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Men 65 and over living alone: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Men 65 and over living alone. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in People living alone by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-04

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National value: 4.3 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 4.7 %
RI 4.9 %
DE 4.2 %
CT 4.6 %
NJ 3.9 %
MD 3.8 %
MA 4.5 %
VT 5.8 %
NH 5.3 %

Lowest: 2.8 to 4 %
Group 2: 4 to 4.5 %
Group 3: 4.5 to 4.6 %
Group 4: 4.6 to 4.9 %
Highest: 4.9 to 5.9 %

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	Montana	5.9
2	Vermont	5.8
3	Hawaii	5.5
3	New Mexico	5.5
5	West Virginia	5.4
6	New Hampshire	5.3
7	Ohio	5.2
8	Michigan	5.1
9	Alaska	5
9	Iowa	5
11	Maine	4.9
11	Pennsylvania	4.9
11	Rhode Island	4.9
11	Wisconsin	4.9
15	District of Columbia	4.7
15	Louisiana	4.7
15	North Dakota	4.7
15	Oklahoma	4.7
19	Alabama	4.6
19	Connecticut	4.6
19	Florida	4.6
19	Kentucky	4.6
19	Missouri	4.6
19	Nebraska	4.6
19	Nevada	4.6
26	Arkansas	4.5
26	Illinois	4.5
26	Kansas	4.5
26	Massachusetts	4.5
26	Mississippi	4.5
26	New York	4.5
26	Oregon	4.5
33	Minnesota	4.4
33	South Dakota	4.4
35	Arizona	4.3
35	Idaho	4.3
35	Indiana	4.3
35	South Carolina	4.3
39	Delaware	4.2
39	Wyoming	4.2
41	Washington	4
42	Colorado	3.9
42	New Jersey	3.9
42	North Carolina	3.9
42	Tennessee	3.9
46	Maryland	3.8
47	California	3.7
47	Virginia	3.7
49	Georgia	3.5
50	Texas	3.3
51	Utah	2.8

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table DP02: Selected Social Characteristics. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by men 65 and over living alone (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP02; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-04. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-men-65-and-over-living-alone/

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