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Share of the population aged 65 and over: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of the population aged 65 and over (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Children and older adults by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-29

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National value: 19 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 13.6 %
RI 21.1 %
DE 22.8 %
CT 20.5 %
NJ 18.6 %
MD 18.4 %
MA 19.9 %
VT 24.1 %
NH 23 %

Lowest: 13 to 18.3 %
Group 2: 18.3 to 18.9 %
Group 3: 18.9 to 19.9 %
Group 4: 19.9 to 21.3 %
Highest: 21.3 to 24.7 %

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	Maine	24.7
2	Vermont	24.1
3	New Hampshire	23
4	Delaware	22.8
4	Florida	22.8
6	Hawaii	22.7
7	West Virginia	22.6
8	Montana	22.4
9	Pennsylvania	21.5
10	Wyoming	21.4
11	New Mexico	21.3
12	Rhode Island	21.1
12	South Carolina	21.1
14	Oregon	20.9
14	Wisconsin	20.9
16	Arizona	20.6
17	Connecticut	20.5
17	Michigan	20.5
19	Ohio	20.2
20	Iowa	20
21	Massachusetts	19.9
22	Missouri	19.7
23	Alabama	19.6
23	South Dakota	19.6
25	Mississippi	19.5
26	New York	19.3
27	Arkansas	19.1
27	Minnesota	19.1
29	Louisiana	19
29	North Carolina	19
31	Kansas	18.9
31	Kentucky	18.9
33	Idaho	18.8
34	Illinois	18.7
35	New Jersey	18.6
35	Tennessee	18.6
37	Indiana	18.5
37	Virginia	18.5
39	Maryland	18.4
39	Nebraska	18.4
41	Nevada	18.3
41	Washington	18.3
43	North Dakota	18.1
44	Oklahoma	18
45	California	17.5
46	Colorado	17.1
47	Georgia	16.7
48	Alaska	15.8
49	Texas	14.9
50	District of Columbia	13.6
51	Utah	13

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S0101: Age and Sex. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of the population aged 65 and over (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S0101; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-65-and-over/

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