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Share of people 65+ with a disability: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of people aged 65 and over with a disability (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Disability by age group by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-04

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National value: 32.2 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 32.8 %
RI 26.7 %
DE 27.2 %
CT 28 %
NJ 28.1 %
MD 29.1 %
MA 28.6 %
VT 28 %
NH 27.3 %

Lowest: 26.7 to 28.6 %
Group 2: 28.6 to 31 %
Group 3: 31 to 32.6 %
Group 4: 32.6 to 34.4 %
Highest: 34.4 to 41.1 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Mississippi	41.1
2	Oklahoma	40.2
3	Arkansas	38.9
4	West Virginia	38.3
5	Alabama	37.5
6	Kentucky	37.3
7	Louisiana	37.1
8	New Mexico	36.6
9	Texas	35
10	Tennessee	34.8
11	Nevada	34.4
12	Missouri	34.1
13	Indiana	34
14	Alaska	33.5
14	Georgia	33.5
16	Idaho	33.2
17	North Carolina	33.1
18	District of Columbia	32.8
18	Washington	32.8
20	California	32.6
20	Oregon	32.6
20	South Carolina	32.6
23	Wyoming	32.3
24	Kansas	32.1
24	New York	32.1
26	Ohio	31.9
27	Utah	31.7
28	Arizona	31.6
28	Michigan	31.6
30	Montana	31.1
31	Pennsylvania	31
32	Hawaii	30.8
32	South Dakota	30.8
34	Florida	30.7
35	Virginia	30.2
36	Illinois	29.9
37	Iowa	29.5
38	Maryland	29.1
38	North Dakota	29.1
40	Colorado	28.9
41	Massachusetts	28.6
42	New Jersey	28.1
42	Wisconsin	28.1
44	Connecticut	28
44	Maine	28
44	Vermont	28
47	New Hampshire	27.3
48	Delaware	27.2
48	Minnesota	27.2
50	Nebraska	27
51	Rhode Island	26.7

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table DP02: Selected Social Characteristics. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of people aged 65 and over with a disability (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP02; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-04. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-65-and-over-with-a-disability/

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