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