AMERICAN CITY FLAGS SURVEY RESULTS

With the publication of its landmark book American City Flags, NAVA polled its members and friends about their opinions of 150 city flag designs in the United States.

Based on their design qualities, each flag was rated from 0 to 10, where 0 is the worst score and 10 is the best. Respondents were asked to rate each flag based on his or her personal opinion about what constitutes a good flag design (see NAVA's guide to flag design, Good Flag, Bad Flag)

AMERICAN CITY FLAGS SURVEY 1^ST PLACE WINNER

WASHINGTON, D.C.

the complete listing of all 150 city flags, in numerical order, is shown in the table below

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The following table shows the results of the survey in numerical order, with #1 representing the flag with the highest overall score, and #150 representing the flag with the lowest overall score

FLAG	RANK	CITY	LOCATION	RATING
	1	Washington	DC	9.17
	2	Chicago	IL	9.03
	3	Denver	CO	8.86
	4	Phoenix	AZ	8.65
	5	St. Louis	MO	8.56
	6	Wichita	KS	8.41
	7	Portland	OR	8.38
	8	Indianapolis	IN	8.35
	9	Louisville	KY	8.11
	10	Corpus Christi	TX	8.02
	11	Madison	WI	7.92
	12	Jackson	MS	7.83
	13	San Antonio	TX	7.79
	14	Des Moines	IA	7.77
	15	Richmond	VA	7.76
	16	New Orleans	LA	7.74
	17	Irving	TX	7.65
	18	Baltimore	MD	7.64
	19	Colorado Springs	CO	7.05
	20	Fremont	CA	6.79
	21	Dallas	TX	6.27
	22	Cincinnati	OH	6.26
	23	St. Petersburg	FL	6.24
	24	Pittsburgh	PA	6.06
	25	Albuquerque	NM	5.89
	26	Omaha	NE	5.59
	27	Minneapolis	MN	5.58
	28	Annapolis	MD	5.39
	29	Anchorage	AK	5.33
	30	Seattle	WA	5.32
	31	Philadelphia	PA	5.30
	32	Buffalo	NY	5.26
	33	Los Angeles	CA	5.24
	34	Albany	NY	5.20
	35	San Francisco	CA	5.14
	36	Fresno	CA	5.12
	37	New York	NY	5.11
	38	Jacksonville	FL	5.03
	39	Birmingham	AL	4.97
	40	Sacramento	CA	4.97
	41	Springfield	IL	4.89
	42	Wilmington	DE	4.88
	43	Nashville	TN	4.85
	44	St. Paul	MN	4.80
	45	Montgomery	AL	4.76
	46	Topeka	KS	4.76
	47	Oakland	CA	4.74
	48	Shreveport	LA	4.74
	49	Fort Smith	AR	4.73
	50	Charleston	WV	4.71
	51	Salem	OR	4.71
	52	Fort Wayne	IN	4.62
	53	Rochester	NY	4.61
	54	Memphis	TN	4.56
	55	Houston	TX	4.55
	56	Raleigh	NC	4.48
	57	San Diego	CA	4.47
	58	Arlington	TX	4.45
	59	Cleveland	OH	4.45
	60	Casper	WY	4.42
	61	Riverside	CA	4.42
	62	Austin	TX	4.38
	63	Jefferson City	MO	4.36
	64	Concord	NH	4.30
	65	Tallahassee	FL	4.29
	66	Charlotte	NC	4.24
	67	Fort Worth	TX	4.24
	68	Trenton	NJ	4.24
	69	Chesapeake	VA	4.20
	70	Miami	FL	4.18
	71	Detroit	MI	4.17
	72	Columbus	OH	4.09
	73	Grand Forks	ND	4.09
	74	Harrisburg	PA	4.09
	75	Little Rock	AR	4.06
	76	Mobile	AL	4.05
	77	Worcester	MA	4.02
	78	San Jose	CA	3.97
	79	Tampa	FL	3.97
	80	Baton Rouge	LA	3.95
	81	Cheyenne	WY	3.95
	82	Newark	NJ	3.86
	83	Plano	TX	3.86
	84	Carson City	NV	3.85
	85	Columbia	SC	3.83
	86	Garland	TX	3.79
	87	Jersey City	NJ	3.79
	88	Lincoln	NE	3.79
	89	Dover	DE	3.77
	90	Long Beach	CA	3.70
	91	El Paso	TX	3.67
	92	Santa Ana	CA	3.65
	93	Las Vegas	NV	3.61
	94	Toledo	OH	3.61
	95	Bismarck	ND	3.59
	96	Atlanta	GA	3.58
	97	Augusta	ME	3.58
	98	Greensboro	NC	3.48
	99	Salt Lake City	UT	3.47
	100	Stockton	CA	3.45
	101	Warwick	RI	3.44
	102	Glendale	AZ	3.38
	103	Kansas City	MO	3.38
	104	Aurora	CO	3.36
	105	Grand Rapids	MI	3.36
	106	Billings	MT	3.35
	107	Burlington	VT	3.23
	108	Lansing	MI	3.20
	109	Olympia	WA	3.18
	110	Augusta	GA	3.15
	111	Spokane	WA	3.15
	112	Lexington	KY	3.11
	113	Bakersfield	CA	3.09
	114	Boise	ID	3.05
	115	Pierre	SD	3.05
	116	Norfolk	VA	3.00
	117	Santa Fe	NM	2.97
	118	Manchester	NH	2.95
	119	Hartford	CT	2.94
	120	Glendale	CA	2.92
	121	Gulfport	MS	2.92
	122	Honolulu	HI	2.91
	123	Helena	MT	2.89
	124	Tulsa	OK	2.88
	125	Virginia Beach	VA	2.88
	126	Akron	OH	2.86
	127	Yonkers	NY	2.86
	128	Scottsdale	AZ	2.80
	129	Providence	RI	2.79
	130	Oklahoma City	OK	2.74
	131	Portland	ME	2.74
	132	Tacoma	WA	2.74
	133	Boston	MA	2.71
	134	Juneau	AK	2.70
	135	Tucson	AZ	2.67
	136	Charleston	SC	2.61
	137	Anaheim	CA	2.56
	138	Maui	HI	2.56
	139	Bridgeport	CT	2.50
	140	Frankfort	KY	2.41
	141	Montpelier	VT	2.35
	142	Cedar Rapids	IA	2.23
	143	Provo	UT	2.14
	144	Lubbock	TX	1.92
	145	Hialeah	FL	1.85
	146	Mesa	AZ	1.73
	147	Milwaukee	WI	1.59
	148	Rapid City	SD	1.56
	149	Huntington	WV	1.50
	150	Pocatello	ID	1.48

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