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

Measure: Life expectancy at birth: Total. 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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Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
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: 77.5 (United States).

Washington: 78.4Idaho: 78.4Montana: 77.3North Dakota: 77.9Minnesota: 79.3Michigan: 76.8Ohio: 75.6Pennsylvania: 77.3New York: 79.5Vermont: 78.3New Hampshire: 78.7Maine: 76.6Arizona: 76.7California: 79.3New Mexico: 74.5Texas: 77.1Louisiana: 73.8Mississippi: 72.6Alabama: 73.8Florida: 77.9Georgia: 75.9South Carolina: 75.1North Carolina: 75.9Virginia: 77.5District of Columbia: 76.6Maryland: 77.8Delaware: 76.5New Jersey: 79.6Connecticut: 79.4Rhode Island: 79.2Massachusetts: 79.8Oregon: 77.7Utah: 79Wyoming: 76.8Nevada: 76.4Colorado: 78.5South Dakota: 77.3Nebraska: 78.3Kansas: 76.5Oklahoma: 73.8Iowa: 77.9Missouri: 75.2Wisconsin: 78.1Illinois: 77.5Kentucky: 73.6Arkansas: 73.9Tennessee: 73.8West Virginia: 72.2Indiana: 75.4Alaska: 75.8Hawaii: 80

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 76.6 years
  • RI 79.2 years
  • DE 76.5 years
  • CT 79.4 years
  • NJ 79.6 years
  • MD 77.8 years
  • MA 79.8 years
  • VT 78.3 years
  • NH 78.7 years
  • Lowest: 72.2 to 75.2 years
  • Group 2: 75.2 to 76.6 years
  • Group 3: 76.6 to 77.7 years
  • Group 4: 77.7 to 78.5 years
  • Highest: 78.5 to 80 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.

1Hawaii80
2Massachusetts79.8
3New Jersey79.6
4New York79.5
5Connecticut79.4
6California79.3
6Minnesota79.3
8Rhode Island79.2
9Utah79
10New Hampshire78.7
11Colorado78.5
12Idaho78.4
12Washington78.4
14Nebraska78.3
14Vermont78.3
16Wisconsin78.1
17Florida77.9
17Iowa77.9
17North Dakota77.9
20Maryland77.8
21Oregon77.7
22Illinois77.5
22Virginia77.5
24Montana77.3
24Pennsylvania77.3
24South Dakota77.3
27Texas77.1
28Michigan76.8
28Wyoming76.8
30Arizona76.7
31District of Columbia76.6
31Maine76.6
33Delaware76.5
33Kansas76.5
35Nevada76.4
36Georgia75.9
36North Carolina75.9
38Alaska75.8
39Ohio75.6
40Indiana75.4
41Missouri75.2
42South Carolina75.1
43New Mexico74.5
44Arkansas73.9
45Alabama73.8
45Louisiana73.8
45Oklahoma73.8
45Tennessee73.8
49Kentucky73.6
50Mississippi72.6
51West Virginia72.2

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: Total (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-total/

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