Skyscraper Comparison in US Cities 1.5 - 3 Million Metro Area Population (populations, highest)
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Thought I'd segment this out, in order to see a good snapshot of mid to large sized metro areas in the US, and the number of high-rises each has in 2020.
Numbers are for completed high rises, and then in parentheses, a rough under construction count. I used wikipedia as a source, and I realize it may be off by a few for each city.
For high rises, I'm including 300 feet or higher only, as a baseline. Metro area populations are for 2018 estimates.
Sorted by highest number of completed skyscrapers to least number of completed:
1. Las Vegas: 2.231 million
Skyscrapers: 55+
(under construction 2)
2. Denver: 2.932 milion
Skyscrapers: 52+
(under construction 3+)
3. Austin: 2.168 million
Skyscrapers: 35
(under construction 13)
4. Charlotte: 2.569 million
Skyscrapers: 30
(under construction 7)
5. Baltimore: 2.802 million
Skyscrapers: 30
(under construction 2)
6. Pittsburgh: 2.324 million
Skyscrapers: 30
(under construction none currently)
7. Nashville: 1.930 million
Skyscrapers: 22
(under construction 9+)
8. Cleveland: 2.057 million
Skyscrapers: 21
(under construction 1)
9. Cincinnati: 2.190 million
Skyscrapers: 18
(under construction none currently)
10. Columbus: 2.106 million
Skyscrapers: 17
(under construction 3)
11. Portland: 2.478 million
Skyscrapers: 16
(under construction 1)
12. St Louis: 2.805 million
Skyscrapers: 14
(under construction 2)
13. Kansas City: 2.143 million
Skyscrapers: 14
(under construction 1)
14. Milwaukee: 1.576 million
Skyscrapers: 14
(under construction 1+)
15. Orlando: 2.572 million
Skyscrapers: 13 including area resorts
(under construction 1)
16. Indianapolis: 2.048 million
Skyscrapers: 13
(under construction none currently)
17. Sacramento: 2.345 million
Skyscrapers: 11
(under construction 2)
18. San Antonio: 2.518 million
Skyscrapers: 10
(under construction 1)
19. Jacksonville: 1.534 million
Skyscrapers: 9
(under construction 1+)
20. Providence: 1.621 million
Skyscrapers: 5
(under construction none currently)
21. Virginia Beach: 1.728 million
Skyscrapers: 2
(under construction none currently)
22. San Jose: 1.999 million
Skyscrapers: Zoning does not allow over 300 feet. They have 21 over 200 feet.
(under construction 3+)
Observations--
*Denver is clearly head and shoulders above the rest in this group
*Las Vegas has a ton, but stretched out on the strip and almost 99% hotels/resorts/casinos
*Austin, Charlotte and Nashville booming with construction
*St Louis has a surprisingly low high rise count, for such a 100 year "big city" status and metro area
*Providence surprisingly low too, for such a dense older city
Thought I'd segment this out, in order to see a good snapshot of mid to large sized metro areas in the US, and the number of high-rises each has in 2020.
Numbers are for completed high rises, and then in parentheses, a rough under construction count. I used wikipedia as a source, and I realize it may be off by a few for each city.
For high rises, I'm including 300 feet or higher only, as a baseline. Metro area populations are for 2018 estimates.
Sorted by highest number of completed skyscrapers to least number of completed:
1. Las Vegas: 2.231 million
Skyscrapers: 55+
(under construction 2)
2. Denver: 2.932 milion
Skyscrapers: 52+
(under construction 3+)
3. Austin: 2.168 million
Skyscrapers: 35
(under construction 13)
4. Charlotte: 2.569 million
Skyscrapers: 30
(under construction 7)
5. Baltimore: 2.802 million
Skyscrapers: 30
(under construction 2)
6. Pittsburgh: 2.324 million
Skyscrapers: 30
(under construction none currently)
7. Nashville: 1.930 million
Skyscrapers: 22
(under construction 9+)
8. Cleveland: 2.057 million
Skyscrapers: 21
(under construction 1)
9. Cincinnati: 2.190 million
Skyscrapers: 18
(under construction none currently)
10. Columbus: 2.106 million
Skyscrapers: 17
(under construction 3)
11. Portland: 2.478 million
Skyscrapers: 16
(under construction 1)
12. St Louis: 2.805 million
Skyscrapers: 14
(under construction 2)
13. Kansas City: 2.143 million
Skyscrapers: 14
(under construction 1)
14. Milwaukee: 1.576 million
Skyscrapers: 14
(under construction 1+)
15. Orlando: 2.572 million
Skyscrapers: 13 including area resorts
(under construction 1)
16. Indianapolis: 2.048 million
Skyscrapers: 13
(under construction none currently)
17. Sacramento: 2.345 million
Skyscrapers: 11
(under construction 2)
18. San Antonio: 2.518 million
Skyscrapers: 10
(under construction 1)
19. Jacksonville: 1.534 million
Skyscrapers: 9
(under construction 1+)
20. Providence: 1.621 million
Skyscrapers: 5
(under construction none currently)
21. Virginia Beach: 1.728 million
Skyscrapers: 2
(under construction none currently)
22. San Jose: 1.999 million
Skyscrapers: Zoning does not allow over 300 feet. They have 21 over 200 feet.
(under construction 3+)
Observations--
*Denver is clearly head and shoulders above the rest in this group
*Las Vegas has a ton, but stretched out on the strip and almost 99% hotels/resorts/casinos
*Austin, Charlotte and Nashville booming with construction
*St Louis has a surprisingly low high rise count, for such a 100 year "big city" status and metro area
*Providence surprisingly low too, for such a dense older city
Charlotte has more than 30 highrises...Are you doing skyscrapers or highrises?
Charlotte has more than 30 highrises...Are you doing skyscrapers or highrises?
Charlotte currently has 7 completed buildings over +150m (493'), 21 over +100m (328') and 30 buildings over +300'
Technically speaking.. Official US fire-code explicitly classifies any building over 7 stories or 115' is a high-rise because a mobile fire ladder can't reach the top floor.
Charlotte has more than 30 highrises...Are you doing skyscrapers or highrises?
Skyscrapers over 300 feet high. I may be using "high rises" interchangeably here, and that may be incorrect.
For my purposes I am using the term "skyscrapers" for those buildings that are over 300 feet.
Since the term "high rises" are over 100 feet or so, it seems.
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