FORTISVEX Minnesota State Flag 4x6 Feet Nylon - Made in USA with Brass Grommets

A 4x6 foot flag is too big for a house bracket and needs ground-mounted hardware. That practical fact, not appearance, is the real reason to choose this size over a 3x5 Feet.

This is the Minnesota state flag at 4x6 Feet (24 square feet) in nylon, made in the United States and finished with brass grommets.

Built to the Minnesota flag specification

The Minnesota flag is set out in House File 274 of 2023, with designs certified by the State Emblems Redesign Commission, effective May 11, 2024. It is a dark blue polygon at the hoist in the rough shape of the state, carrying a white eight-pointed North Star, against a light blue field.

Adopted May 11, 2024, the anniversary of statehood in 1858; the commission received 2,128 flag design submissions and chose a finalist concept created by Andrew Prekker of Luverne, which it then modified.

This state's statute covers the design, the colors and the seal or emblem, and stops there — it sets no overall size for a modern outdoor flag to match. Most states take the same approach, which is exactly why every manufacturer builds state flags in the same standard sizes.

This flag reproduces the design faithfully, built to the standard outdoor sizes used across the industry and bought by the states themselves. The colors, the seal and the emblems are the part that has to be right on an outdoor flag, and they are right here.

The law that defines it, in its own words

Minnesota Statutes Section 1.141, State Flag reads:

Subdivision 1. Adoption. The design of the state flag as certified in the report of the State Emblems Redesign Commission, as established by Laws 2023, chapter 62, article 2, section 118, is adopted as the official state flag.

The statute defines the flag entirely by reference to the State Emblems Redesign Commission report and construction sheet, held by the Secretary of State. The former worded description was repealed in 2023.

You do not have to take our word for any of that. Read Minnesota Statutes Section 1.141 in full at the Minnesota Revisor of Statutes, and check what we sell against it.

This is the flag we make. Not an approximation of it.

What is on it and what it means

The dark blue is the night sky and the shape of the state. The star is L’Etoile du Nord, the Star of the North. The light blue is the state’s water, the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes.

What most listings get wrong

The prior flag, originating in 1893 with 1957 and 1983 versions, is retired. Do not buy it as current. Its seal depicted a Native American riding away as a settler plowed, which was widely held to be offensive and was the reason for the change.

This flag is new. It took effect May 11, 2024 and the old seal flag is no longer the flag of Minnesota.

Where the Minnesota flag flies

The Department of Administration's Facilities Management Division runs the Capitol Flag Program, flying United States or Minnesota flags over the Capitol complex in St. Paul on a requested date with a commemorative certificate. A separate Line of Duty Flag process exists for families of fallen service members and first responders.

Each holds a significant Civil War battle flag collection. Connecticut's is at the Museum of Connecticut History in Hartford. Illinois has the State Military Museum in Springfield. Massachusetts has the State House Hall of Flags. Michigan runs a Save the Flags program with rotating display at the Capitol. Minnesota's Historical Society holds the First Minnesota's colors associated with Gettysburg.

Miller Marine in St. Cloud, a hundred and sixty feet, erected 2020, the current reported state record per the Star Tribune. The prior record was Minnesota Truck Headquarters in St. Cloud at a hundred and fifty feet flying a thirty by sixty foot flag, December 2019.

Fly it on Minnesota’s birthday

Minnesota became the 32nd state on May 11, 1858. Under the United States Flag Code as amended July 7, 1976, a state flag flown on the state’s birthday takes its place beneath the United States flag, and that day is the one date every year the Minnesota flag has an official reason to go up.

Buy it now and it is on the flagpole for the day. The full list of state birthdays is on our state birthdays page.

Nylon or polyester in Minnesota

Polyester favorable in the open west and prairie for wind and severe freeze cycling. Nylon acceptable in the Twin Cities metro.

For scale, the National Weather Service ultraviolet index forecast for Minneapolis on July 23, 2026 was 8 at solar noon, in the very high band. That is the sun this flag has to survive.

Wind load becomes a real factor at twenty four square feet, and the verdict above matters more at this size than it does for a 3x5 Feet house flag.

You are looking at the nylon here, the right pick for the sheltered and moderate wind sites named above, for any house bracket, and for anywhere the flag gets brought in during storms. Two things make that case. It is light enough to move on the breeze most yards actually get rather than hang limp, and it dries fast, which keeps mildew away in a humid climate. What it trades away is ultraviolet durability — nylon’s amide bonds break down under ultraviolet light, losing strength and color faster than polyester, and it loses roughly a tenth of its strength while wet. For one of the exposed sites named above, the polyester version is the better fit.

The part most buyers learn only the second time around: nylon flies in wind too light to move polyester. When it matters that the flag is actually moving — a still morning, a holiday, a funeral, a ceremony — that favors nylon even somewhere polyester would last longer. A flag that hangs motionless is not doing its job either, however durable it is.

The figure most institutions use is from the American Legion, citing the United States government's expectation of about ninety days for a flag flown daily from sunrise to sunset, and roughly a quarter of that around the clock. Retailers see three to six months in practice for nylon flown daily, four to eight for polyester, and one to three years when flown occasionally. These are practical figures, not a guarantee, and real-world exposure shifts them considerably.

How the 4x6 Feet is built

A 4x6 foot flag carries well over half again the area of a 3x5 foot flag, so it catches proportionally more wind and the fly end works harder for it. Four rows of lock stitching, and it needs all four.

The math comes to 24 square feet of nylon at roughly two ounces a square yard. In a thirty mile an hour wind, the fly end moves faster than the wind that is driving it, since the wave headed for the tip speeds up as it travels — which explains why the tip wears out first and why fly-end stitching count is worth checking on any listing.

One person can still manage this, though the first attempt on a windy day makes the extra size obvious. Take it down before the storm, not in the middle of it.

A lock stitch ties into the stitch next to it, so one broken thread does not unzip the whole seam — it just stops. 4 rows is not 4 times the strength; it is 3 backups. Two solid brass grommets with tooth washers sit in a reinforced, inch and a half heavy duty white heading. Twenty four square feet puts genuine load on those two points.

The flag material is commercial grade nylon. It is light enough to fly in a gentle breeze, it sheds water rather than holding it, and it dries fast, which matters because a flag that stays wet stays heavy and works its seams harder. The ink is UV resistant and field tested; sun is what takes a flag’s color, and the ink decides how long it holds.

A design that reproduces cleanly

Three colors, one polygon, one star. It replaced one of the most expensive flags in the country with one of the cheapest, and it will outlast the old one by a wide margin.

Will it fit my flagpole?

It suits an in-ground flagpole of eighteen to twenty five feet. On a six foot house bracket it will drag and wrap.

Questions about the 4x6 Feet

What flagpole does a 4x6 foot flag need? An in-ground flagpole of eighteen to twenty five feet. It is too large for a standard house bracket, which is the honest reason to choose it.

Is a 4x6 foot flag worth it over a 3x5 foot flag? Only if the flagpole is tall enough. On a twenty foot flagpole a 3x5 foot flag looks lost and a 4x6 foot flag fills it. On a six foot bracket the 4x6 foot flag will wrap.

Can I fly a 4x6 foot state flag with a 4x6 foot United States flag? Yes, and on two flagpoles of equal height that is the correct pairing, with the United States flag to the viewer’s left.

Where the step up starts to cost you

The move from 3x5 Feet to 4x6 Feet is where cutting corners becomes expensive. More area means more force at the fly end and more load on the grommets, so a cheaply built 4x6 Feet fails faster than a cheaply built 3x5 Feet. This size is where construction quality actually matters.

Specifications

• Size: 4x6 Feet
• Area: 24 square feet
• Material: 100 percent nylon
• Fly end: 4 rows of lock stitching
• Heading: heavy duty white, reinforced, 1-1/2 inch
• Finish: Brass Grommets
• Ink: UV resistant, field tested
• Made in the United States by FORTISVEX

Which size do I need?

One rule sits under both tables: the flag should run about a quarter to a third the height of the flagpole. On the border between two rows, the smaller flag flies more and lasts longer; the larger one is the one you can see from the road.

If you know your flagpole height, start here.

• 6 Feet house bracket: 2x3 Feet or 3x5 Feet
• 15 to 20 Feet flagpole: 3x5 Feet or 4x6 Feet
• 20 to 25 Feet flagpole: 4x6 Feet or 5x8 Feet
• 25 to 35 Feet flagpole: 5x8 Feet or 6x10 Feet
• 35 to 45 Feet flagpole: 6x10 Feet or 8x12 Feet
• 45 to 60 Feet flagpole: 8x12 Feet or 10x15 Feet
• 60 to 80 Feet flagpole: 10x15 Feet or 12x18 Feet
• 80 to 100 Feet flagpole: 12x18 Feet or 15x25 Feet
• 100 to 120 Feet flagpole: 15x25 Feet or 20x30 Feet
• 120 to 150 Feet flagpole: 20x30 Feet or 20x38 Feet
• 150 to 200 Feet flagpole: 20x38 Feet or 30x50 Feet
• 200 to 240 Feet flagpole: 30x50 Feet or 30x60 Feet
• 240 Feet and above: 30x60 Feet or 50x80 Feet, engineered to the flagpole

If you know your flag size, start here.

• 2x3 Feet: 4 to 8 Feet bracket or garden flagpole
• 3x5 Feet: 6 Feet bracket, or 15 to 20 Feet in-ground flagpole
• 4x6 Feet: 18 to 25 Feet in-ground flagpole
• 5x8 Feet: 25 to 35 Feet flagpole
• 6x10 Feet: 30 to 40 Feet flagpole
• 8x12 Feet: 40 to 50 Feet flagpole
• 10x15 Feet: 50 to 60 Feet flagpole
• 12x18 Feet: 60 to 80 Feet flagpole
• 15x25 Feet: 80 to 100 Feet flagpole
• 20x30 Feet: 100 to 120 Feet flagpole
• 20x38 Feet: 120 to 150 Feet flagpole. This is the garrison size under Executive Order 10834, at a one to one point nine ratio rather than the two to three of the commercial sizes, and it is the size flown at the White House and the Capitol
• 30x50 Feet: 150 to 200 Feet flagpole
• 30x60 Feet: 200 to 240 Feet flagpole. This is the largest standard commercial size
• 50x80 Feet: 240 Feet and above, engineered to the flagpole

That same ratio keeps working past a hundred feet, but at that point the flag and the flagpole are no longer separate purchases — the truck, the halyard, the foundation and the wind load all have to be sized together, and a flag chosen without checking the flagpole first damages the pole rather than itself. A handful of well known installations deliberately run past the rule of thumb, and every one of them did it with an engineer, not a chart.

What is on the website is not the limit of what we carry. Any size in the tables above can be ordered, listed or not.

About the back of the flag

Hold a printed flag up to the light and the reverse side shows the design in mirror image. That is not a defect — it is how nearly every flag flown in America is made. A flag correct on both sides is a double sided flag, two flags sewn together around a liner, and it runs roughly double the price and double the weight. Unless a state’s own statute calls for it, single sided is standard and it is the right call.

Flying it with the United States flag

Governing this is Title 4, Section 7 of the United States Flag Code, which keeps the United States flag in the position of honor: never below another flag, never to the right of one at the same level, meaning never right of the viewer’s left. Two flagpoles at equal height put the United States flag at the viewer’s left with equal-sized flags; unequal heights put it on the taller pole; a single flagpole with two flags carries it at the top. No penalty attaches for private citizens under the Code, but it is what institutions follow as standard practice.

Buy two and they both last longer

Keep two flags and swap them monthly. That single habit will outlast three flags run to destruction, since resting fabric recovers and the fly end is spared the repeated wear of constant flying. Take the flag down ahead of severe weather, since one bad storm night can outdo six calm months. Watch the fly end rather than the center; a little stitching early saves a whole season.

For cities, counties, schools and agencies

We supply state flags to municipalities, school districts, fire and police departments, courthouses and state agencies. Tax exempt accounts are handled through the tax exempt page. For quantities, replacement schedules or sizes not listed, use the contact page.

Why buy it from us

We are a small, American-based company that stocks what it lists. Every flag is made in the United States, uses UV resistant ink, and is finished to the standard described above rather than cut down to hit a price. One flag that lasts is worth more to us than three that do not. Free shipping applies over twenty five dollars.