Adopted in 1917. Wyoming was admitted to the Union in 1890 as the 44th state. The Wymoning state flag consists of the Great Seal of Wyoming centered on white buffalo silhouette facing the flag hoist, within a blue field surrounded by in inner white border and outer red border. The borders, field and seal are described in Wyoming statute 8.3.102 as follows: the red border width shall be one-twentieth (1/20) of the length of the flag; next to the border shall be a stripe of white on the four sides of the field, which shall be in width one-fortieth (1/40) of the length of the flag. The remainder of the flag shall be a blue field, in the center of which shall be a white silhouetted buffalo, the length of which shall be one-half of the length of the blue field; the other measurements of the buffalo shall be in proportion to its length.