The flag of Salt Lake City, 
Utah, also known as the Sego Lily Flag, is a horizontal bicolor of blue and white, with a depiction of a sego lily in the canton.
Symbolism[]
The blue over white colors of the flag announce the city's name: white for salt and the blue of the Great Salt Lake for which the city is named. The blue band includes a white Sego Lily with three petals, as Salt Lake City is the only state capital with a three-word name.
The white also symbolizes "The Greatest Snow on Earth" found blanketing slopes that lie beneath clear blue skies of the city's surrounding mountains.
White and blue also represent peace and justice, which ideals unite a diverse population and symbolize the harmony of Salt Lake residents in moving forward to reach common values and aspirations. The golden stamen symbolizes future growth that comes with each succeeding generation.[1]
2022 NAVA survey[]
The flag reached 5th out of 312 on the 2022 NAVA City Flag Survey, with a score of 7.60, and a grade of an A, behind Norman and ahead of West Plains.
Other variations[]
On May 6, 2025, the city's mayor, Erin Mendenhall, proposed the adoption of three new variations of the city's flag, in addition to the traditional Sego Lily Flag to most accurately reflect the values of the city and its residents. The Salt Lake City Council unanimously adopted the flags by an ordinance at a formal meeting.[2][3] Like with Boise, which passed a similar resolution adopting two new official city flags on the same day, this came after the state ordered a ban on LGBTQ+ pride flags in government buildings and schools in March 2025.[4][5]
Sego Celebration Flag[]
The Sego Celebration Flag is a version of the Juneteenth flag with a depiction of a sego lily in the canton.
Symbolism[]
The flag represents the history of Juneteenth, the city's Black and African American residents, and its pride in them.
The flag combines the sego lily's beauty and resilience with that of the iconic bursting star representing freedom; the arc, representing a new horizon of opportunity for Black Americans; and red, symbolizing the blood shed by those who were enslaved. Its united symbols represent the city's values of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and the celebration of Black excellence.[1]
Sego Belonging Flag[]
The Sego Belonging Flag is a version of Daniel Quasar's Progress Pride Flag with a depiction of a sego lily in the canton.
Symbolism[]
The flag represents the city's LGBTQIA residents, as well as the broader city's acceptance and love of the community.
The flag combines the beauty and resilience communicated by the sego lily, with that of the rainbow, which represents beauty and diversity of the community, and the arrow of black, brown, light blue, pink, and white, which represents marginalized communities and forward progress.[1]
Sego Visibility Flag[]
The Sego Visibility Flag is a version of the transgender flag with a depiction of a sego lily in the canton.
Symbolism[]
The flag symbolizes the city's transgender community and its commitment to seeing and celebrating them.
The flag combines the sego lily as an emblem of beauty and resilience, with pink and blue stripes used to represent men and women, and the white stripe, which represents those who are nonbinary, intersex, transitioning, or otherwise gender nonconforming.[1]
History[]
Former flag (2006 - 2020)[]
The former flag of Salt Lake City, consists of a green and blue bicolor with a modern depiction of the city in the middle, consisting of a simplified black silhouette of the city's skyline, a stylized depiction of the Wasatch Mountains, the city's name in Impact and white, all inside a black-fimbriated circle. The flag lasted from July 11, 2006, to October 6, 2020.
First flag (1969 - 2006)[]
The first flag of Salt Lake City, consists of a white background with the city's former seal in the center. The seal consisted of a sunrise over the plains, with a covered wagon held by oxen just far away from the mountains. The frame is held by a pioneer woman and her child at the right, and a pioneer man at the left. At the top of the sunrise, are two white seaguls, with a light blue heraldic ribbon reading the city's name.
2004 NAVA survey[]
It scored a total of 3.47 / 99th out of 150 on the 2004 NAVA City Flag Survey, behind Greensboro, and ahead of Stockton.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Salt Lake City’s Flag by the City of Salt Lake City, UT
- ↑ Salt Lake City adopts four flags to represent residents, visitors by the City of Salt Lake City, UT
- ↑ SLC council unanimously pass Pride, Juneteenth themed city flags ahead of state flag ban by KTVX
- ↑ Salt Lake City approves 3 new flags to get around Utah's ban on Pride flags by NBC News
- ↑ Utah becomes first state to ban LGBTQ+ pride flags in government buildings and schools by NBC News
