portland, the largest city in Maine, blends harbor, sea spray and brick facades into an understated flag that lets the sea tell the essential.

A white seal on blue – "OKC," the 1995 bombing, the rebirth of downtown.

Washington's understated capital, Olympia blends rainforests, a gray bay and state buildings in a flag that evokes nature as much as politics.

Delaware's understated capital, Dover hides behind its official flag a story of plains, political debate, and roads racing toward the coast.

A blue anchor, a plane, a sailboat – the gateway to the Arctic.

Three white bridges on blue with a red stripe – capital of Iowa.

Three orange, white and blue diagonals – the reflection of a city built by exiles and sunshine.

Maine's understated capital, Augusta lives between forests and river, with a flag that puts the state forward more than the city itself.

A turquoise waterfall, green prairie and golden sun – the metropolis that runs the state with no income tax.

Turquoise and white, the portrait of Chief Seattle – the "City of Goodwill."

A fleur-de-lis on white and blue – the Kentucky Derby, bourbon, Muhammad Ali.

A tricolor "Y" symbolizes the confluence of three rivers and three centuries of history.

An Osage shield on a navy field – Tulsa, the oil capital that buried Black Wall Street.