Dallas

Dallas
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Dallas Collin (small parts) Denton (small parts) Kaufman (small parts) Rockwall (small parts)
Statistical area	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA
Adopted	February 13, 1967
Designed by	E.L. Gilchrist
Proportions	2:3

The flag of Dallas, Texas, is a bicolor of red and blue, separated by a thin white line. In the center of the flag is a big white five-pointed star, with the city's seal inside it.

Symbolism

Red, white, and blue reflect the colors of the Texas state flag.

The single star represents Texas’ nickname, “The Lone Star State”, and is characteristic of many Texan city flags.

2004 NAVA survey

The flag scored a total of 6.27, and ranked 21st on the 2004 NAVA City Flag Survey, behind Fremont, and ahead of Cincinnati.

Former flag (1916 - 1967)

The former flag of Dallas, Texas, adopted in 1916, is a blue swallowtail flag with a white outline of Texas, inside it is a star marking the city's location, and the city's name, all in red.

In 1954, the swallowtail was stretched to be bigger and shorter, the shade of blue was darkened, and the font of the city's name was changed.

Pride variant

On June 17, 2020, a variant of the flag was approved by the city council to be flown in place of the primary flag during Pride Month in support of the LGBTQ. The variant features the city's seal with the blue and red background replaced with the LGBTQ rainbow flag. The rainbow version was used for the remainder of June 2020 and returned in June of the following years. In June 2023, the city's deputy mayor, assured that the city had no plans to end the tradition and called the city itself a "gigantic rainbow flag".