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60+ households with retirement income: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of 60+ households with retirement income (%). 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: 51.1 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 48.4 %
RI 49.1 %
DE 61.9 %
CT 53 %
NJ 50.4 %
MD 54.7 %
MA 49.4 %
VT 55.3 %
NH 52.3 %

Lowest: 44.4 to 48.4 %
Group 2: 48.4 to 51.1 %
Group 3: 51.1 to 53.1 %
Group 4: 53.1 to 54.8 %
Highest: 54.8 to 61.9 %

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	Delaware	61.9
2	Wisconsin	57.9
3	Hawaii	57.5
4	Wyoming	57.1
5	Michigan	56.6
6	Minnesota	56.2
7	Virginia	56
8	Alaska	55.6
9	Vermont	55.3
10	West Virginia	55
11	Pennsylvania	54.8
12	Maryland	54.7
12	Washington	54.7
14	Arizona	54.5
15	Oregon	54.4
16	Indiana	54.2
17	Missouri	54.1
17	Ohio	54.1
19	Iowa	53.6
20	South Carolina	53.2
21	Kansas	53.1
22	Connecticut	53
23	Idaho	52.4
23	Illinois	52.4
23	Utah	52.4
26	Maine	52.3
26	New Hampshire	52.3
28	Colorado	52
29	Nevada	51.5
30	Kentucky	51.3
31	North Carolina	51.1
32	New York	50.8
33	New Jersey	50.4
33	New Mexico	50.4
35	Alabama	50.2
36	Tennessee	49.6
37	Arkansas	49.4
37	Massachusetts	49.4
39	Rhode Island	49.1
40	District of Columbia	48.4
40	Montana	48.4
40	Nebraska	48.4
43	Georgia	48.2
44	Florida	48.1
45	North Dakota	47.7
46	California	46.9
47	South Dakota	46.7
48	Mississippi	46.3
49	Oklahoma	46
50	Texas	45.4
51	Louisiana	44.4

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 60+ households with retirement income (%) (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-60-plus-households-with-retirement-income/

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