U.S. Flag Stars Count

50 stars 1960-present Hawaii Stars count Beginning in 1818, stars were added to the flag on the 4th of July following the admission of a new state. Hawaii's 1959 entry was the last, and this July 4, the 50-star flag will begin its 55th year of service. 21 stars 30 stars 38 stars 1819-1820 1848-1851 1877-1890 Date of flag, states added III. Wis. Colo. 43 stars 1890-1891 23 stars 31 stars 13 stars 1851-1858 Calif. 1820-1822 13 stripes* 1777-1795 N.D., Mont., S.D., Idaho Wash., Ala., Maine 24 stars 32 stars 1858-1859 Minn. Original 13 1822-1836 Mo. 44 stars 1891-1896 15 stars, 15 stripes** 1795-1818 25 stars 33 stars Wyo. 1859-1861 1836-1837 Ark. 45 stars 1896-1908 Utah Ore. Vt., Ky. 26 stars 1837-1845 34 stars 1861-1863 46 stars Mich. Kan. 1908-1912 20 stars, 13 stripes; remains 27 stars 35 stars Okla. 1845-1846 1863-1865 48 stars at 13 Fla. W.Va. 1912-1959 1818-1819 N.M., Ariz. 28 stars 1846-1847 36 stars Tenn., Ohio, La., Ind., Miss. 1865-1867 49 stars 1959-1960 Texas Nev. Alaska © 2014 MCT Source: usflag.org, U.S. Smithsonian Institution Graphic:Melina Yingling 29 stars 1847-1848 37 stars *Adopted June 14, 1777; states included Del., Pa., N.J., Ga., Conn., Mass., Md., S.C., N.H., Va., N.Y., N.C., R.I. **Adopted May 1, 1795 1867-1877 lowa Neb.