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Men's life expectancy at 65: U.S. states ranked (2022)

Measure: Men's 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: 17.5 (United States).

Washington: 17.9Idaho: 17.9Montana: 17.9North Dakota: 18.1Minnesota: 18.3Michigan: 17.1Ohio: 16.5Pennsylvania: 17.2New York: 18.3Vermont: 18.1New Hampshire: 18Maine: 17.5Arizona: 17.5California: 18.3New Mexico: 17.4Texas: 16.9Louisiana: 16.1Mississippi: 15.3Alabama: 15.7Florida: 17.9Georgia: 16.4South Carolina: 16.6North Carolina: 16.8Virginia: 17.2District of Columbia: 16.9Maryland: 17.5Delaware: 17.5New Jersey: 18.1Connecticut: 18.4Rhode Island: 18Massachusetts: 18.4Oregon: 17.5Utah: 18.2Wyoming: 17.5Nevada: 16.5Colorado: 18.3South Dakota: 18.1Nebraska: 17.6Kansas: 16.9Oklahoma: 15.6Iowa: 17.4Missouri: 16.5Wisconsin: 17.8Illinois: 17.3Kentucky: 15.6Arkansas: 15.6Tennessee: 15.8West Virginia: 15.4Indiana: 16.4Alaska: 17.6Hawaii: 18.8

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 16.9 years
  • RI 18 years
  • DE 17.5 years
  • CT 18.4 years
  • NJ 18.1 years
  • MD 17.5 years
  • MA 18.4 years
  • VT 18.1 years
  • NH 18 years
  • Lowest: 15.3 to 16.5 years
  • Group 2: 16.5 to 17.2 years
  • Group 3: 17.2 to 17.6 years
  • Group 4: 17.6 to 18.1 years
  • Highest: 18.1 to 18.8 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.

1Hawaii18.8
2Connecticut18.4
2Massachusetts18.4
4California18.3
4Colorado18.3
4Minnesota18.3
4New York18.3
8Utah18.2
9New Jersey18.1
9North Dakota18.1
9South Dakota18.1
9Vermont18.1
13New Hampshire18
13Rhode Island18
15Florida17.9
15Idaho17.9
15Montana17.9
15Washington17.9
19Wisconsin17.8
20Alaska17.6
20Nebraska17.6
22Arizona17.5
22Delaware17.5
22Maine17.5
22Maryland17.5
22Oregon17.5
22Wyoming17.5
28Iowa17.4
28New Mexico17.4
30Illinois17.3
31Pennsylvania17.2
31Virginia17.2
33Michigan17.1
34District of Columbia16.9
34Kansas16.9
34Texas16.9
37North Carolina16.8
38South Carolina16.6
39Missouri16.5
39Nevada16.5
39Ohio16.5
42Georgia16.4
42Indiana16.4
44Louisiana16.1
45Tennessee15.8
46Alabama15.7
47Arkansas15.6
47Kentucky15.6
47Oklahoma15.6
50West Virginia15.4
51Mississippi15.3

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 men's 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-mens-life-expectancy-at-65/

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