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Share of householders 60+ living alone: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of householders 60 and over living alone (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in People 60 and over: living situation, work and income by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 39.3 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 56.5 %
RI 43 %
DE 36.9 %
CT 41 %
NJ 38 %
MD 39.1 %
MA 41 %
VT 41.7 %
NH 37.4 %

Lowest: 32.2 to 37.6 %
Group 2: 37.6 to 39.6 %
Group 3: 39.6 to 41.2 %
Group 4: 41.2 to 42.2 %
Highest: 42.2 to 56.5 %

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	District of Columbia	56.5
2	North Dakota	44.9
3	Iowa	43.9
4	Ohio	43.8
5	Rhode Island	43
6	Kentucky	42.7
7	West Virginia	42.6
8	Missouri	42.5
9	Illinois	42.4
10	Montana	42.3
11	Louisiana	42.2
12	New Mexico	42
13	Michigan	41.9
13	Oklahoma	41.9
13	Wisconsin	41.9
16	Kansas	41.8
17	New York	41.7
17	Vermont	41.7
19	Mississippi	41.5
20	Indiana	41.4
21	Alabama	41.2
22	Connecticut	41
22	Massachusetts	41
22	Pennsylvania	41
25	Minnesota	40.7
25	Oregon	40.7
27	Arkansas	40.6
28	Alaska	40.5
29	Nebraska	40.4
30	South Dakota	40.1
31	Maine	39.6
32	Colorado	39.4
33	Maryland	39.1
34	Tennessee	39
35	North Carolina	38.9
36	Virginia	38.4
37	Washington	38.1
38	New Jersey	38
39	Nevada	37.8
39	South Carolina	37.8
41	Georgia	37.6
42	New Hampshire	37.4
43	Florida	37.3
44	Idaho	37
45	Delaware	36.9
46	Arizona	36.8
47	Wyoming	36.6
48	Texas	36
49	California	34.8
50	Hawaii	33.2
51	Utah	32.2

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S0102: Population 60 Years and Over in the United States. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of householders 60 and over living alone (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S0102; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-share-of-householders-60-and-over-living-alone/

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