US Cities by total number of "High Rise" buildings 2021 (Emporis) (better, place)

[the resident09]

I think it's interesting and important to gauge the entire scale of how full cities are with buildings that are not just "skyscrapers", but also above your average "low rise" 3-4 story structure. Some people often look to skyscrapers as a measure of urban scale, but from the ground level skyscrapers changes a city's aesthetics, and often times affects the street level activity negatively. Often with buildings in the "high rise" category you can still meet a good standard of street activity while still having a "taller" than average building.

Emporis high-rise standard:
A high-rise building is a structure whose architectural height is between 35 and 100 meters. A structure is automatically listed as a high-rise when it has a minimum of 12 floors, whether or not the height is known. If it has fewer than 40 floors and the height is unknown, it is also classified automatically as a high-rise.

The list below does not contain "low-rises" nor "Skyscrapers". These are the totals for the amount of buildings in between that. To search for your city just go to the Emporis site and add that city to the search field.

The list is by city proper, all cities with at least 100 high-rises:

New York City: 6,786 buildings (300 sq mi)
Chicago: 1,404 buildings (234 sq mi)

Los Angeles: 668 buildings (469 sq mi)
Houston, TX: 591 buildings (640 sq mi)
Washington D.C.: 503 buildings (61 sq mi)
Philadelphia: 475 buildings (134 sq mi)
San Francisco: 455 buildings (46 sq mi)
Honolulu: 443 buildings (102 sq mi)
Miami, FL: 443 buildings (36 sq mi)

Boston: 374 buildings (48 sq mi)
Dallas, TX: 347 buildings (385 sq mi)
Atlanta, GA: 337 buildings (132 sq mi)
Seattle: 321 buildings (83 sq mi)
Minneapolis: 295 buildings (55 sq mi)
Arlington, VA: 292 buildings (28 sq mi)
Denver: 283 buildings (154 sq mi)
Detroit: 248 buildings (139 sq mi)
St. Louis, Missouri: 247 buildings (62 sq mi)
Fort Lauderdale, FL: 240 buildings (31 sq mi)
Austin: 230 buildings (319 sq mi)
Baltimore: 218 buildings (81 sq mi)
San Diego: 212 buildings (325 sq mi)

Nashville: 190 buildings (504 sq mi)
Portland: 189 buildings (133 sq mi)
Kansas City: 186 buildings (314 sq mi)
Miami Beach, FL: 177 buildings (7 sq mi)
Jersey City, NJ: 176 buildings (15 sq mi)
Newark, NJ: 172 buildings (24 sq mi)
Pittsburgh: 172 buildings (56 sq mi)
Tampa, FL: 161 buildings (108 sq mi)
Cincinnati, OH: 168 buildings (78 sq mi)
Cleveland, OH: 164 buildings (77 sq mi)
Milwaukee: 163 buildings (96 sq mi)
Orlando: 163 buildings (67 sq mi)
Indianapolis: 161 buildings (361 sq mi)
Charlotte, NC: 158 buildings (307 sq mi)
Las Vegas, NV: 141 buildings (131 sq mi)
New Orleans: 129 buildings (181 sq mi)
Phoenix: 119 buildings (518 sq mi)
San Antonio, TX: 113 buildings (333 sq mi)
West Palm Beach, FL: 107 buildings (49 sq mi)
Oakland, CA: 104 buildings (56 sq mi)
Columbus, OH: 100 buildings (220 sq mi)

[Harbits]

Where's Miami?

[the resident09]

Originally Posted by Harbits

Where's Miami?

Added.

Couldn't forget my second favorite city like that, I was so focused on the suburbs around it and making sure they were included, that I forgot to add home base.

Are there any other cities in the Miami metro above 100 is the question?

[Harbits]

Originally Posted by the resident09

Added.

Couldn't forget my second favorite city like that, I was so focused on the suburbs around it and making sure they were included, that I forgot to add home base.

Are there any other cities in the Miami metro above 100 is the question?

Yea Miami Beach let me check for others.

[the resident09]

Originally Posted by Harbits

Yea Miami Beach let me check for others.

Yep. Duhh I can't believe I'm missing on those . Miami Beach added. Just the four I have listed now puts Miami area at 967 combined. There's obviously way more because many cities aren't listed only because they didn't have over 100.

[sobchbud1]

I'm pretty sure Emporis lists Sunny Isles and Aventura as separate as well. -- I really appreciate your effort!

[FL_Expert]

Ft. Lauderdale seems out of place in this list. It’s not a bad skyline, but it isn’t really in the same league as San Diego which it’s numerically better than.

[the resident09]

Originally Posted by FL_Expert

Ft. Lauderdale seems out of place in this list. It’s not a bad skyline, but it isn’t really in the same league as San Diego which it’s numerically better than.

That just means that San Diego has a better looking skyline over 100 meters, and not more buildings between 35-100m.

[18Montclair]

12 floors? I mean, okay but a bunch of stubby 12-floor buildings isnt very impressive imho.

An actual "skyscraper" is 492', or 150 meters tall.
https://www.theb1m.com/video/what-is-a-skyscraper

I think a listing of those might be more beneficial when having this conversation. I mean, Oakland technically has 100 'highrises', but the thought of that makes me laugh because it's so unbelievable, even though it's true-that's because I think of skyscrapers.

[mhays25]

This probably says more about urbanity than a list of 150-meter buildings.