Tallest Buildings by US State

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Tallest Building by US State

State	Building	Height	Story	Year	City
Alabama	RSA Battle House Tower	745 ft (227 m)	35	2006	Mobile
Alaska	Conoco-Phillips Building	296 ft (90 m)	22	1983	Anchorage
Arizona	Chase Building (previously named the Bank One Center)	486 ft (148 m)	40	1972	Phoenix
Arkansas	Metropolitan National Bank Tower	546 ft (166 m)	40	1986	Little Rock
California	U.S. Bank Tower	1,018 ft (310 m)	73	1989	Los Angeles
Colorado	Republic Plaza	714 ft (218 m)	56	1984	Denver
Connecticut	City Place I	535 ft (163 m)	38	1984	Hartford
Delaware	Chase Manhattan Centre	330 ft (101 m)	23	1988	Wilmington
Florida	Four Seasons Hotel & Tower	789 ft (240 m)	64	2003	Miami
Georgia	Bank of America Plaza	1,023 ft (312 m)	55	1992	Atlanta
Hawaii	First Hawaiian Center	429 ft (131 m)	30	1996	Honolulu
Idaho	US Bank Plaza	267 ft (81 m)	20	1978	Boise
Illinois	Sears Tower	1,451 ft (442 m)	108	1974	Chicago
Indiana	Chase Tower	811 ft (247 m)	49	1990	Indianapolis
Iowa	801 Grand	630 ft (192 m)	45	1991	Des Moines
Kansas	Epic Center	325 ft (99 m)	27	1989	Wichita
Kentucky	Aegon Center	549 ft (167 m)	35	1993	Louisville
Louisiana	One Shell Square	697 ft (212 m)	51	1972	New Orleans
Maine	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception	200 ft (61 m)	-	1869	Portland
Maryland	Legg Mason Building	529 ft (161 m)	40	1973	Baltimore
Massachusetts	John Hancock Tower	790 ft (241 m)	60	1976	Boston
Michigan	Marriott Renaissance Center	726 ft (221 m)	73	1977	Detroit
Minnesota	IDS Center	792 ft (241 m)	55	1973	Minneapolis
Mississippi	Beau Rivage Casino Hotel	346 ft (105 m)	32	1999	Biloxi
Missouri	One Kansas City Place	632 ft (193 m)	42	1988	Kansas City
Montana	First Interstate Center	272 ft (83 m)	20	1985	Billings
Nebraska	One First National Center	634 ft (193 m)	45	2002	Omaha
Nevada	Wynn Las Vegas-Phase I	614 ft (187 m)	50	2005	Las Vegas
New Hampshire	Hampshire Plaza	259 ft (79 m)	20	1972	Manchester
New Jersey	Goldman Sachs Tower	781 ft (238 m)	42	2004	Jersey City
New Mexico	Albuquerque Plaza	351 ft (107 m)	22	1990	Albuquerque
New York	Empire State Building	1,250 ft (381 m)	102	1931	New York
North Carolina	Bank of America Corporate Center	871 ft (265 m)	60	1992	Charlotte
North Dakota	ND State Capitol	241 ft (73 m)	19	1934	Bismarck
Ohio	Key Tower	947 ft (289 m)	57	1991	Cleveland
Oklahoma	One Williams Center	667 ft (203 m)	52	1976	Tulsa
Oregon	Wells Fargo Center	546 ft (166 m)	41	1972	Portland
Pennsylvania	One Liberty Place	945 ft (288 m)	61	1987	Philadelphia
Rhode Island	Bank of America Building	428 ft (130 m)	26	1927	Providence
South Carolina	Capitol Center	349 ft (106 m)	25	1987	Columbia
South Dakota	Qwest Tower	210 ft (64 m)	11	-	Sioux Falls
Tennessee	BellSouth Building	617 ft (188 m)	33	1994	Nashville
Texas	JPMorgan Chase Tower	1,002 ft (305 m)	75	1982	Houston
Utah	Wells Fargo Center	422 ft (129 m)	26	1998	Salt Lake City
Vermont	Montpelier City Hall	150 ft (46 m)	4	1909	Montpelier
Virginia	Westin Hotel	508 ft (155 m)	38	2007	Virginia Beach
Washington	Columbia Center	937 ft (285 m)	76	1985	Seattle
West Virginia	West Virginia State Capitol	292 ft (89 m)	3	1932	Charleston
Wisconsin	U.S. Bank Center	601 ft (183 m)	42	1973	Milwaukee
Wyoming	Wyoming State Capitol	146 ft (45 m)	-	1917	Cheyenne

Statistics

Five states — California, Georgia, Illinois, New York and Texas — have their tallest buildings over 1,000 ft (305 m). Another five states — Maine, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming — have their tallest buildings less than 250 ft (76 m).
All but nine buildings are office buildings. Of the nine buildings that are not office buildings, four are hotels/residential buidlings, four are government buildings, and one is a church.
All but eight states have their tallest building located in their largest city. The states that don't have their tallest building in their largest metropolitan area are Connecticut, Mississippi, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Vermont , Virginia and Alabama
All but three of these eight states — Mississippi, Vermont and Virginia — have their tallest building in their second largest city.
Mississippi has its tallest building in its third largest city — Biloxi; Vermont has its tallest building in its capital — Montpelier; and Virginia has its tallest in its capital and third largest city — Richmond and Alabama's tallest building is located in Mobile which is the second largest city in the state, Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama.

Of these 50 buildings,

Five starts with the word One
Two starts with the word First
Three contain Bank of America
Three contain US Bank
Two contain Bank One
Three contain Wells Fargo
Two use their address as the name of the building — New Jersey's 30 Hudson Street and Iowa's 801 Grand
Three are state capitols — North Dakota, West Virginia and Wyoming. However, South Carolina's Capitol Center is an office building.