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Highest elevation by state

Elevation at county population center.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

Elevation in feet at the county’s population-weighted center, not a county mean. USGS returns the national elevation model in meters; values shown here are converted to feet for a U.S. relocation audience. A large or mountainous county can vary greatly away from where most residents live.

  1. 1Colorado5678.1
  2. 2Wyoming5634.9
  3. 3New Mexico5101.6
  4. 4Utah4411.7
  5. 5Montana3674.8
  6. 6Idaho3235.5
  7. 7Nevada2707.4
  8. 8South Dakota1970.2
  9. 9Arizona1806
  10. 10Nebraska1490.1
  11. 11North Dakota1457.2
  12. 12Kansas1248.7
  13. 13West Virginia1156.3
  14. 14Minnesota1013.9
  15. 15Hawaii1013.8
  16. 16Oklahoma987.1
  17. 17Iowa937.7
  18. 18Wisconsin847.7
  19. 19Ohio823.2
  20. 20Missouri804.1
  21. 21Tennessee765.2
  22. 22Michigan761.9
  23. 23Oregon750.6
  24. 24Kentucky748.2
  25. 25Georgia746
  26. 26Indiana727.4
  27. 27Vermont713.2
  28. 28Texas677.4
  29. 29Illinois651.9
  30. 30Pennsylvania649.8
  31. 31North Carolina644.7
  32. 32Arkansas602.2
  33. 33Washington528.8
  34. 34California522.9
  35. 35Alabama499.6
  36. 36Virginia463
  37. 37New Hampshire421.1
  38. 38South Carolina408.9
  39. 39New York293.8
  40. 40Alaska293.5
  41. 41Maryland277.6
  42. 42Mississippi269
  43. 43Maine245.9
  44. 44Connecticut198.3
  45. 45Massachusetts176.7
  46. 46Rhode Island140.2
  47. 47New Jersey137.1
  48. 48District of Columbia69
  49. 49Louisiana64.3
  50. 50Florida42.6
  51. 51Delaware20
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Source: USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP). · How this is built