List of Illinois state symbols
This is a list of official symbols for the U.S. state of Illinois:
State symbols
Type | Symbol | Image | Law | Year adopted |
Amphibian | Eastern tiger salamander | 5 ILCS 460/85 | 2005 | |
Animal | White-tailed deer | 5 ILCS 460/45 | 1982 | |
Artifact | Pirogue | 5 ILCS 460/63 | 2017 | |
Bird | Northern cardinal | 5 ILCS 460/10 | 1929 | |
Exercise | Cycling | 5 ILCS 460/67 | 2018 | |
Fish | Bluegill | 5 ILCS 460/50 | 1986 | |
Flower | Violet | 5 ILCS 460/40 | 1908 | |
Folk dance | Square dance | 5 ILCS 460/65 | 1990 | |
Fruit | Gold Rush Apple | 5 ILCS 460/57 | 2007 | |
Fossil | Tully monster | 5 ILCS 460/60 | 1989 | |
Grain | Corn | 5 ILCS 460/56.5 | 2018 | |
Insect | Monarch butterfly | 5 ILCS 460/15 | 1975 | |
Mineral | Fluorite | 5 ILCS 460/25 | 1965 | |
Motto | "State sovereignty, national union" | 5 ILCS 460/5 | 1818 | |
Nickname | "The Prairie State" | Traditional | ||
Pet | Shelter dogs and shelter cats | 5 ILCS 460/47 | 2017 | |
Pie | Pumpkin pie | 5 ILCS 460/100 | 2016 | |
Prairie grass | Big bluestem | 5 ILCS 460/55 | 1989 | |
Reptile | Painted turtle | 5 ILCS 460/90 | 2006 | |
Slogan | "Land of Lincoln" | 5 ILCS 460/30 | 1955 | |
Snackfood | Popcorn | 5 ILCS 460/80 | 2004 | |
Soil | Drummer silty clay loam | 5 ILCS 460/75 | 2001 | |
Song | "Illinois" | 5 ILCS 460/35 | 1925 | |
Tartan | Illinois Saint Andrew Society Tartan | 5 ILCS 460/95 | 2012 | |
Theatre | The Great American People Show | 5 ILCS 460/70 | 1995 | |
Tree | White oak | 5 ILCS 460/40 | 1973 | |
Vegetable | Sweet corn | 5 ILCS 460/56 | 2015 | |
Wildflower | Milkweed | 5 ILCS 460/43 | 2017 |