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

Measure: Life expectancy at birth: Male. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Life expectancy at birth 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: 74.8 (United States).

Washington: 76.1Idaho: 76.4Montana: 74.9North Dakota: 75.4Minnesota: 77Michigan: 74.3Ohio: 73Pennsylvania: 74.7New York: 76.9Vermont: 75.8New Hampshire: 76.5Maine: 73.9Arizona: 73.7California: 76.7New Mexico: 71.2Texas: 74.6Louisiana: 70.6Mississippi: 69.5Alabama: 70.8Florida: 75.2Georgia: 73.1South Carolina: 72.2North Carolina: 73Virginia: 75District of Columbia: 73.3Maryland: 75.1Delaware: 73.6New Jersey: 77.1Connecticut: 76.8Rhode Island: 76.6Massachusetts: 77.4Oregon: 75.2Utah: 77.3Wyoming: 74.6Nevada: 74Colorado: 76.1South Dakota: 75.2Nebraska: 76Kansas: 74.1Oklahoma: 71.3Iowa: 75.6Missouri: 72.5Wisconsin: 75.7Illinois: 74.9Kentucky: 71.1Arkansas: 71.3Tennessee: 70.9West Virginia: 69.5Indiana: 72.7Alaska: 73.7Hawaii: 77.1

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 73.3 years
  • RI 76.6 years
  • DE 73.6 years
  • CT 76.8 years
  • NJ 77.1 years
  • MD 75.1 years
  • MA 77.4 years
  • VT 75.8 years
  • NH 76.5 years
  • Lowest: 69.5 to 72.5 years
  • Group 2: 72.5 to 74 years
  • Group 3: 74 to 75.2 years
  • Group 4: 75.2 to 76.4 years
  • Highest: 76.4 to 77.4 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.

1Massachusetts77.4
2Utah77.3
3Hawaii77.1
3New Jersey77.1
5Minnesota77
6New York76.9
7Connecticut76.8
8California76.7
9Rhode Island76.6
10New Hampshire76.5
11Idaho76.4
12Colorado76.1
12Washington76.1
14Nebraska76
15Vermont75.8
16Wisconsin75.7
17Iowa75.6
18North Dakota75.4
19Florida75.2
19Oregon75.2
19South Dakota75.2
22Maryland75.1
23Virginia75
24Illinois74.9
24Montana74.9
26Pennsylvania74.7
27Texas74.6
27Wyoming74.6
29Michigan74.3
30Kansas74.1
31Nevada74
32Maine73.9
33Alaska73.7
33Arizona73.7
35Delaware73.6
36District of Columbia73.3
37Georgia73.1
38North Carolina73
38Ohio73
40Indiana72.7
41Missouri72.5
42South Carolina72.2
43Arkansas71.3
43Oklahoma71.3
45New Mexico71.2
46Kentucky71.1
47Tennessee70.9
48Alabama70.8
49Louisiana70.6
50Mississippi69.5
50West Virginia69.5

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 birth: Male (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-birth-male/

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