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Households with someone 65 or over: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Households with someone 65 or over. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Households by type 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: 34.2 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 22.2 %
RI 37 %
DE 41.1 %
CT 36.5 %
NJ 35.5 %
MD 34.2 %
MA 35.7 %
VT 38.1 %
NH 39.4 %

Lowest: 22.2 to 32.4 %
Group 2: 32.4 to 33.7 %
Group 3: 33.7 to 35 %
Group 4: 35 to 36.8 %
Highest: 36.8 to 43.9 %

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	Hawaii	43.9
2	Delaware	41.1
3	Florida	40
4	New Hampshire	39.4
5	Maine	39
6	West Virginia	38.5
7	New Mexico	38.1
7	Vermont	38.1
9	Montana	37
9	Rhode Island	37
11	Pennsylvania	36.8
12	Connecticut	36.5
13	Arizona	36.3
14	South Carolina	36.2
15	Massachusetts	35.7
15	Michigan	35.7
17	New Jersey	35.5
17	New York	35.5
19	Mississippi	35.3
19	Oregon	35.3
21	Alabama	35
22	Ohio	34.8
23	California	34.7
24	Louisiana	34.4
25	Nevada	34.3
26	Maryland	34.2
26	Wisconsin	34.2
28	Missouri	33.9
29	Arkansas	33.8
29	Idaho	33.8
31	Kentucky	33.7
32	Wyoming	33.6
33	North Carolina	33.4
34	Illinois	33.3
34	Iowa	33.3
36	Virginia	33.2
37	Kansas	32.9
38	Tennessee	32.8
39	Oklahoma	32.7
40	Indiana	32.6
41	Minnesota	32.4
42	Washington	32.1
43	Georgia	31.7
43	South Dakota	31.7
45	Nebraska	31.4
46	Colorado	29.3
47	Alaska	29.2
48	Texas	28.9
49	North Dakota	28.5
50	Utah	26.1
51	District of Columbia	22.2

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 households with someone 65 or over (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-households-with-someone-65-or-over/

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