- The tallest building in every state ranges from an 11-story apartment building in Vermont to a 1,776-foot tower in New York.
- As a whole, the US has more tall buildings than any other country in the world.
- Those buildings are unevenly distributed through the country, with many concentrated in major cities.
The United States has more tall buildings than any other country in the world – more than 2,600 of them taller than 100 meters, to be exact.
But within the US, not all skyscrapers are distributed evenly. Fourteen of the 20 tallest buildings in America are located in New York City, while several states don’t even have a single building in the top 500.
Below, we’ve compiled the tallest building in each state and the District of Columbia, from the 11-story Decker Towers apartment building in Vermont to the 1,776-foot One World Trade Center in New York. States are listed from shortest to tallest building, using statistics from real estate company HighRises.com and the Skyscraper Center database.
Read on to see how the tallest building in your state stacks up:
51. VERMONT — Decker Towers, Burlington
Height: 124 feet
Floors: 11
50. SOUTH DAKOTA — CenturyLink Tower, Sioux Falls
Height: 174 feet
Floors: 11
48. WYOMING — White Hall, Laramie
Height: 200 feet
Floors: 12
49. MAINE — Agora Grand Event Center, Lewiston
Height: 220 feet
Floors: 1
47. NORTH DAKOTA — North Dakota State Capitol, Bismarck
Height: 242 feet
Floors: 19
46. MONTANA — First Interstate Center, Billings
Height: 272 feet
Floors: 20
45. NEW HAMPSHIRE — City Hall Plaza, Manchester
Height: 275 feet
Floors: 20
44. WEST VIRGINIA — West Virginia State Capitol, Charleston
Height: 293 feet
Floors: 4
43. ALASKA — Conoco-Phillips Building, Anchorage
Height: 296 feet
Floors: 22
42. KANSAS — Epic Center, Wichita
Height: 320 feet
Floors: 22
41. IDAHO — Eighth and Main, Boise
Height: 323 feet
Floors: 18
40. WASHINGTON, DC — Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Height: 329 feet
Floors: 1
39. DELAWARE — River Tower at Christina Landing, Wilmington
Height: 340 feet
Floors: 27
38. MISSISSIPPI — Beau Rivage Casino Hotel, Biloxi
Height: 347 feet
Floors: 32
37. SOUTH CAROLINA — Capitol Center, Columbia
Height: 349 feet
Floors: 25
36. NEW MEXICO — Albuquerque Plaza, Albuquerque
Height: 351 feet
Floors: 22
35. UTAH — Wells Fargo Center, Salt Lake City
Height: 422 feet
Floors: 26
34. RHODE ISLAND — Industrial National Bank Building, Providence
Height: 428 feet
Floors: 26
33. HAWAII — First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu
Height: 429 feet
Floors: 30
32. ARIZONA — Chase Tower, Phoenix
Height: 483 feet
Floors: 40
31. VIRGINIA — Westin Virginia Beach Town Center, Virginia Beach
Height: 508 feet
Floors: 38
30. MARYLAND — Transamerica Tower, Baltimore
Height: 529 feet
Floors: 40
29. CONNECTICUT — City Place 1, Hartford
Height: 535 feet
Floors: 38
28. OREGON — Wells Fargo Center, Portland
Height: 546
Floors: 41
27. ARKANSAS — Simmons Tower, Little Rock
Height: 546 feet
Floors: 40
26. KENTUCKY — 400 West Market, Louisville
Height: 549 feet
Floors: 35
25. WISCONSIN — US Bank Center, Milwaukee
Height: 601 feet
Floors: 42
24. TENNESSEE — AT&T Building, Nashville
Height: 617 feet
Floors: 33
23. MISSOURI — One Kansas City Place, Kansas City
Height: 624 feet
Floors: 42
22. IOWA — 801 Grand, Des Moines
Height: 630 feet
Floors: 45
21. NEBRASKA — First National Bank Tower, Omaha
Height: 634 feet
Floors: 45
20. NEVADA — The Palazzo, Paradise
Height: 642 feet
Floors: 50
19. LOUISIANA — One Shell Square, New Orleans
Height: 697 feet
Floors: 51
18. COLORADO — Republic Plaza, Denver
Height: 714 feet
Floors: 56
17. ALABAMA — RSA Battle House Tower, Mobile
Height: 745 feet
Floors: 35
16. MICHIGAN — Renaissance Center, Detroit
Height: 755 feet
Floors: 73
15. NEW JERSEY — 30 Hudson Street, Jersey City
Height: 781 feet
Floors: 42
14. FLORIDA — Four Seasons Hotel and Tower, Miami
Height: 789 feet
Floors: 70
13. MASSACHUSETTS — 200 Clarendon Street, Boston
Height: 790
Floors: 60
12. MINNESOTA — IDS Center, Minneapolis
Height: 792 feet
Floors: 57
11. INDIANA — SalesforceTower, Indianapolis
Height: 830 feet
Floors: 48
10. OKLAHOMA — Devon Energy Center, Oklahoma City
Height: 850 feet
Floors: 50
9. NORTH CAROLINA — Bank of America Corporate Center, Charlotte
Height: 871 feet
Floors: 60
8. WASHINGTON — Columbia Center, Seattle
Height: 943 feet
Floors: 76
7. OHIO — Key Tower, Cleveland
Height: 947 feet
Floors: 57
6. PENNSYLVANIA — Comcast Center, Philadelphia
Height: 973 feet
Floors: 57
5. TEXAS — JP Morgan Chase Tower, Houston
Height: 1,002 feet
Floors: 75
4. GEORGIA — Bank of America Plaza, Atlanta
Height: 1,023 feet
Floors: 55
3. CALIFORNIA — Wilshire Grand Center, Los Angeles
Height: 1,100 feet
Floors: 73
2. ILLINOIS — Willis Tower, Chicago
Height: 1,729 feet
Floors: 108
1. NEW YORK — One World Trade Center, New York City
Height: 1,776 feet
Floors: 104