Most

Mexican states The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a separate ent ...

do not have an official

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

. 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 latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central ele ...

. At least seven states have official flags:

Baja California Sur Baja California Sur (; 'South Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California Sur), is the least populated state and the 31st admitted state of the 32 federal ent ...

Durango Durango (), officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Durango; Tepehuán: ''Korian''; Nahuatl: ''Tepēhuahcān''), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in ...

Guerrero Guerrero is one of the 32 states that comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 81 municipalities and its capital city is Chilpancingo and its largest city is Acapulcocopied from article, GuerreroAs of 2020, Guerrero the pop ...

Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...

Querétaro Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi language, Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. I ...

Quintana Roo Quintana Roo ( , ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Quintana Roo), is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 11 mu ...

and

Tlaxcala Tlaxcala (; , ; from nah, Tlaxcallān ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tlaxcala), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 60 municipaliti ...

. Except for Jalisco and Tlaxcala, each official flag is simply a white background charged with the state's coat of arms.

Tamaulipas Tamaulipas (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is a state in the northeast region of Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entiti ...

adopted its coat of arms into a flag in 2011. Two states have provisions in their constitutions explicitly declaring that there shall be no official state flag. These states are

Baja California Baja California (; 'Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mex ...

and

Campeche Campeche (; yua, Kaampech ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Campeche), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by ...

De jure In law and government, ''de jure'' ( ; , "by law") describes practices that are legally recognized, regardless of whether the practice exists in reality. In contrast, ("in fact") describes situations that exist in reality, even if not legally ...
flags

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

(adopted December 31, 2017) File:Flag of Durango.svg,

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

(adopted October 25, 2019) File:Flag of Jalisco.svg,

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

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

(adopted January 1, 2016) File:Flag of Tlaxcala.svg,

(adopted October 30, 2011)

De jure In law and government, ''de jure'' ( ; , "by law") describes practices that are legally recognized, regardless of whether the practice exists in reality. In contrast, ("in fact") describes situations that exist in reality, even if not legally ...
coat of arms in a flag

File:Flag of Tamaulipas.svg,

(adopted December 15, 2011)

De facto ''De facto'' ( ; , "in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, whether or not they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms. It is commonly used to refer to what happens in practice, in contrast with ''de jure'' ("by la ...
flags

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

Aguascalientes Aguascalientes (; ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Aguascalientes), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and ...

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 (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...

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

Chihuahua Chihuahua may refer to: Places *Chihuahua (state), a Mexican state **Chihuahua (dog), a breed of dog named after the state **Chihuahua cheese, a type of cheese originating in the state **Chihuahua City, the capital city of the state **Chihuahua Mun ...

File:Flag of Coahuila.svg, alt=Flag of Coahuila de Zaragoza,

Coahuila de Zaragoza Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico. Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...

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

Colima Colima (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Colima ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Colima), is one of the 31 states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It shares its name with its capital and ...

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

Guanajuato Guanajuato (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato), is one of the 32 states that make up the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 46 municipalities and its capital city i ...

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

Hidalgo Hidalgo may refer to: People * Hidalgo (nobility), members of the Spanish nobility * Hidalgo (surname) Places Mexico * Hidalgo (state), in central Mexico * Hidalgo, Coahuila, a town in the north Mexican state of Coahuila * Hidalgo, Nuevo Le� ...

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

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

File:Flag of Mexico City, Mexico.svg,

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...

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

Michoacán de Ocampo Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (; Purépecha language, Purépecha: ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo), is one of the 32 states which comprise the P ...

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

Morelos Morelos (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 36 municipalities and its capital city is Cuer ...

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

Nayarit Nayarit (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nayarit ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Nayarit), is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 20 municipalities and its ...

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

Nuevo León Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...

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

Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ...

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

Puebla Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its cap ...

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

Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is d ...

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

Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of 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 d ...

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

Tabasco Tabasco (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tabasco), is one of the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa. It is located in ...

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

Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...

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

Yucatán Yucatán (, also , , ; yua, Yúukatan ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán,; yua, link=no, Xóot' Noj Lu'umil Yúukatan. is one of the 31 states which comprise the political divisions of Mexico, federal entities of Mexico. I ...

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

Zacatecas , image_map = Zacatecas in Mexico (location map scheme).svg , map_caption = State of Zacatecas within Mexico , coordinates = , coor_pinpoint = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type ...

De facto ''De facto'' ( ; , "in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, whether or not they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms. It is commonly used to refer to what happens in practice, in contrast with ''de jure'' ("by la ...
flags with special designs

File:Bandera de Yucatán.png, alt=Unofficial flag of Yucatán, Flag used by the

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

, still used unofficially today in

, it was used in some occasions in the government of

Ivonne Ortega Ivonne Aracely Ortega Pacheco (born November 27, 1972) is a Mexican politician from Yucatán affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), former Governor of Yucatán and current federal deputy to the LXIII Legislature of the Mexica ...

, this flag has 3:5 proportions, unlike the

's flag, that had 1:2 proportions. File:Flag of Veracruz.jpg,

(Official Government Flag, but unofficial flag of the state)

Historical

File:Bandera de Nueva Galicia.png, alt=Flag of Nueva Galicia, Intendency of Guadalajara (1786) File:Flag of Coahuila y Tejas.svg, alt=Flag of Coahuila y Tejas,

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) for ...

(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 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 southernmost pa ...

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

Republic of the Rio Grande The Republic of the Rio Grande ( es, República del Río Grande) was an independent nation that insurgents fighting against the Centralist Republic of Mexico sought to establish in northern Mexico. The Republic of the Rio Grande was one of a se ...

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

(1841- 1848) File:Flag of the Republic of Lower California.svg, alt=Flag of the Republic of Baja California,

Republic of Baja California The Republic of Baja California was a proposed state from 1853 to 1854, after American private military leader William Walker failed to invade Sonora from Arizona. Walker wanted to appropriate Sonora, and his claims had both the support of tyc ...

(1853) File:Flag of the Republic of Sonora.svg, alt=Flag of the Republic of Sonora,

Republic of Sonora The Republic of Baja California and Sonora or more simply known as the Republic of Sonora was a short-lived, unrecognized federal republic ruled by filibuster William Walker in 1854. It was based in Baja California and also claimed (but never c ...

(1853 - 1854) File:Bandera de Sonora (Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon).png, alt=Flag of the Independence of Sonora,

(1857) File:Flag of Mérida, Yucatan.svg, alt=Flag of Yucatán until 1989,

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

(1972, unofficially from 1973 - 1998) File:Mexico stateflags Jalisco.png, alt=Flag of Jalisco (1998),

(unofficially from 1998 - 2008) File:Mexico stateflags Tlaxcala.png, 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)

Gallery

File:01-03-2013 TOMA DE PROTESTA 1.jpg,

Flag of Jalisco The flag of Jalisco was adopted in 2011. It is colored blue and gold and bears the State Emblem in the center. The emblem has a diameter of three-quarters the width of the stripes. The ratio of the flag is 4:7. Ribbons of the same colors may be pl ...

File:Bandera Qroo.JPG, Flag of

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De jure In law and government, ''de jure'' ( ; , "by law") describes practices that are legally recognized, regardless of whether the practice exists in reality. In contrast, ("in fact") describes situations that exist in reality, even if not legally ... coat of arms in a flag

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De facto ''De facto'' ( ; , "in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, whether or not they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms. It is commonly used to refer to what happens in practice, in contrast with ''de jure'' ("by la ... flags with special designs