List of states in the United States by life expectancy
The following list sorts the states of the United States according to their average life expectancy for the year 2009. During this time, the state of Hawaii had the highest life expectancy at 81.3 years while the state of Mississippi had the lowest life expectancy at around 75 years. Life expectancy in the state with the highest life expectancy was thus roughly on par with the Netherlands , while life expectancy in the state with the lowest life expectancy was roughly the same as in Malaysia . Overall life expectancy in the US was about 78.9 years, roughly the same as in Chile .
States by life expectancy
States by life expectancy in 2009. The life expectancy of men and women is also given.
rank | State | Total life expectancy |
Life expectancy men |
Life expectancy women |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hawaii | 81.30 | 78.00 | 84.72 |
2 | Minnesota | 81.05 | 78.67 | 83.34 |
3 | Connecticut | 80.82 | 78.57 | 82.87 |
4th | California | 80.77 | 78.33 | 83.12 |
5 | Massachusetts | 80.52 | 78.07 | 82.73 |
6th | new York | 80.48 | 77.92 | 82.79 |
7th | Vermont | 80.45 | 78.17 | 82.63 |
8th | New Hampshire | 80.32 | 78.05 | 82.50 |
9 | New Jersey | 80.28 | 77.84 | 82.50 |
10 | Utah | 80.20 | 78.24 | 82.10 |
11 | Colorado | 80.02 | 77.79 | 82.18 |
12 | Wisconsin | 79.98 | 77.48 | 82.41 |
13 | Washington | 79.92 | 77.77 | 82.00 |
14th | Rhode Island | 79.87 | 77.24 | 82.26 |
15th | Nebraska | 79.84 | 77.70 | 81.89 |
16 | Iowa | 79.71 | 77.34 | 81.98 |
17th | Arizona | 79.64 | 77.17 | 82.12 |
18th | North Dakota | 79.55 | 76.88 | 82.28 |
19th | Oregon | 79.52 | 77.24 | 81.75 |
20th | Idaho | 79.49 | 77.38 | 81.63 |
21st | South Dakota | 79.47 | 76.60 | 82.37 |
22nd | Florida | 79.45 | 76.62 | 82.26 |
23 | Maine | 79.19 | 76.80 | 81.49 |
24 | Virginia | 79.01 | 76.60 | 81.28 |
25th | Illinois | 78.96 | 76.40 | 81.37 |
United States | 78.86 | 76.30 | 81.30 | |
26th | Maryland | 78.81 | 76.14 | 81.27 |
27 | Kansas | 78.73 | 76.35 | 81.05 |
28 | Pennsylvania | 78.50 | 75.83 | 81.05 |
29 | Montana | 78.49 | 76.38 | 80.65 |
30th | Texas | 78.45 | 76.01 | 80.84 |
31 | New Mexico | 78.43 | 75.62 | 81.27 |
32 | Delaware | 78.36 | 75.91 | 80.69 |
33 | Wyoming | 78.34 | 76.03 | 80.79 |
34 | Alaska | 78.29 | 76.34 | 80.39 |
35 | Michigan | 78.23 | 75.69 | 80.68 |
36 | Nevada | 78.05 | 75.62 | 80.64 |
37 | North Carolina | 77.81 | 75.11 | 80.37 |
38 | Ohio | 77.75 | 75.20 | 80.19 |
39 | Indiana | 77.61 | 75.09 | 80.04 |
40 | Missouri | 77.55 | 74.92 | 80.10 |
41 | Georgia | 77.23 | 74.64 | 79.66 |
42 | South carolina | 76.95 | 74.01 | 79.82 |
District of Columbia | 76.53 | 72.76 | 80.11 | |
43 | Tennessee | 76.30 | 73.48 | 79.04 |
44 | Kentucky | 75.97 | 73.40 | 78.50 |
45 | Arkansas | 75.96 | 73.13 | 78.82 |
46 | Oklahoma | 75.88 | 73.31 | 78.45 |
47 | Louisiana | 75.71 | 72.75 | 78.64 |
48 | Alabama | 75.42 | 72.59 | 78.17 |
49 | West Virginia | 75.40 | 72.77 | 78.08 |
50 | Mississippi | 74.96 | 71.86 | 77.99 |
Ethnic groups by life expectancy
The five ethnic groups defined by the US Census Bureau : Asians (English. Asian Americans), Americans of Latin American descent (English. Hispanic or Latino Americans), White (English. White Americans), Native American or American Indian, and Black (African American or Black) based on average life expectancy in 2009. At 86.7 years, Asians had the highest life expectancy of all ethnic groups in the USA. Their life expectancy also exceeded measured life expectancy in every country around the world. Black Americans, on the other hand, had the lowest life expectancy. Their life expectancy of 74.6 years was roughly the same as in Jordan . It also shows in which state the ethnic group has the highest and in which it has the lowest life expectancy.
Ethnic group | Total life expectancy |
Life expectancy men |
Life expectancy women |
State with longest life span. |
State with lowest life expectancy. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asians | 86.67 | 84.13 | 88.89 | New Jersey (89.37) | Hawaii (82.04) |
Hispanics and Latinos | 82.89 | 80.16 | 85.44 | Virginia (88.28) | New Mexico (78.76) |
white | 79.12 | 76.61 | 81.48 | District of Columbia (84.29) | West Virginia (75.35) |
Indians | 76.67 | 74.04 | 79.32 | California (80.24) | South Dakota (68.17) |
black | 74.64 | 71.39 | 77.36 | Minnesota (79.72) | District of Columbia (71.61) |
Counties with the highest and lowest life expectancy
rank | county | State | Total life expectancy |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Summit County | Colorado | 86.83 |
2 | Pitkin County | Colorado | 86.52 |
3 | Eagle County | Colorado | 85.94 |
4th | Billings County | North Dakota | 84.04 |
5 | Marin County | California | 83.80 |
6th | San Miguel County | Colorado | 83.73 |
6th | Fairfax County | Virginia | 83.73 |
6th | Aleutians East Borough | Alaska | 83.73 |
9 | Presidio County | Texas | 83.72 |
9 | Douglas County | Colorado | 83.72 |
rank | county | State | Total life expectancy |
---|---|---|---|
Tunica County | Mississippi | 70.93 | |
Perry County | Kentucky | 70.60 | |
McDowell County | West Virginia | 70.27 | |
Breathitt County | Kentucky | 70.22 | |
Owsley County | Kentucky | 70.21 | |
Buffalo County | South Dakota | 69.05 | |
Sioux County | North Dakota | 68.59 | |
Todd County | South Dakota | 68.52 | |
Union County | Florida | 67.57 | |
Oglala Lakota County | South Dakota | 66.81 |
See also
- List of states in the United States
- List of states in the United States by population
- List of states in the United States by area
- List of states in the United States by fertility rate
- List of states in the United States by Human Development Index
Individual evidence
- ^ The Measure of America 2013-2014. Retrieved October 2, 2018 .
- ^ USA Life Expectancy White American . In: World Life Expectancy . ( worldlifeexpectancy.com [accessed February 10, 2018]).
- ↑ a b US Data for Download | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Retrieved February 9, 2018 .