Elevation of Tallahassee
204ft
above sea level · 62 m
Tallahassee is the capital of Florida. Of the 50 state capitals, it’s the 15th lowest. The state’s largest city is Jacksonville.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 30.44° N · 84.28° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 30° 26′ 18″ N · 84° 16′ 51″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 16R · 761,155 E · 3,370,490 N
- Zone 16 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Eastern Time
- UTC−5 · UTC−4 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 204,902 people
- 103 sq mi of land · 1,997 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from January 2020: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Tallahassee had 204,902 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 4.4% more than in April 2020, when it had 196,182. Its 103 sq mi of land work out to 1,997 people/sq mi; the state average is 437 people/sq mi.
It’s the 9th most populous of the 956 places the Census counts in Florida (cities, towns and CDPs), after Jacksonville (1,017,689), and holds 0.9% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Leon County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 2.0 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with other state capitals
Tallahassee sits at 204 ft (62 m) above sea level. Of the 50 state capitals, the highest is Santa Fe (6,997 ft) and the lowest is Providence (9 ft). The average is 1,098 ft: Tallahassee is 894 ft below it.
Of the 7 cities in Florida with a page, Tallahassee is the highest: the highest is Tallahassee (204 ft) and the lowest is Miami (6 ft).
The highest point in Florida is Britton Hill, at 345 ft according to the USGS: 141 ft above Tallahassee, 125 mi away in a straight line.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Tallahassee.
What is the elevation of Tallahassee?
Tallahassee is 204 feet (62 m) above sea level. That’s the ground height from the USGS 3DEP elevation model at the city’s reference point in the official gazetteer (GNIS). The city doesn’t have a single elevation: it rises and falls from one neighborhood to another.
What are the coordinates of Tallahassee?
Latitude 30.43826 and longitude -84.28073, in decimal degrees (30° 26′ 18″ N · 84° 16′ 51″ W). In UTM, zone 16: 761,155 E and 3,370,490 N, on NAD83.
How does Tallahassee rank among the highest state capitals?
It’s the 15th lowest of the 50 state capitals. The highest is Santa Fe (6,997 ft) and the lowest is Providence (9 ft).
What county is Tallahassee in?
Leon County, Florida.
Which is higher, Tallahassee or Jacksonville?
Tallahassee. Tallahassee sits at 204 ft and Jacksonville at 16 ft: a difference of 188 ft, 157 mi apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height above mean sea level. In the US the official reference is the NAVD88 vertical datum. Summits are surveyed on the ground, with leveling and precise GPS. The USGS 3DEP is an elevation model of the whole country, largely from 1-meter lidar: it gives the ground height at every point. That’s why it can differ by a few feet from the official figure of a sharp summit.
Sources
- USGS 3DEP (EPQS service) The elevation: the ground height at the reference point. Public domain.
- USGS GNIS (official gazetteer) The city’s reference point (“Populated Place”). Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates Population, land area (2025 Gazetteer) and counties. Public domain.
- TIGERweb (U.S. Census Bureau) Which county and city the point falls in. Public domain.
- timezone-boundary-builder The point’s time zone (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors).
- Terrain Tiles, OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The relief shading and the base map (ODbL).
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