State Elevation Ranking (by mean elevation) from NETSTATE.COM (original) (raw)
50 State Elevations (mean elevation)
The elevations listed below are relative to sea level.
- The highest point in a particular state is usually a mountain, or at least a hill.
- The lowest point of a state that borders an ocean is almost always sea level. Two states have interior places that are actually lower than, or below, sea level.
- The mean elevation can be considered the average elevation of a state.
| Mean elevations listed by from highest to lowest. (List by state, highest, lowest, or mean elevations) | ||||
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| Rank | State | High point | Low point | Mean elevation |
| 1. | Colorado | 14,440 feet | 3,315 feet | 6,800 feet |
| 2. | Wyoming | 13,804 feet | 3,099 feet | 6,700 feet |
| 3. | Utah | 13,528 feet | 2,000 feet | 6,100 feet |
| 4. | New Mexico | 13,161 feet | 2,842 feet | 5,700 feet |
| 5. | Nevada | 13,140 feet | 479 feet | 5,500 feet |
| 6. | Idaho | 12,662 feet | 710 feet | 5,000 feet |
| 7. | Arizona | 12,633 feet | 70 feet | 4,100 feet |
| 8. | Montana | 12,799 feet | 1,800 feet | 3,400 feet |
| 9. | Oregon | 11,239 feet | Sea level | 3,300 feet |
| 10. | Hawaii | 13,796 feet | Sea level | 3,030 feet |
| 11. | California | 14,494 feet | -282 feet | 2,900 feet |
| 12. | Nebraska | 5,424 feet | 840 feet | 2,600 feet |
| 13. | South Dakota | 7,242 feet | 966 feet | 2,200 feet |
| 14. | Kansas | 4,039 feet | 679 feet | 2,000 feet |
| 15. | Alaska | 20,320 feet | Sea level | 1,900 feet |
| 16. | North Dakota | 3,506 feet | 750 feet | 1,900 feet |
| 17. | Washington | 14,410 feet | Sea level | 1,700 feet |
| 18. | Texas | 8,749 feet | Sea level | 1,700 feet |
| 19. | West Virginia | 4,863 feet | 240 feet | 1,500 feet |
| 20. | Oklahoma | 4,973 feet | 289 feet | 1,300 feet |
| 21. | Minnesota | 2,301 feet | 602 feet | 1,200 feet |
| 22. | Pennsylvania | 3,213 feet | Sea level | 1,100 feet |
| 23. | Iowa | 1,670 feet | 480 feet | 1,100 feet |
| 24. | Wisconsin | 1,951 feet | 581 feet | 1,050 feet |
| 25. | New Hampshire | 6,288 feet | Sea level | 1,000 feet |
| 26. | New York | 5,344 feet | Sea level | 1,000 feet |
| 27. | Vermont | 4,393 feet | 95 feet | 1,000 feet |
| 28. | Virginia | 5,729 feet | Sea level | 950 feet |
| 29. | Tennessee | 6,643 feet | 178 feet | 900 feet |
| 30. | Michigan | 1,979 feet | 572 feet | 900 feet |
| 31. | Ohio | 1,549 feet | 455 feet | 850 feet |
| 32. | Missouri | 1,772 feet | 230 feet | 800 feet |
| 33. | Kentucky | 4,139 feet | 257 feet | 750 feet |
| 34. | North Carolina | 6,684 feet | Sea level | 700 feet |
| 35. | Indiana | 1,257 feet | 320 feet | 700 feet |
| 36. | Arkansas | 2,753 feet | 55 feet | 650 feet |
| 37. | Maine | 5,276 feet | Sea level | 600 feet |
| 38. | Georgia | 4,784 feet | Sea level | 600 feet |
| 39. | Illinois | 1,235 feet | 279 feet | 600 feet |
| 40. | Massachusetts | 3,487 feet | Sea level | 500 feet |
| 41. | Alabama | 2,407 feet | Sea level | 500 feet |
| 42. | Connecticut | 2,380 feet | Sea level | 500 feet |
| 43. | South Carolina | 3,560 feet | Sea level | 350 feet |
| 44. | Maryland | 3,360 feet | Sea level | 350 feet |
| 45. | Mississippi | 806 feet | Sea level | 300 feet |
| 46. | New Jersey | 1,803 feet | Sea level | 250 feet |
| 47. | Rhode Island | 812 feet | Sea level | 200 feet |
| 48. | Louisiana | 535 feet | -8 feet | 100 feet |
| 49. | Florida | 345 feet | Sea level | 100 feet |
| 50. | Delaware | 450 feet | Sea level | 60 feet |
| Information source: Carpenter, Alan, and Carl Provorse. The World Almanac of the U.S.A.. Mahwah: World Almanac Books, 1996. Print. |