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Share of people 60 and over who are widowed: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of people 60 and over who are widowed (%). 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: 16.2 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 14.2 %
RI 15.6 %
DE 14.4 %
CT 14.4 %
NJ 15.7 %
MD 15.7 %
MA 15.3 %
VT 14.6 %
NH 14.4 %

Lowest: 12.8 to 14.4 %
Group 2: 14.4 to 15.3 %
Group 3: 15.3 to 16.3 %
Group 4: 16.3 to 17.5 %
Highest: 17.5 to 19.6 %

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	Mississippi	19.6
2	West Virginia	19.4
3	Alabama	19.2
3	Oklahoma	19.2
5	Kentucky	18.6
6	Arkansas	18.4
7	North Dakota	18
8	Louisiana	17.9
8	Tennessee	17.9
10	Iowa	17.5
10	Missouri	17.5
12	Indiana	17.3
12	South Carolina	17.3
14	North Carolina	17.1
14	Ohio	17.1
16	Pennsylvania	17
17	Georgia	16.7
18	Illinois	16.6
19	Kansas	16.4
19	Texas	16.4
21	Montana	16.3
22	New York	16.2
22	Virginia	16.2
24	Nevada	16.1
25	Florida	15.8
25	Michigan	15.8
27	Maryland	15.7
27	New Jersey	15.7
29	Rhode Island	15.6
30	Nebraska	15.5
31	California	15.3
31	Massachusetts	15.3
31	Wisconsin	15.3
34	Arizona	15.2
34	Oregon	15.2
36	Hawaii	14.8
37	Minnesota	14.6
37	New Mexico	14.6
37	Vermont	14.6
40	Idaho	14.5
41	Connecticut	14.4
41	Delaware	14.4
41	New Hampshire	14.4
44	South Dakota	14.3
45	District of Columbia	14.2
45	Utah	14.2
47	Washington	14.1
48	Maine	13.8
49	Colorado	13.7
49	Wyoming	13.7
51	Alaska	12.8

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 people 60 and over who are widowed (%) (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-people-60-and-over-who-are-widowed/

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