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Life expectancy at 65: U.S. states ranked (2022)

Measure: Life expectancy at 65 (years). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Life expectancy at 65 by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2022.

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Data last updated
2026-11-11
Download full table CSVSource: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics (U.S. State Life Tables, 2022 (National Vital Statistics Reports vol. 74 no. 12), state tables 1–3) (opens in a new tab)Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics (United States Life Tables, 2022 (National Vital Statistics Reports vol. 74 no. 2), tables 1–3) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 18.9 (United States).

Washington: 19.1Idaho: 19Montana: 19.1North Dakota: 19.5Minnesota: 19.6Michigan: 18.4Ohio: 17.8Pennsylvania: 18.7New York: 19.8Vermont: 19.5New Hampshire: 19.1Maine: 18.7Arizona: 18.8California: 19.7New Mexico: 18.7Texas: 18.3Louisiana: 17.5Mississippi: 16.7Alabama: 17.1Florida: 19.4Georgia: 17.9South Carolina: 18North Carolina: 18.1Virginia: 18.5District of Columbia: 18.7Maryland: 19Delaware: 18.8New Jersey: 19.6Connecticut: 19.8Rhode Island: 19.4Massachusetts: 19.7Oregon: 18.8Utah: 19Wyoming: 18.5Nevada: 17.9Colorado: 19.4South Dakota: 19.4Nebraska: 18.9Kansas: 18.1Oklahoma: 16.8Iowa: 18.7Missouri: 17.8Wisconsin: 19.1Illinois: 18.7Kentucky: 16.8Arkansas: 17Tennessee: 17.2West Virginia: 16.6Indiana: 17.7Alaska: 18.6Hawaii: 20.5

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 18.7 years
  • RI 19.4 years
  • DE 18.8 years
  • CT 19.8 years
  • NJ 19.6 years
  • MD 19 years
  • MA 19.7 years
  • VT 19.5 years
  • NH 19.1 years
  • Lowest: 16.6 to 17.8 years
  • Group 2: 17.8 to 18.6 years
  • Group 3: 18.6 to 18.9 years
  • Group 4: 18.9 to 19.4 years
  • Highest: 19.4 to 20.5 years
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.

1Hawaii20.5
2Connecticut19.8
2New York19.8
4California19.7
4Massachusetts19.7
6Minnesota19.6
6New Jersey19.6
8North Dakota19.5
8Vermont19.5
10Colorado19.4
10Florida19.4
10Rhode Island19.4
10South Dakota19.4
14Montana19.1
14New Hampshire19.1
14Washington19.1
14Wisconsin19.1
18Idaho19
18Maryland19
18Utah19
21Nebraska18.9
22Arizona18.8
22Delaware18.8
22Oregon18.8
25District of Columbia18.7
25Illinois18.7
25Iowa18.7
25Maine18.7
25New Mexico18.7
25Pennsylvania18.7
31Alaska18.6
32Virginia18.5
32Wyoming18.5
34Michigan18.4
35Texas18.3
36Kansas18.1
36North Carolina18.1
38South Carolina18
39Georgia17.9
39Nevada17.9
41Missouri17.8
41Ohio17.8
43Indiana17.7
44Louisiana17.5
45Tennessee17.2
46Alabama17.1
47Arkansas17
48Kentucky16.8
48Oklahoma16.8
50Mississippi16.7
51West Virginia16.6

Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. State Life Tables, 2022 (National Vital Statistics Reports vol. 74 no. 12), state tables 1–3
Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, United States Life Tables, 2022 (National Vital Statistics Reports vol. 74 no. 2), tables 1–3. Reference period: 2022.

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U.S. states ranked by life expectancy at 65 (years) (2022). Data: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. State Life Tables, 2022 (National Vital Statistics Reports vol. 74 no. 12) and United States Life Tables, 2022 (vol. 74 no. 2); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-11. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-life-expectancy-at-65/

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