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

Measure: Women 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.

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2026-11-04
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National value: 8.2 (United States).

Washington: 7.3Idaho: 7.4Montana: 9.3North Dakota: 7.8Minnesota: 8.2Michigan: 9.2Ohio: 9.3Pennsylvania: 9.4New York: 9.1Vermont: 9.1New Hampshire: 8.6Maine: 9.9Arizona: 7.9California: 6.9New Mexico: 9.2Texas: 6.2Louisiana: 8.7Mississippi: 9Alabama: 9.1Florida: 9Georgia: 7.3South Carolina: 8.3North Carolina: 8.3Virginia: 8.1District of Columbia: 7.1Maryland: 8.7Delaware: 9.8New Jersey: 8.6Connecticut: 9.4Rhode Island: 9.6Massachusetts: 9.2Oregon: 8.9Utah: 5.1Wyoming: 6.8Nevada: 6.8Colorado: 6.7South Dakota: 7.6Nebraska: 7.9Kansas: 8.7Oklahoma: 8.1Iowa: 9.3Missouri: 9.1Wisconsin: 8.9Illinois: 8.8Kentucky: 8.9Arkansas: 8.4Tennessee: 7.9West Virginia: 9.9Indiana: 8.3Alaska: 5.6Hawaii: 7.2

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 5.1 to 7.3 %
  • Group 2: 7.3 to 8.3 %
  • Group 3: 8.3 to 8.9 %
  • Group 4: 8.9 to 9.2 %
  • Highest: 9.2 to 9.9 %
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.

1Maine9.9
1West Virginia9.9
3Delaware9.8
4Rhode Island9.6
5Connecticut9.4
5Pennsylvania9.4
7Iowa9.3
7Montana9.3
7Ohio9.3
10Massachusetts9.2
10Michigan9.2
10New Mexico9.2
13Alabama9.1
13Missouri9.1
13New York9.1
13Vermont9.1
17Florida9
17Mississippi9
19Kentucky8.9
19Oregon8.9
19Wisconsin8.9
22Illinois8.8
23Kansas8.7
23Louisiana8.7
23Maryland8.7
26New Hampshire8.6
26New Jersey8.6
28Arkansas8.4
29Indiana8.3
29North Carolina8.3
29South Carolina8.3
32Minnesota8.2
33Oklahoma8.1
33Virginia8.1
35Arizona7.9
35Nebraska7.9
35Tennessee7.9
38North Dakota7.8
39South Dakota7.6
40Idaho7.4
41Georgia7.3
41Washington7.3
43Hawaii7.2
44District of Columbia7.1
45California6.9
46Nevada6.8
46Wyoming6.8
48Colorado6.7
49Texas6.2
50Alaska5.6
51Utah5.1

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 women 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-women-65-and-over-living-alone/

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