Which flag emoji represents the United States?

The flag emoji representing the United States is United States: 🇺🇸.

Unicode constructs national flag emoji from pairs of Regional Indicator Symbols. The U.S. flag sequence uses U+1F1FA, representing “U,” followed by U+1F1F8, representing “S.” Compatible software combines those two regional indicators into the familiar flag display.

The physical flag behind the emoji has thirteen alternating red and white stripes for the original colonies and fifty white stars for the current states. The 50-star design became official on July 4, 1960, after Hawaii joined the Union. The flag is commonly known as the Stars and Stripes, Old Glory, or the Star-Spangled Banner.

Australia and the United Kingdom can be confused with the U.S. flag because each includes the Union Jack, but neither uses the 🇺🇸 sequence. Another technical distinction is 🇺🇲, the separate flag emoji for the United States Minor Outlying Islands; it is not the standard emoji for the United States itself.