List of U.S. states by life expectancy

Map of US states by life expectancy at birth (years)
Legend:

80-81.3

79.5–80.0

78.4–79.5

77.2-78.4

75.0–77.2

This article presents a list of United States states sorted by their life expectancy at birth and by race/ethnicity in every state where the population of that racial or ethnic group is sufficiently large for robust estimates. The data is taken from the Measure of America's third national human development report, The Measure of America 2013–2014 [1].

Rankings 1
See also 2
References 3
External links 4

Rankings

Rank	State	Life Expectancy, All (in years)	Life Expectancy, African American (in years)	Life Expectancy, Asian American (in years)	Life Expectancy, Latino (in years)	Life Expectancy, Native American (in years)	Life Expectancy, White (in years)
1	Hawaii	81.3	-	82.0	76.8	-	80.4
2	Minnesota	81.1	79.7	83.5	87.3	70.2	81.2
3	Connecticut	80.8	77.8	89.1	83.1	-	81.0
4	California	80.8	75.1	86.3	83.2	80.2	79.8
5	Massachusetts	80.5	78.8	89.1	87.1	-	80.4
6	New York	80.5	77.4	88.6	83.5	-	80.5
7	Vermont	80.5	-	-	-	-	80.4
8	New Hampshire	80.3	-	-	-	-	80.1
9	New Jersey	80.3	75.5	89.4	84.7	-	80.3
10	Utah	80.2	-	84.6	82.1	-	80.1
11	Colorado	80.0	76.7	87.4	79.4	-	80.2
12	Wisconsin	80.0	74.0	86.4	86.0	72.5	80.3
13	Washington	79.9	77.5	85.4	85.4	73.8	79.7
14	Rhode Island	79.9	-	-	-	-	79.7
15	Nebraska	79.8	73.9	-	85.5	-	80.0
16	Iowa	79.7	75.3	-	-	-	79.8
17	Arizona	79.6	76.5	86.7	80.8	72.7	79.8
18	North Dakota	79.5	-	-	-	-	80.2
19	Oregon	79.5	77.2	86.2	85.4	-	79.2
20	Idaho	79.5	-	-	83.4	-	79.4
21	South Dakota	79.5	-	-	-	68.2	80.4
22	Florida	79.4	75.8	88.9	83.1	-	79.1
23	Maine	79.2	-	-	-	-	79.1
24	Virginia	79.0	75.3	87.2	88.3	-	79.4
25	Illinois	79.0	73.7	87.9	85.3	-	79.3
United States average	78.9
26	Maryland	78.8	75.5	88.2	-	-	79.4
27	Kansas	78.7	73.6	-	83.5	-	78.8
28	Pennsylvania	78.5	73.4	89.0	85.3	-	78.9
29	Montana	78.5	-	-	-	69.2	79.1
30	Texas	78.5	74.4	88.1	80.7	-	78.0
31	New Mexico	78.4	-	-	78.8	74.8	79.0
32	Delaware	78.4	75.4	-	-	-	78.6
33	Wyoming	78.3	-	-	-	-	78.4
34	Alaska	78.3	-	-	-	70.5	79.4
35	Michigan	78.2	73.4	88.7	80.0	75.3	79.0
36	Nevada	78.1	75.9	88.1	84.7	-	76.7
37	North Carolina	77.8	74.7	88.9	-	76.6	78.3
38	Ohio	77.8	73.9	87.0	85.3	-	78.1
39	Indiana	77.6	73.8	88.1	85.9	-	77.7
40	Missouri	77.5	74.2	-	-	-	77.7
41	Georgia	77.2	74.7	88.0	-	-	77.6
42	South Carolina	77.0	74.0	-	83.2	-	77.8
43	District of Columbia	76.5	71.6	-	-	-	84.3
44	Tennessee	76.3	72.9	84.2	-	-	76.7
45	Kentucky	76.0	73.5	-	-	-	76.0
46	Arkansas	76.0	72.2	-	-	-	76.3
47	Oklahoma	75.9	72.8	-	85.0	73.8	76.0
48	Louisiana	75.7	72.4	85.6	-	-	76.7
49	Alabama	75.4	72.9	85.3	-	-	76.0
50	West Virginia	75.4	72.8	-	-	-	75.4
51	Mississippi	75.0	72.4	-	-	-	76.1

Source: Measure of America calculations using mortality data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics 2009, and population data from the CDC WONDER database.

Note: Life expectancy values have been rounded to one decimal place. As a result, the values appear to be tied in several instances but the rankings reflect the original calculations, not the rounded values. In cases where there is no life expectancy estimate, the population of that group is too small to enable reliable estimates.

References

[2] Measure of America, 2013-2014.
[3] This interactive mapping website contains life expectancy estimates by race and ethnicity for the five major racial and ethnic groups by state as well.

External links

United States state-related lists

List of states and territories of the United States

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List of U.S. states by life expectancy