Editing Flag of the United States (section)

===Historical progression of designs===
{{Main|History of the flags of the United States}}
{{See also|List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union}}
In the following table depicting the 28 various designs of the United States flag, the star patterns for the flags are merely the ''usual'' patterns, often associated with the [[United States Navy]]. Canton designs, prior to the proclamation of the 48-star flag, had no official arrangement of the stars. Furthermore, the exact colors of the flag were not standardized until 1934.<ref>(For alternate versions of the flag of the United States, see the [https://www.fotw.info/flags/us-ststr.html Stars of the U.S. Flag page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050222201438/https://www.fotw.info/flags/us-ststr.html |date=February 22, 2005 }} at the [[Flags of the World (website)|Flags of the World]] website.)
{{further|Territorial evolution of the United States}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.si.edu/spotlight/flag-day/flag-facts |title=Facts about the United States Flag |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |access-date=April 22, 2022}}</ref>
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc;"
! Number of<br />stars
! Number of<br />stripes
! class="unsortable" | Design(s)
! class="unsortable" width=15% | Arrangement of stars
! class="unsortable" | States represented<br />by new stars
! Dates in use
! Duration
|- valign="top"
| 0 || 13 || {{ListFlag|Flag of the United States (1776–1777).svg|84px}} || {{n/a}}|| [[Continental Union Flag]]: [[Connecticut Colony|Connecticut]], [[Delaware Colony|Delaware]], [[Province of Georgia|Georgia]], [[Province of Maryland|Maryland]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay|Massachusetts Bay]], [[Province of New Hampshire|New Hampshire]], [[Province of New Jersey|New Jersey]], [[Province of New York|New York]], [[Province of North Carolina|North Carolina]], [[Province of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]], [[Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations|Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]], [[Province of South Carolina|South Carolina]], [[Colony of Virginia|Virginia]] represented by stripes, no stars || {{nowrap|{{Dts|1775|12|3}}<ref name=leepson>Leepson, Marc. (2005). ''Flag: An American Biography.'' New York: [[St. Martin's Press]].</ref>&nbsp;– June 14, 1777}}
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|018|{{frac|1|1|2}} years}}
|- valign="top"
| 13 || 13 || [[File:US flag 13 stars.svg|border|84px]]<br /><div style="line-height:0.2;"><br /></div>[[File:Hopkinson Flag.svg|border|84px]]<br /><div style="line-height:0.2;"><br /></div>[[File:John Trumbull's Depiction of the Flag of the USA.svg|border|84px]]<br /><div style="line-height:0.2;"><br /></div>[[File:US flag 13 stars – Betsy Ross.svg|border|84px]]<br /><div style="line-height:0.2;"><br /></div>[[File:Cowpens Flag.svg|border|84px]]<br /><div style="line-height:0.2;"><br /></div>[[File: Flag of the United States (4-5-4 pattern).svg |border|84x84px]]
|Various:<br />3–2–3–2–3<br />''or''<br />Square<br />''or''<br />Circle<br />''or''<br />4–5–4
| [[Connecticut]], [[Delaware]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Maryland]], [[Massachusetts]], [[New Hampshire]], [[New Jersey]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[North Carolina]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Rhode Island]], [[South Carolina]], [[Virginia]] || {{Dts|1777|06|14}}&nbsp;– May 1, 1795
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|215|18 years}}
|- valign="top"
| 15 || 15 || [[File:US flag 15 stars.svg|border|84px]]<br /><div style="line-height:0.2;"><br /></div>[[File:Star-Spangled Banner flag.svg|border|84px]] ||5 rows of 3||[[Vermont]], [[Kentucky]] || {{Dts|1795|05|1}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1818
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|278|23 years}}
|- valign="top"
| 20 || 13 || [[File:US flag 20 stars.svg|border|84px]]<br /><div style="line-height:0.2;"><br /></div>[[File:US 20 Star GreatStar Flag.svg|border|84px]]  ||4 rows of 5<br />''or''<br />[[Pentagram]]|| [[Tennessee]], [[Ohio]], [[Louisiana]], [[Indiana]], [[Mississippi]] || {{Dts|1818|07|4}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1819
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|012|1 year}}
|- valign="top"
| 21 || 13 || [[File:US flag 21 stars.svg|border|84px]] || 5–4–6–6 || [[Illinois]] || {{Dts|1819|07|4}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1820
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|012|1 year}}
|- valign="top"
| 23 || 13 || [[File:US flag 23 stars.svg|border|84px]] || 6–5–6–6 || [[Alabama]], [[Maine]] || {{Dts|1820|07|4}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1822
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|024|2 years}}
|- valign="top"
| 24 || 13 || [[File:US flag 24 stars.svg|border|84px]] ||4 rows of 6|| [[Missouri]] || {{Dts|1822|07|4}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1836<br />1831 term "Old Glory" coined
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|168|14 years}}
|- valign="top"
| 25 || 13 || [[File:US flag 25 stars.svg|border|84px]] <br /><div style="line-height:0.2;"><br /></div> [[File:Flag of the United States (25 stars, linear pattern).svg|border|84px]] <br /><div style="line-height:0.2;"><br /></div> [[File:Flag of the United States (25 stars, staggered pattern).svg|border|84px]]
|  6–5–7–7<br />''or''<br />5 rows of 5 || [[Arkansas]] || {{Dts|1836|07|4}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1837
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|012|1 year}}
|- valign="top"
| 26 || 13 || [[File:US flag 26 stars.svg|border|84px]]<br /><div style="line-height:0.2;"><br /></div>[[File:US 26 Star GreatStar Flag.svg|border|84px]] || 7–6–6–7<br />''or''<br />Inverted pentagram with large star in center|| [[Michigan]] || {{Dts|1837|07|4}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1845
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|096|8 years}}
|- valign="top"
| 27 || 13 || [[File:US flag 27 stars.svg|border|84px]] || 7–6–7–7|| [[Florida]] || {{Dts|1845|07|4}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1846
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|012|1 year}}
|- valign="top"
| 28 || 13 || [[File:US flag 28 stars.svg|border|84px]] ||4 rows of 7 || [[Texas]] || {{Dts|1846|07|4}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1847
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|012|1 year}}
|- valign="top"
| 29 || 13 || [[File:US flag 29 stars.svg|border|84px]]<br /><div style="line-height:0.2;"><br /></div>[[File:US 29 Star Diamond Pattern Flag.svg|border|84px]] || 8–7–6–8<br />''or''<br />Diamond pattern|| [[Iowa]] || {{Dts|1847|07|4}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1848
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|012|1 year}}
|- valign="top"
| 30 || 13 || [[File:US flag 30 stars.svg|border|84px]]||5 rows of 6 || [[Wisconsin]] || {{Dts|1848|07|4}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1851
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|036|3 years}}
|- valign="top"
| 31 || 13 || [[File:US flag 31 stars.svg|border|84px]] || 7–5–6–6–7 || [[California]] || {{Dts|1851|07|4}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1858
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|084|7 years}}
|- valign="top"
| 32 || 13 || [[File:US flag 32 stars.svg|border|84px]] || 7–6–6–6–7  || [[Minnesota]] || {{Dts|1858|07|4}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1859
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|012|1 year}}
|- valign="top"
| 33 || 13 || [[File:US flag 33 stars.svg|border|84px]]<br /><div style="line-height:0.2;"><br /></div>[[File:US 33 Star Fort Sumter Flag.svg|84px|border]]<br /><div style="line-height:0.2;"><br /></div>[[File:US 33 Star GreatStar Flag.svg|84px|border]]<br /><div style="line-height:0.2;"><br /></div>[[File:US 33 Star Diamond Pattern Flag.svg|84px|border]]||7–7–5–7–7<br /> ''or''<br />Various patterns || [[Oregon]] || {{Dts|1859|07|4}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1861
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|024|2 years}}
|- valign="top"
| 34 || 13 || [[File:US flag 34 stars.svg|border|84px]]<br /><div style="line-height:0.2;"><br /></div>[[File:Flag of the United States of America (1861-1863).svg|border|84px]] || 7–7–6–7–7<br />''or''<br />Circle pattern|| [[Kansas]] || {{Dts|1861|07|4}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1863
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|024|2 years}}
|- valign="top"
| 35 || 13 || [[File:US flag 35 stars.svg|border|84px]]<br /><div style="line-height:0.2;"><br /></div>[[File:U.S. flag (35 stars).svg|border|84px]]|| 5 rows of 7<br />''or''<br />Circle pattern || [[West Virginia]] || {{Dts|1863|07|4}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1865
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|024|2 years}}
|- valign="top"
| 36 || 13 || [[File:US flag 36 stars.svg|border|84px]]<br /><div style="line-height:0.2;"><br /></div>[[File:US 36 Star Wagon Wheel Flag.svg|border|84px]] ||8–6–8–6–8<br />''or''<br />Wagon wheel pattern|| [[Nevada]] || {{Dts|1865|07|4}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1867
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|024|2 years}}
|- valign="top"
| 37 || 13 || [[File:US flag 37 stars.svg|border|84px]]<br /><div style="line-height:0.2;"><br /></div>[[File:Flag of the United States (1867-1877).svg|border|84px]]<br /><div style="line-height:0.2;"><br /></div>[[File:US 37 Star Medallion Centennial Flag.svg|border|84px]]||7–8–7–8–7<br />''or''<br />8–7–7–7–8<br />''or''<br />Two concentric rings || [[Nebraska]] || {{Dts|1867|07|4}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1877
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|120|10 years}}
|- valign="top"
| 38 || 13 || [[File:US flag 38 stars.svg|border|84px]]<br /><div style="line-height:0.2;"><br /></div>[[File:Flag of the United States of America (1877–1890).svg|border|84px]] || 7–8–8–8–7<br />''or''<br />Circle pattern||[[Colorado]] || {{Dts|1877|07|4}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1890
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|156|13 years}}
|- valign="top"
| 43 || 13 || [[File:US flag 43 stars.svg|border|84px]]  || 8–7–7–7–7–7|| [[North Dakota]], [[South Dakota]], [[Montana]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], [[Idaho]] || {{Dts|1890|07|4}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1891
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|012|1 year}}
|- valign="top"
| 44 || 13 || [[File:US flag 44 stars.svg|border|84px]] || 8–7–7–7–7–8|| [[Wyoming]] || {{Dts|1891|07|4}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1896
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|060|5 years}}
|- valign="top"
| 45 || 13 || [[File:US flag 45 stars.svg|border|84px]] || 8–7–8–7–8–7|| [[Utah]] || {{Dts|1896|07|4}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1908
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|144|12 years}}
|- valign="top"
| 46 || 13 || [[File:US flag 46 stars.svg|border|84px]] || 8–7–8–8–7–8|| [[Oklahoma]] || {{Dts|1908|07|4}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1912
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|048|4 years}}
|- valign="top"
| 48 || 13 || [[File:US flag 48 stars.svg|border|84px]]|| 6 rows of 8  || [[New Mexico]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nmhistorymuseum.org/blog/2011/09/the-officially-unofficial-kind-of-illegal-47-star-flag-comes-in-for-repairs/ |title=The Officially Unofficial Kind of Illegal 47-Star Flag Comes in for Repairs |date=September 8, 2011 |access-date=June 21, 2022 |archive-date=August 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818080058/https://www.nmhistorymuseum.org/blog/2011/09/the-officially-unofficial-kind-of-illegal-47-star-flag-comes-in-for-repairs/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Arizona]] || {{Dts|1912|07|4}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1959
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|564|47 years}}
|- valign="top"
| 49 || 13 || [[File:Flag of the United States (1959–1960).svg|border|84px]] || 7 rows of 7  || [[Alaska]] || {{Dts|1959|07|4}}&nbsp;– July 3, 1960
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|012|1 year}}
|- valign="top"
| 50 || 13 || [[File:Flag of the United States (Pantone).svg|border|84x84px]] || 6–5–6–5–6–5–6–5–6 <br />(5 rows of 6 alternating with 4 rows of 5)
|[[Hawaii]]|| {{Dts|1960|07|04}}&nbsp;– present
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Sort|{{Age in months|1960|7|4}}|{{age|1960|7|4}}}} years
|}