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United States territories have Emoji flags—but the states themselves don’t! In the meantime, which national flags can be repurposed as “close enough” U.S. state flags for text messaging?

Sep 11, 2023

Law, Government, & Politics, UI / UX

emoji, emoji flag, flags

Background: Certain sequences of Unicode characters are displayed as flags. Although most flag emoji are national flags, there are also a few other types, like the European Union flag (🇪🇺), U.S. territory flags (e.g. Puerto Rico: 🇵🇷), and a pirate flag (🏴‍☠️). The Issue: Although U.S. territories have emoji, states do not! This is a bit of a surprise,…