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Visualizing the Tallest Building in Each State

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February 13, 2017

Jeff Desjardins

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The Tallest Building in Each State

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The United States has some of the world’s tallest skyscrapers, but their distribution is extremely uneven. Today’s infographic comes from Highrises.com, and it covers the tallest building in each state.

New York City alone has 6,229 highrises – more than the next nine cities combined, including Chicago, Los Angeles, Honolulu, San Francisco, Houston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Miami, and Dallas.

Surprisingly, multiple states don’t have a single building over 200 feet (61 m) tall. The tallest building in Vermont is an 11-story apartment building called Decker Towers. South Dakota is nearly as quaint – the CenturyLink Tower in Sioux Falls is the tallest building in the state, but it’s also only 11 stories tall.

Top Ten List: The Tallest States

Here is the building that tips the scale for each of the ten “tallest” states:

Rank	Height (ft)	City	State	Building Name
1	1,776	New York City	NY	One World Trade Center
2	1,729	Chicago	IL	Willis Tower
3	1,023	Atlanta	GA	Bank of America Plaza
4	1,018	Los Angeles	CA	US Bank Tower
5	1,002	Houston	TX	JP Morgan Chase Tower
6	973	Philadelphia	PA	Comcast Center
7	947	Cleveland	OH	Hey Tower
8	943	Seattle	WA	Columbia Center
9	871	Charlotte	NC	Bank of America Corporate Center
10	850	Oklahoma City	OK	Devon Tower

Top Ten List: The Shortest States

Here is what ranks as the tallest building for the “shortest” ten states (also includes D.C.):

Rank	Height (ft)	City	State	Building Name
42	320	Wichita	KS	Epic Center
43	296	Anchorage	AK	Conoco Phillips Building
44	293	Charleston	WV	West Virginia State Capitol
45	275	Manchester	NH	City Hall Plaza
46	272	Billings	MT	First Interstate Center
47	242	Bismarck	ND	North Dakota State Capitol
48	200	Laramie	WY	White Hall
49	175	Portland	ME	Franklin Towers
50	174	Sioux Falls	SD	CenturyLink Tower
51	124	Burlington	VT	Decker Towers

What is the Tallest Building in Each State?

Not surprisingly, about 76% of these highrises are office buildings, with one of every three named after a bank. However, the tallest buildings in some of states have pretty unique purposes. The tallest habitable building in D.C., for example, is the lengthily-named Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, which is also the largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

The tallest building in Nevada is The Palazzo Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, the respective State Capitol buildings of North Dakota and West Virginia tower above any other skylines in those states.