United States Flag Emoji
The United States flag emoji 🇺🇸 features 13 alternating red and white stripes representing the original colonies, with a blue canton bearing 50 white stars for the current states.
When the United States flag emoji is used
People use the United States flag emoji for American identity, travel to or from the US, national holidays, elections, international sports, and news about the country. Add words when the exact meaning matters: the same flag can refer to citizenship, location, a national team, or a US-based event.
This sequence represents the United States as a region. It does not represent a particular US state, territory, political party, or government agency.
Common names and searches
Platform rendering status for the United States flag emoji
PasteMoji has not recorded versioned, dated rendering evidence for the platforms below. The same US Unicode region sequence may appear as a flag, letter indicators, or fallback characters depending on the operating system, font, app, and version.
Display detail: The number and placement of tiny stars and stripes varies by font and platform. At small sizes, most designs preserve the recognizable red-and-white stripes and blue canton rather than drawing every detail with equal clarity.
What the Colors Mean
Flag History
The Stars and Stripes has been updated 27 times as states joined the union — more redesigns than any other national flag. The current 50-star layout was adopted on July 4, 1960, after Hawaii became a state. The 13 stripes still honor the original colonies.
✨ Did you know?
The 50-star arrangement was designed by 17-year-old high school student Robert Heft as a class project. He got a B− — upgraded to an A after Congress chose his design.
Unicode sequence for 🇺🇸
The United States flag is not one code point. It is a valid emoji flag sequence made from two Regional Indicator Symbols associated with the region code US. Unicode defines the sequence; each platform chooses how to draw the resulting flag.
- Regional Indicator Symbol Letter U
- 🇺 · U+1F1FA
- Regional Indicator Symbol Letter S
- 🇸 · U+1F1F8
Full sequence: U+1F1FA U+1F1F8. Copy the rendered flag above instead of copying one indicator by itself.
Accessible description for 🇺🇸
When the image or national identity matters, keep the country name in visible text. A concise description is: “Flag of the United States: thirteen red and white stripes with fifty white stars on a blue canton.”
Screen readers may announce the country, the region code, or the individual symbols depending on the software. Do not use the flag alone for a language picker or critical navigation.