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The flag of the state of New Jersey includes the coat of arms of the state on a buff-colored background. According to the minutes of the New Jersey General Assembly for March 11, 1896, the date in which the Assembly officially approved the flag as the state emblem, the buff color is due indirectly to George Washington, who had ordered on October 2, 1779, that the uniform coats of the New Jersey Continental Line be dark (Jersey) blue, with buff facings. Buff-colored facings had until then been reserved only for his own uniform and those of other Continental generals and their aides. Then, on February 28, 1780, the Continental War Officers in Philadelphia directed that the uniform coat facings of all regiments were to be the same as the background color of the regiments' state flag.

The State seal in the center of the flag contains a horse's head. A helmet showing that New Jersey governs itself accordingly and three plows on a shield referring to the State's agriculture tradition, giving it the nickname "Garden State". The two Goddesses represent the State motto, "Liberty and Prosperity". Liberty is on the left. She is holding a staff with a liberty cap on it, and the word liberty underneath her. The goddess on the right is Ceres, goddess of agriculture. She is holding a cornucopia with prosperity written below her.

In 2001, the North American Vexillological Association surveyed its members on the designs of the 72 U.S. state, U.S. territorial and Canadian provincial flags. The survey ranked the flag of New Jersey barely out of the worst 25 flags, placing it as the 26-worst flag out of all 72, giving it a rank of 46 out of the 72.

Proposals for a new New Jersey state flag

Shown below are various design proposals for a new flag of New Jersey

Proposals considered in nj.com contest, 2016

In November 2015–February 2016, the New Jersey website nj.com held a contest to collect proposed New Jersey state flags. The ten finalists are shown below, in order of their final ranks.

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 NJ Proposal Aryq.jpg|NJ Flag Proposal "Aryq"
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 Flag of New Jersey 3.png|NJ Flag Proposal by Kermitdefrog
 NJ Flag Proposal Jorge Maat Davila.jpg|NJ Flag Proposal "Jorge Maat Dávila"
-New Jersey State Flag Proposal No 1 By Stephen Richard Barlow 03 SEP 2014 at 1037hrs cst.png|New Jersey State Flag Proposal No. 1 Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 03 SEP 2014
-New Jersey State Flag Proposal No 2 By Stephen Richard Barlow 03 SEP 2014 at 1047hrs cst.png|New Jersey State Flag Proposal No. 2 Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 03 SEP 2014
-New Jersey State Flag Proposal No 3 By Stephen Richard Barlow 03 SEP 2014 at 1119hrs cst.jpg|New Jersey State Flag Proposal No.3 Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 03 SEP 2014
-New Jersey State Flag Proposal No 4b By Stephen Richard Barlow 03 SEP 2014 at 1138hrs cst.jpg|New Jersey State Flag Proposal 4b Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 03 SEP 2014
-New Jersey State Flag Proposal No 5b By Stephen Richard Barlow 03 SEP 2014 at 1139hrs cst.jpg|New Jersey State Flag Proposal 5b Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 03 SEP 2014
-New Jersey State Flag Proposal No 6b By Stephen Richard Barlow 03 SEP 2014 at 1139hrs cst.jpg|New Jersey State Flag Proposal 6b Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 03 SEP 2014
-New Jersey State Flag Proposal No 7b By Stephen Richard Barlow 03 SEP 2014 at 1144hrs cst.jpg|New Jersey State Flag Proposal 7b Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 03 SEP 2014
-New Jersey State Flag Proposal No 8b By Stephen Richard Barlow 03 SEP 2014 at 1145hrs cst.jpg|New Jersey State Flag Proposal 8b Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 03 SEP 2014
-New Jersey State Flag Proposal No 9b By Stephen Richard Barlow 03 SEP 2014 at 1146hrs cst.jpg|New Jersey State Flag Proposal 9b Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 03 SEP 2014
-New Jersey State Flag Proposal No 10b By Stephen Richard Barlow 03 SEP 2014 at 1148hrs cst.jpg|New Jersey State Flag Proposal 10b Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 03 SEP 2014
 New Jersey State Flag Proposal No 11 By Stephen Richard Barlow 04 SEP 2014 at 0549hrs cst.png|New Jersey State Flag Proposal No. 11 Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 04 SEP 2014
 NJ Proposal Andrew.png|NJ Flag Proposal "Andrew"
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 US-NJ flag proposal Hans 7.png|{{User:HansLN/GE|p=usn|d=Oct 2016|n=7}}
 New Jersey State Flag Proposal No 10 Designed By Stephen Richard Barlow 28 DEC 2014 at 1401 HRS CST.png|New Jersey State Flag Proposal No. 10 Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 28 DEC 2014 at 1401 HRS CST
-star American Flag with New Jersey State Flag Proposal No. 11a  By Stephen Richard Barlow  10 JAN 2015 1030 HRS CST.png|New Jersey State Flag Proposal No. 11a Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 10 JAN 2015 at 1030 HRS CST
-New Jersey State Flag Proposal No. 11a Designed By Stephen Richard Barlow 10 JAN 2015 at 1028 HRS CST.png|New Jersey State Flag Proposal No. 11a Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 10 JAN 2015 at 1028 HRS CST
 New Jersey State Flag Proposal No. 2a Designed By  Stephen Richard Barlow 10 JAN 2015 at 1234 HRS CST.png|New Jersey State Flag Proposal No. 2a Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 10 JAN 2015 at 1234 HRS CST
 New Jersey.png|New Jersey State Flag Symplistic Proposal. The state motto is “Liberty and Prosperity.” The shield is liberty, and the arrow — pointing upward — is prosperity. By Ed Mitchell. 2013.
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 NJ 3 Regions.png|North-Central-South Jersey Stripes by Newresnow
 NJ Canton.png|New Jersey proposal 1 by Digilog, Apr 2017
+NJ buff field BIG3.png|NJ was the third state of the Union thus has three stars on carry over buff. Blue star for the shield, orange and red for Liberty and Ceres. Design by Rotten Ali.
+New Jersey - Pall.png|New Jersey state flag proposed by Ken Morton. This flag retains the colors of the current state flag. The three arms of the Y-shaped pall represent the three primary regions of New Jersey: the northern suburbs oriented eastward, towards New York City; the Jersey shore running to the south west; and the central corridor running across the middle of the state to Trenton and Princeton.
+C63771-E12C-41A1-A318-A15C88F9BA3C.jpeg|New Jersey
+DAC9C3-9C0C-4830-B7D7-32C970543B98.jpeg|New Jersey
+BB1132F-E1EA-48BE-B7BC-D6AC275C6356.jpeg|New Jersey
+New Jersey Redesign.png|Redesign by [[User:SimplisticFlags|SimplisticFlags]]. January 2019. ([[User:SimplisticFlags/Flag Proposals/American States#New Jersey|details]])
+NJ.png|By mbadawy. 2019
+New Jersey New Flag.png|NJ Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge"
+NJ_PNG.png|Based on a design by Hans. The flag of English Jersey contains a red saltire on white; the New Jersey flag has a saltire in the state colors of blue and buff. The three buff areas symbolize the three distinct regions of the state: North, Central, and South Jersey. The red triangle alludes to the Phrygian cap as well as the cornucopia, the items held by the supporters of the current arms, representing the state motto, "Liberty and prosperity”. The red triangle bordered by white also abstractly mimics the red and white lozenge in the arms of the original Lord Proprietor of the state Sir George Carteret. Posted by Preston Knapp [https://vexillology.fandom.com/wiki/User:Preston_Knapp]
+Proposal Flag of New Jersey.svg|Proposal for a flag for New Jersey. The  plows in the middle part represents the shield, the buff color is taken from the old flag, left is orange for liberty and right is red for prosperity. By [[User:Qaz_Janssen|Qaz]] Dec 2019 ([[User:Qaz Janssen/Proposals/Subnational/US-NEA#New Jersey|details]])
+Final results.png|Results from the US State Flags Facebook page from a study of 665 images in Feb/Mar 2020.
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