Which state has the most cell towers?

Texas has the most FCC-registered antenna structures with 20,674, ahead of California (11,857) and Florida (10,193).

States ranked by tower count

197,703 registered structures across 51 states and DC.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Refreshed from the FCC ASR weekly bulk database.

National ranking

#	State	Structures	Avg height	Tallest
1	Texas	20,674	76 m	612 m
2	California	11,857	32 m	625 m
3	Florida	10,193	68 m	579 m
4	Ohio	8,205	73 m	438 m
5	Georgia	7,807	78 m	610 m
6	Illinois	7,108	69 m	527 m
7	Alabama	6,220	83 m	610 m
8	Michigan	6,215	74 m	403 m
9	North Carolina	6,090	80 m	610 m
10	Missouri	6,021	77 m	610 m
11	Pennsylvania	5,758	67 m	389 m
12	Oklahoma	5,663	78 m	610 m
13	Wisconsin	5,114	73 m	609 m
14	Louisiana	5,037	87 m	605 m
15	Indiana	5,032	74 m	345 m
16	Mississippi	4,895	92 m	609 m
17	Tennessee	4,893	74 m	534 m
18	South Carolina	4,405	81 m	610 m
19	Virginia	4,237	66 m	384 m
20	Iowa	4,130	79 m	610 m
21	Minnesota	3,994	77 m	460 m
22	Arkansas	3,938	76 m	600 m
23	New York	3,752	62 m	546 m
24	Kansas	3,684	85 m	443 m
25	Kentucky	3,682	80 m	530 m
26	Washington	3,659	42 m	287 m
27	Arizona	2,833	37 m	413 m
28	Nebraska	2,685	77 m	565 m
29	Colorado	2,340	49 m	608 m
30	Oregon	2,082	43 m	331 m
31	Alaska	1,987	34 m	246 m
32	West Virginia	1,958	77 m	473 m
33	Maryland	1,911	70 m	390 m
34	New Jersey	1,851	54 m	305 m
35	New Mexico	1,736	63 m	560 m
36	North Dakota	1,605	81 m	628 m
37	Nevada	1,603	35 m	451 m
38	Massachusetts	1,508	59 m	412 m
39	Montana	1,459	53 m	245 m
40	Idaho	1,360	47 m	208 m
41	Utah	1,308	37 m	201 m
42	South Dakota	1,289	84 m	609 m
43	Maine	1,018	65 m	508 m
44	Wyoming	838	54 m	351 m
45	Connecticut	672	59 m	408 m
46	New Hampshire	608	53 m	202 m
47	Hawaii	533	36 m	152 m
48	Delaware	335	64 m	305 m
49	Rhode Island	327	51 m	305 m
50	Vermont	225	46 m	137 m
51	District of Columbia	84	58 m	215 m