List of U.S. states and territories by life expectancy

This article presents a list of United States states and territories sorted by their life expectancy at birth, by sex, and in the past. The data in the 2018 column is taken from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for the states (2018 data)[1],and from the World Bank for the territories (2018 data)[2]. Data in the 2010 columns comes from the US Health Map. Overall, life expectancy at birth in Hawaii, California, and New York (state) are among the longest in the nation, while life expectancy at birth in Mississippi, American Samoa, and West Virginia are among the shortest in the nation.

Life Expectancy by county in 2018

The life expectancy in some states has fallen in recent years; for example, Maine's life expectancy in 2010 was 79.1 years, and in 2018 it was 78.7 years. The Washington Post noted in November 2018 that overall life expectancy in the United States was declining although in 2018 life expectancy had a slight increase of 0.1 and bringing it to having not changed since 2010.[3]




Life Expectancy in 2018
Rank State/Territory Life Expectancy 2018[4] Life Expectancy 2010[5] Change 2010-2018 Male Life Expectancy[5] Female Life Expectancy[5]
1.  Hawaii 82.29 81.16 1.13 79.56 85.08
2.  California 81.58 80.34 1.24 79.37 83.72
3.  New York 81.27 79.99 1.28 79.01 83.39
4.  Minnesota 80.94 80.70 0.24 78.89 82.94
5.  Connecticut 80.87 80.46 0.41 78.71 82.88
6.  Massachusetts 80.51 80.24 0.27 78.22 82.63
7  Colorado 80.50 80.02 0.48 78.48 82.50
8.  New Jersey 80.43 79.71 0.72 78.22 82.48
9.  Washington 80.41 79.81 0.60 78.39 82.42
10.  Florida 80.04 79.04 1.00 77.46 82.60
11.  Rhode Island 79.92 79.58 0.34 77.60 82.08
12.  Arizona 79.90 79.30 0.60 77.55 82.30
13.  North Dakota 79.88 79.85 0.03 77.62 82.51
13.  Utah 79.88 79.94 0.06 78.18 81.58
-  Guam[2] 79.86 77.94 1.92 76.61[2] 83.36[2]
15.  Oregon 79.83 79.30 0.53 77.76 81.87
-  Puerto Rico[2] 79.78 78.41 1.37 76.35[2] 83.38[2]
16.  Vermont 79.68 79.96 0.28 77.74 81.58
17.  Nebraska 79.61 79.54 0.07 77.40 81.70
-  U.S. Virgin Islands[2] 79.57 77.97 1.60 76.30[2] 83.00[2]
18.  New Hampshire 79.52 80.12 0.60 77.52 81.46
19.  Virginia 79.48 78.88 0.60 77.38 81.49
20.  Wisconsin 79.45 79.64 0.19 77.31 81.56
21.  Iowa 79.41 79.67 0.26 77.20 81.59
22.  Idaho 79.32 79.40 0.08 77.42 81.25
23.  Illinois 79.25 78.87 0.38 76.92 81.48
24.  Maryland 79.14 78.79 0.35 76.76 81.37
25.  Texas 79.09 78.32 0.77 76.77 81.39
26.  South Dakota 79.05 79.36 0.31 76.65 81.52
27.  Wyoming 79.00 78.49 0.51 77.06 81.06
28.  Montana 78.83 78.76 0.07 76.80 80.93
29.  Alaska 78.77 78.24 0.53 76.69 81.12
-  United States 78.70[6] 78.70[7] 76.20[6] 81.20[6]
30.  Maine 78.68 79.16 0.48 76.53 80.80
31.  District of Columbia 78.59 76.19 2.40 75.77 81.21
32.  Kansas 78.52 78.72 0.20 76.29 80.75
33.  Nevada 78.51 77.74 0.77 75.97 80.99
34.  Delaware 78.43 78.32 0.10 76.16 80.59
35.  Pennsylvania 78.30 78.59 0.29 75.86 80.67
36.  New Mexico 78.07 78.34 0.27 75.36 80.84
37.  North Carolina 78.05 77.66 0.39 75.61 80.41
38.  Michigan 78.04 78.18 0.14 75.88 80.25
39. Georgia 77.77 77.08 0.69 75.38 80.05
40.  Missouri 77.29 77.62 0.33 74.83 79.72
41.  Indiana 77.04 77.70 0.66 74.67 79.38
42.  South Carolina 77.01 76.66 0.35 74.40 79.56
43.  Ohio 76.93 77.94 1.01 74.62 79.17
-  Northern Mariana Islands[8] 76.10[8] 76.41[9] 0.31 73.60[8] 79.30[8]
44.  Louisiana 76.07 75.75 0.32 73.33 78.81
45.  Tennessee 75.99 76.32 0.33 73.35 78.60
46.  Oklahoma 75.97 76.12 0.15 73.60 78.37
47.  Arkansas 75.93 76.21 0.28 73.28 78.62
48.  Alabama 75.42 75.58 0.16 72.68 78.12
49.  Kentucky 75.41 75.90 0.88 72.86 77.97
50.  Mississippi 74.89 74.95 0.06 71.88 77.91
-  American Samoa[8] 74.80[8] 71.57[9] 3.23 73.00[8] 77.00[8]
51.  West Virginia 74.79 76.07 1.27 72.35 77.32

Past Life Expectancy 1960-2018
State/Territory 2018[1] 2010[10] 2000[10] 1990[10] 1980[10] 1970[10] 1960[10] Change

1960-2018

 United States[7] 78.7 78.7 76.8 75.4 73.7 70.8 69.7 9.0
 Alabama 75.4 75.4 74.4 73.7 72.3 69.2 67.9 7.5
 Alaska 78.8 78.0 76.2 75.0 72.4 69.2 67.2 11.6
 American Samoa[9] 74.8 71.6 71.4 70.9 70.2 69.3 67.0 7.8
 Arizona 79.9 79.3 77.1 76.2 74.2 70.9 69.3 10.6
 Arkansas 75.9 76.0 74.8 74.4 73.3 70.8 69.9 6.0
 California 81.6 80.6 78.1 75.8 74.3 71.8 70.8 10.8
 Colorado 80.5 80.1 78.4 77.2 75.4 72.1 70.9 9.6
 Connecticut 80.9 80.7 78.3 77.1 74.9 72.6 71.1 9.8
 Delaware 78.4 78.3 76.4 75.0 73.2 69.9 69.1 9.3
 District of Columbia[5] 78.6 76.2 72.4 69.1 68.2 65.9 62.0 16.6
 Florida 80.0 79.0 77.0 75.7 73.8 70.8 69.9 10.1
Georgia 77. 77.3 75.1 73.8 72.1 68.4 67.5 10.3
 Guam[2] 79.9 77.0 75.0 71.9 69.3 65.7 61.0 18.9
 Hawaii 82.3 81.4 79.5 78.2 77.1 74.0 71.3 11.0
 Idaho 79.3 79.4 78.1 77.2 75.2 72.0 71.4 7.9
 Illinois 79.3 79.0 76.6 74.9 73.3 70.1 69.6 9.7
 Indiana 77.0 77.5 76.0 75.4 73.9 70.9 70.3 6.7
 Iowa 79.4 79.6 78.3 77.5 75.8 72.6 71.9 7.5
 Kansas 78.5 78.6 77.4 77.0 75.2 72.8 71.9 6.6
 Kentucky 75.4 75.9 75.1 74.4 72.8 70.0 69.6 5.8
 Louisiana 76.1 75.8 74.1 73.1 71.6 68.7 67.9 8.2
 Maine 78.7 79.1 77.6 76.6 74.4 70.7 70.2 8.5
 Maryland 79.1 79.0 76.2 74.9 73.3 70.2 68.6 10.5
 Massachusetts 80.5 80.5 78.2 76.8 74.8 71.9 70.5 10.0
 Michigan 78.0 78.0 76.4 75.1 73.7 70.7 70.2 7.8
 Minnesota 80.9 80.8 79.0 77.8 76.1 73.0 71.8 9.1
 Mississippi 74.9 74.8 73.4 73.1 71.8 68.4 67.6 7.3
 Missouri 77.3 77.4 76.0 75.3 73.6 70.6 70.2 7.1
 Montana 78.8 78.5 77.3 76.4 73.8 70.8 69.6 9.2
 Nebraska 79.6 79.7 78.3 76.9 75.4 72.5 72.0 7.6
 Nevada 78.5 77.8 75.9 74.5 72.6 69.3 67.6 10.9
 New Hampshire 79.5 80.3 78.5 77.0 75.1 71.6 70.7 8.8
 New Jersey 80.4 80.0 77.3 75.4 73.8 71.0 69.9 10.5
 New Mexico 78.1 78.2 77.1 76.0 73.8 70.5 69.3 8.8
 New York 81.3 80.3 77.6 74.6 73.4 70.5 69.7 11.6
 North Carolina 78.0 77.8 75.6 74.7 73.0 69.3 68.2 9.8
 North Dakota 79.9 79.7 78.8 77.5 75.6 73.0 71.5 8.4
 Northern Mariana Islands[9] 76.1 76.4 75.8 74.3 73.6 71.4 69.3 6.8
 Ohio 76.9 77.7 76.3 75.3 73.3 70.8 70.2 6.7
 Oklahoma 76.0 75.7 75.0 75.0 73.6 71.1 70.8 5.2
 Oregon 79.8 79.5 77.8 76.5 74.9 72.4 71.0 8.8
 Pennsylvania 78.3 78.5 76.7 75.4 73.3 70.4 69.5 8.8
 Puerto Rico[2] 79.8 78.4 76.7 74.2 73.7 71.5 68.7 11.1
 Rhode Island 79.9 79.5 78.0 76.4 74.6 71.7 70.6 9.3
 South Carolina 77.0 76.8 74.7 73.6 71.8 68.1 66.1 10.9
 South Dakota 79.1 79.3 78.0 77.1 74.8 72.3 70.5 8.6
 Tennessee 76.0 76.2 74.7 74.2 73.1 70.0 69.4 6.6
 Texas 79.1 78.4 76.5 75.2 73.6 70.8 70.2 8.9
 Utah 79.9 79.8 78.6 78.0 75.8 72.8 71.8 8.1
 U.S. Virgin Islands[2] 79.6 78.0 76.6 74.2 71.7 69.1 66.2 13.4
 Vermont 79.7 80.1 78.2 76.7 74.3 71.9 70.4 9.3
 Virginia 79.5 79.1 76.8 75.3 73.3 70.2 68.7 10.8
 Washington 80.4 80.1 78.2 76.8 75.0 71.9 71.1 9.3
 West Virginia 74.8 75.5 74.9 74.4 72.6 69.2 69.6 5.2
 Wisconsin 79.4 79.6 78.0 76.9 75.3 72.5 71.1 8.3
 Wyoming 79.0 78.1 77.1 76.4 73.8 70.8 69.2 9.8

Life Expectancy By Race in 2018
State All Races[1] White[1] Hispanic/Latino[1] Black/African American[1] Asian And

Pacific Islander[1]

 American Indian

and Alaska Native[1]

 United States[7] 78.7 78.6 81.9 75.0 86.3 77.4
 Alabama 75.4 76.0 79.1 72.9 80.2 78.7
 Alaska 78.8 80.0 80.9 79.0 87.1 70.5
 Arizona 79.9 80.0 81.0 76.8 87.0 71.8
 Arkansas 75.9 76.0 79.2 72.8 80.6 78.4
 California 81.6 80.7 83.6 76.0 87.6 75.7
 Colorado 80.5 80.6 81.0 77.2 87.9 74.2
 Connecticut 80.9 80.6 82.9 78.0 87.2 83.6
 Delaware 78.4 78.5 81.3 75.2 85.7 83.1
 District of Columbia 78.6 87.5 87.8 72.6 89.5 98.5
 Florida 80.0 79.9 82.1 76.1 86.1 81.6
Georgia 77.8 78.0 81.3 75.5 85.2 80.8
 Hawaii 82.3 81.3 87.9 80.9 83.7 81.9
 Idaho 79.3 79.1 83.1 81.3 84.9 74.6
 Illinois 79.3 79.1 82.9 73.9 85.3 83.0
 Indiana 77.0 76.8 82.0 73.2 85.1 81.2
 Iowa 79.4 79.3 81.8 74.8 86.6 80.1
 Kansas 78.5 78.2 81.5 73.8 84.2 79.1
 Kentucky 75.4 75.5 79.6 72.9 80.2 78.9
 Louisiana 76.1 77.1 80.9 73.1 81.1 80.5
 Maine 78.7 78.6 82.1 80.9 85.9 83.8
 Maryland 79.1 80.0 81.9 75.3 87.3 83.7
 Massachusetts 80.5 80.2 82.1 78.8 86.1 84.1
 Michigan 78.0 78.0 82.0 73.5 86.0 79.8
 Minnesota 80.9 81.0 83.4 79.3 86.8 69.9
 Mississippi 74.9 76.0 79.3 72.6 80.8 79.2
 Missouri 77.3 77.5 81.9 73.6 84.6 81.0
 Montana 78.8 79.3 82.1 81.9 86.1 69.5
 Nebraska 79.6 79.6 82.1 73.9 86.3 71.1
 Nevada 78.5 76.8 80.7 76.3 84.1 74.9
 New Hampshire 79.5 79.3 83.5 80.8 87.6 84.4
 New Jersey 80.4 80.2 82.7 74.8 87.2 84.1
 New Mexico 78.1 78.7 78.6 74.8 81.8 73.9
 New York 81.3 81.0 82.4 78.0 87.4 83.7
 North Carolina 78.0 78.5 81.8 75.0 84.3 76.8
 North Dakota 79.9 80.1 85.1 82.1 88.3 69.7
 Ohio 76.9 77.1 81.1 73.0 85.9 80.6
 Oklahoma 76.0 76.1 80.9 72.9 81.0 73.6
 Oregon 79.8 79.5 84.0 77.5 86.4 76.9
 Pennsylvania 78.3 78.3 82.2 73.2 86.9 82.2
 Rhode Island 79.9 79.7 83.9 73.6 86.4 84.0
 South Carolina 77.0 78.0 81.4 73.6 83.1 80.9
 South Dakota 79.1 80.0 82.7 81.2 85.2 67.8
 Tennessee 76.0 76.1 80.7 72.7 82.6 80.4
 Texas 79.1 78.5 81.3 74.2 85.1 82.0
 Utah 79.9 79.6 81.9 80.2 84.3 74.3
 Vermont 79.7 79.6 83.1 81.1 87.2 85.0
 Virginia 79.5 79.7 84.7 74.5 86.0 82.3
 Washington 80.4 80.1 81.7 78.0 84.3 74.0
 West Virginia 74.8 74.8 79.7 72.2 79.8 79.0
 Wisconsin 79.4 79.4 83.3 73.4 85.8 71.7
 Wyoming 79.0 79.0 81.8 80.2 85.2 72.9


Life Expectancy in the United States 1900-2018 by the CDC

Discrepancies

In the U.S. Territories, the life expectancy values given by the various sources are not the same. The table below shows values from 2017-2018 given by several organizations for these territories.

State/Territory World Bank (2018)[2] United Nations (2018)[11]CIA World Factbook
(2018)[8]		IHME (2017)[9]
 American Samoa - -74.871.83
 Guam 79.859 79.7777.073.3
 Northern Mariana Islands - -76.176.20
 Puerto Rico 79.778 79.8581.378.2
 U.S. Virgin Islands 79.568 80.3179.874.4

Source: CIA World Factbook,[12][13][14][15][16] Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington[17][18][19][20][21]

See also

Notes

    References
    1. "Robert Wood Johnson Foundation".
    2. "World Bank".
    3. "U.S. life expectancy declines again, a dismal trend not seen since World War I - The Washington Post".
    4. "RWJF Life Expectancy Calculator".
    5. "United States health map".
    6. "Mortality 2018" (PDF).
    7. "CDC Mortality Trends".
    8. "CIA world factbook".
    9. "IHME Country Profiles".
    10. "Journal of the American Medical Association" (PDF).
    11. "United Nations".
    12. "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov.
    13. "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov.
    14. "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov.
    15. "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov.
    16. "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov.
    17. "American Samoa". Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. September 29, 2016.
    18. "Guam". Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. September 29, 2016.
    19. "Northern Mariana Islands". Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. September 29, 2016.
    20. "Puerto Rico". Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. September 29, 2016.
    21. "Virgin Islands, U.S." Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. September 29, 2016.
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