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Mexican states A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, a ...

do not have an official

flag A flag is a piece of textile, fabric (most often rectangular) with distinctive colours and design. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. The term ''flag'' is also used to refer to the graphic design employed, and fla ...

. For these states, a ''de facto'' flag is used for civil and state purposes. State flags of Mexico have a 4:7 ratio and typically consist of a white background charged with the state's

coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments), originating in Europe. The coat of arms on an escutcheon f ...

. At least fourteen states have official flags:

Baja California Sur Baja California Sur, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur, is a state in Mexico. It is the 31st and last state to be admitted, in 1974. It is also the second least populated Mexican state and the ninth-largest state by ...

Coahuila Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza, is one of the 31 states of Mexico. The largest city and State Capital is the city of Saltillo; the second largest is Torreón and the thi ...

Colima Colima, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Colima, is among the 31 states that make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It shares its name with its capital and main city, Colima. Colima is a small state of western Mexico on the cen ...

Durango Durango, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Durango, is one of the 31 states which make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in the northwest portion of the country. With a population of 1,832,650 ...

Guanajuato Guanajuato, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato, is one of the 32 states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Guanajuato, 46 municipalities and its cap ...

Guerrero Guerrero, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guerrero, is one of the 32 states that compose the administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Guerrero, 85 municipalities. The stat ...

Jalisco Jalisco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in western Mexico and is bordered by s ...

Oaxaca Oaxaca, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of the Mexico, United Mexican States. It is divided into municipalities of Oaxaca, 570 munici ...

Querétaro Querétaro, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Querétaro, 18 municipalities. Its capital city is Querétaro Cit ...

Quintana Roo Quintana Roo, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, constitute the 32 administrative divisions of Mexico, federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into municipalities of ...

Tabasco Tabasco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Tabasco, 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa. It i ...

Tamaulipas Tamaulipas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas, is a state in Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 43 municipalities. It is located in nor ...

Tlaxcala Tlaxcala, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala, is one of the 32 federal entities that comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Tlaxcala, 60 municipalities and t ...

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Yucatán Yucatán, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises 106 separate municipalities, and its capital city is Mérida. ...

. Except for those of Guanajuato, Jalisco, Tlaxcala and Yucatán, each official flag is simply a white background charged with the state's coat of arms. Two states have provisions in their constitutions explicitly declaring that there shall be no official state flag,

Baja California Baja California, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It is the northwesternmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of B ...

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Campeche Campeche, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche, is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, make up the Administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by the sta ...

De jure In law and government, ''de jure'' (; ; ) describes practices that are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms, regardless of whether the practice exists in reality. The phrase is often used in contrast with '' de facto'' ('from fa ...
flags

File: Flag of Guanajuato.svg,

(adopted December 20, 2023) File:Flag of Jalisco.svg,

(adopted February 22, 2007) File:Flag of Tlaxcala.svg,

(adopted October 30, 2011) File:Flag of the Republic of Yucatan.svg,

(adopted August 13, 2024)

De jure In law and government, ''de jure'' (; ; ) describes practices that are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms, regardless of whether the practice exists in reality. The phrase is often used in contrast with '' de facto'' ('from fa ...
coat of arms in a flag

File:Flag of Baja California Sur.svg, alt=,

(adopted December 31, 2017) File:Flag of Coahuila.svg, alt=Flag of Coahuila,

(adopted December 27, 2013) File:Flag of Colima.svg, alt=Flag of Colima,

(adopted February 24, 2018) File:Flag of Durango.svg,

(adopted March 9, 2014) File:Flag of Guerrero.svg,

(adopted October 25, 2019) File:Flag of Oaxaca.svg, alt=Flag of Oaxaca,

(adopted March 12, 2020) File:Flag of Queretaro.svg,

(adopted September 22, 2015) File:Flag of Quintana Roo.svg,

(adopted January 1, 2016) File:Flag of Tabasco.svg, alt=Flag of Tabasco,

(adopted February 19, 2020) File:Flag of Tamaulipas.svg,

(adopted December 15, 2011)

De facto flags

File:Flag of Aguascalientes.svg, alt=Flag of Aguascalientes,

Aguascalientes Aguascalientes, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes, is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and with an average altitude of above sea level it is pre ...

File:Flag of Baja California.svg, alt=Flag of Baja California,

File:Flag of Campeche.svg, alt=Flag of Campeche,

File:Flag of Chiapas.svg, alt=Flag of Chiapas,

Chiapas Chiapas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas, is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises Municipalities of Chiapas, 124 municipalities and its capital and large ...

File:Flag of Hidalgo.svg, alt=Flag of Hidalgo, Hidalgo File:Flag of the State of Mexico.svg, alt=Flag of the State of Mexico,

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

File:Flag of Mexico City (variant).svg, alt=Flag of Mexico City,

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

File:Flag of Michoacan.svg, alt=Flag of Michoacán de Ocampo,

Michoacán Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo, is one of the 31 states which, together with Mexico City, compose the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The stat ...

de Ocampo File:Flag of Morelos.svg, alt=Flag of Morelos,

Morelos Morelos, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos, is a landlocked state located in south-central Mexico. It is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Mun ...

File:Flag of Nayarit.svg, alt=Flag of Nayarit,

Nayarit Nayarit, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nayarit, is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in Municipalities of Nayarit, 20 municipalit ...

File:Flag of Nuevo Leon.svg, alt=Flag of Nuevo León,

Nuevo León Nuevo León, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo León, is a Administrative divisions of Mexico, state in northeastern Mexico. The state borders the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosí, San Luis ...

File:Flag of San Luis Potosi.svg, alt=Flag of San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi File:Flag of Puebla.svg, alt=Flag of Puebla,

Puebla Puebla, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Puebla, is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its capital is Puebla City. Part of east-centr ...

File:Flag of Sinaloa.svg, alt=Flag of Sinaloa,

Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities, and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales. It is located in northwest Mexic ...

File:Flag of Sonora.svg, alt=Flag of Sonora,

Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...

File:Flag of Veracruz.svg, alt=Flag of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave,

Veracruz Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entit ...

de Ignacio de la Llave File:Flag of Zacatecas.svg, alt=Flag of Zacatecas,

Zacatecas Zacatecas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Zacatecas, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 31 states of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Zacatecas, 58 municipalities and its capital city is Zacatecas City, Zacatec ...

De facto flags with special designs

File:Bandera del Estado de Chihuahua.png, alt=Flag of Chihuahua, Unofficial flag of Chihuahua, a civil flag used by students and people in Chihuahua City. It was created by Daniel Martínez Miranda in 2009. File:Flag of Mexico City, Mexico.svg, alt=Flag of Mexico City, A black and white variant of the

flag, with other variants existing. It is used more often than the standard color Mexico City coat of arms on a white field. File:Flag of Coahuila y Tejas.svg, alt=Bandera de Coahuila, Flag of

Coahuila y Tejas Coahuila y Tejas, officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila y Tejas (), was one of the constituent states of the newly established United Mexican States under its 1824 Constitution. It had two capitals: first Saltillo (1822–1825) f ...

since 1836, proposed by governor of Coahuila, Manolo Jiménez, as the state flag of Coahuila. File:Bandera de Nuevo León.png, alt=Flag of Nuevo León, Unofficial flag of Nuevo León, a civil flag used by students in Monterrey. It's a variant from the

Republic of the Rio Grande The Republic of the Rio Grande () was one of a series of political movements in what was then the Centralist Republic of Mexico, which sought to become independent from the authoritarian, unitary government of Antonio López de Santa Anna; t ...

. Bandera del Gobierno de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave.svg, alt=Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (Official flag of the government, but unofficial flag of the state),

de Ignacio de la Llave, it is just like the standard coat of arms in a white field flag, but with green and red corners. This is the official flag of the state's government, but an unofficial flag of the state itself.

Historical

Bandera de Nueva Galicia.png, alt=Flag of Nueva Galicia,

Nueva Galicia Nuevo Reino de Galicia (New Kingdom of Galicia; ) or simply Nueva Galicia (''New Galicia'', ''Nova Galicia''), known in Nahuatl as Chimalhuacán (‘the land of shield bearers’), was an autonomous kingdom of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. It w ...

(1531) File:Flag of Coahuila y Tejas.svg, alt=Flag of Coahuila y Tejas,

(1836) File:Flag of Guatemala (1838-1843).svg, alt=Flag of Soconusco,

Soconusco Soconusco is a region in the southwest corner of the state of Chiapas in southeastern Mexico along its border with Guatemala. It is a narrow strip of land wedged between the Sierra Madre de Chiapas mountains and the Pacific Ocean. It is the sout ...

(1843) File:Flag of the Republic of the Rio Grande (historical).svg, alt=Flag of Rio Grande,

(1840) File:Flag of the Republic of Yucatan.svg, alt=Flag of the Republic of Yucatán,

Republic of Yucatán The Republic of Yucatán () was a sovereign state during two periods of the nineteenth century. The first Republic of Yucatán, founded May 29, 1823, willingly joined the First Mexican Republic, Mexican federation as the Federated Republic of Yu ...

(1841–1848) File:Flag of the Republic of Sonora.svg, alt=Flag of the Republic of Baja California, Republic of Baja California (1853) File:Flag of the Republic of Sonora.svg, alt=Flag of the Republic of Sonora, Republic of Sonora (1853–1854) File:Flag of the Republic of Sonora (Raousset-Boulbon).svg, alt=Flag of the Independence of Sonora, Republic of Sonora (1852/1854) File:Flag of Mérida, Yucatan.svg, alt=Flag of Yucatán until 1989,

(unofficially until 1989), used today as the unofficial flag of Mérida File:Unoffical Flag of Jalisco (1972-1998).png, alt=Flag of Jalisco (1972),

(1972, unofficially from 1973–1998) File:Flag of Jalisco (1998–2008).svg, alt=Flag of Jalisco (1998),

(unofficially from 1998–2008) Variant flag of Tlaxcala (on field of white).svg, alt=Flag of Tlaxcala (1998),

(unofficially from 1998–2016) File:Flag of Jalisco (2008-2011).svg, alt=Flag of Jalisco (2008–2011),

(unofficially from 2008–2011) File:Flag of Jalisco (2011 - 2013).svg, alt=Flag of Jalisco (2011–2013),

(2011–2013) File:Bandera de Quintana Roo (2013-2016).svg, alt=Flag of Quintana Roo (2013–2016),

(2013–2016) File:Bandera de Yucatán (1998-2023).png ,

(unofficially from 1998–2023) File:Bandera de Guanajuato.svg,

(unofficially until 2023)

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