States: health and education

Life expectancy at birth, 2022

Years. Select a state on the map or in the table for its profile.

Life expectancy at birth, 2022, by state

Years at birth. Shaded in five groups of about ten states each. Rank 1 is the highest value.

Years at birth

United States (NVSR 74-02, United States Life Tables, 2022, Table 1): 77.5 years

Data table

All 50 states and DC, A to Z. The Z statistic is Census’s test against the state ranked directly above; a value between -1.645 and 1.645 means the two are not statistically different.

State	2022	Margin of error (90%)	Rank (1 = highest)	Not statistically different from the next higher state	Z vs. next higher
Alabama	73.8 years	±0.11 years	47	yes	0.11
Alaska	75.8 years	±0.30 years	38	yes	0.25
Arizona	76.7 years	±0.09 years	30	yes	1.38
Arkansas	73.9 years	±0.14 years	44	no	4.03
California	79.3 years	±0.04 years	6	yes	1.27
Colorado	78.5 years	±0.10 years	11	no	1.76
Connecticut	79.4 years	±0.12 years	5	yes	1.21
Delaware	76.5 years	±0.25 years	33	yes	0.18
District of Columbia	76.6 years	±0.31 years	32	yes	0.35
Florida	77.9 years	±0.05 years	19	yes	0.51
Georgia	75.9 years	±0.07 years	36	no	6.46
Hawaii	80.0 years	±0.20 years	1	n/a (rank 1)
Idaho	78.4 years	±0.17 years	12	yes	0.24
Illinois	77.5 years	±0.07 years	22	no	2.03
Indiana	75.4 years	±0.09 years	40	no	3.65
Iowa	77.9 years	±0.13 years	18	yes	0.01
Kansas	76.5 years	±0.14 years	34	yes	0.33
Kentucky	73.6 years	±0.11 years	49	no	2.29
Louisiana	73.8 years	±0.12 years	48	yes	0.33
Maine	76.6 years	±0.21 years	31	yes	0.38
Maryland	77.8 years	±0.10 years	20	yes	1.48
Massachusetts	79.8 years	±0.08 years	2	yes	0.95
Michigan	76.8 years	±0.08 years	29	yes	0.11
Minnesota	79.3 years	±0.10 years	7	yes	1.09
Mississippi	72.6 years	±0.15 years	50	no	8.58
Missouri	75.2 years	±0.10 years	41	no	1.65
Montana	77.3 years	±0.23 years	26	yes	0.06
Nebraska	78.3 years	±0.17 years	14	yes	1.20
Nevada	76.4 years	±0.13 years	35	yes	0.14
New Hampshire	78.7 years	±0.19 years	10	no	2.57
New Jersey	79.6 years	±0.07 years	3	no	3.98
New Mexico	74.5 years	±0.18 years	43	no	4.85
New York	79.5 years	±0.05 years	4	yes	0.67
North Carolina	75.9 years	±0.08 years	37	yes	0.08
North Dakota	77.9 years	±0.28 years	17	yes	0.88
Ohio	75.6 years	±0.07 years	39	yes	0.95
Oklahoma	73.8 years	±0.12 years	45	yes	0.77
Oregon	77.7 years	±0.11 years	21	yes	0.87
Pennsylvania	77.3 years	±0.07 years	24	no	2.33
Rhode Island	79.2 years	±0.21 years	8	yes	0.26
South Carolina	75.1 years	±0.11 years	42	yes	1.04
South Dakota	77.3 years	±0.27 years	25	yes	0.13
Tennessee	73.8 years	±0.09 years	46	yes	0.12
Texas	77.1 years	±0.04 years	27	yes	0.91
Utah	79.0 years	±0.13 years	9	yes	1.24
Vermont	78.3 years	±0.30 years	15	yes	0.09
Virginia	77.5 years	±0.08 years	23	yes	1.52
Washington	78.4 years	±0.08 years	13	yes	0.06
West Virginia	72.2 years	±0.19 years	51	no	2.51
Wisconsin	78.1 years	±0.10 years	16	yes	0.97
Wyoming	76.8 years	±0.32 years	28	yes	1.63

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. State Life Tables, 2022 (National Vital Statistics Reports Vol. 74, No. 12). NVSR 74-12, <ST>1.xlsx (ex at age 0) and <ST>4.xlsx (standard error of life expectancy at age 0, both sexes) · retrieved Oct. 2, 2026 · 51 rows · as of 2022 · annual. File: NVSR 74-12, <ST>1.xlsx (ex at age 0) and <ST>4.xlsx (standard error of life expectancy at age 0, both sexes). Download CSV

Highest to lowest

An equals sign (equals sign) marks a state that is not statistically different from the next higher state: the gap between them is too small, given their margins of error, to say which is higher. The test is the Census Bureau’s: two estimates differ at the 90 percent confidence level when their difference, divided by the square root of the sum of their squared standard errors, is above 1.645 or below -1.645. Census cautions that overlapping confidence intervals are not a valid test, so the marks come from the test itself (U.S. Census Bureau, “Instructions for Applying Statistical Testing to American Community Survey Data” (2024)). The test compares neighbors only and does not adjust for making many comparisons; a run of marks is a group of states that cannot be put in order with confidence. Here 37 of the 50 neighboring pairs are not statistically different.

Life expectancy at birth, 2022, highest to lowest
Rank	State	Value	Margin of error	Not statistically different from the next higher state
1	Hawaii	80.0 years	±0.20 years	Not applicable, rank 1
2	Massachusetts	79.8 years	±0.08 years	Yes
3	New Jersey	79.6 years	±0.07 years	No
4	New York	79.5 years	±0.05 years	Yes
5	Connecticut	79.4 years	±0.12 years	Yes
6	California	79.3 years	±0.04 years	Yes
7	Minnesota	79.3 years	±0.10 years	Yes
8	Rhode Island	79.2 years	±0.21 years	Yes
9	Utah	79.0 years	±0.13 years	Yes
10	New Hampshire	78.7 years	±0.19 years	No
11	Colorado	78.5 years	±0.10 years	No
12	Idaho	78.4 years	±0.17 years	Yes
13	Washington	78.4 years	±0.08 years	Yes
14	Nebraska	78.3 years	±0.17 years	Yes
15	Vermont	78.3 years	±0.30 years	Yes
16	Wisconsin	78.1 years	±0.10 years	Yes
17	North Dakota	77.9 years	±0.28 years	Yes
18	Iowa	77.9 years	±0.13 years	Yes
19	Florida	77.9 years	±0.05 years	Yes
20	Maryland	77.8 years	±0.10 years	Yes
21	Oregon	77.7 years	±0.11 years	Yes
22	Illinois	77.5 years	±0.07 years	No
23	Virginia	77.5 years	±0.08 years	Yes
24	Pennsylvania	77.3 years	±0.07 years	No
25	South Dakota	77.3 years	±0.27 years	Yes
26	Montana	77.3 years	±0.23 years	Yes
27	Texas	77.1 years	±0.04 years	Yes
28	Wyoming	76.8 years	±0.32 years	Yes
29	Michigan	76.8 years	±0.08 years	Yes
30	Arizona	76.7 years	±0.09 years	Yes
31	Maine	76.6 years	±0.21 years	Yes
32	District of Columbia	76.6 years	±0.31 years	Yes
33	Delaware	76.5 years	±0.25 years	Yes
34	Kansas	76.5 years	±0.14 years	Yes
35	Nevada	76.4 years	±0.13 years	Yes
36	Georgia	75.9 years	±0.07 years	No
37	North Carolina	75.9 years	±0.08 years	Yes
38	Alaska	75.8 years	±0.30 years	Yes
39	Ohio	75.6 years	±0.07 years	Yes
40	Indiana	75.4 years	±0.09 years	No
41	Missouri	75.2 years	±0.10 years	No
42	South Carolina	75.1 years	±0.11 years	Yes
43	New Mexico	74.5 years	±0.18 years	No
44	Arkansas	73.9 years	±0.14 years	No
45	Oklahoma	73.8 years	±0.12 years	Yes
46	Tennessee	73.8 years	±0.09 years	Yes
47	Alabama	73.8 years	±0.11 years	Yes
48	Louisiana	73.8 years	±0.12 years	Yes
49	Kentucky	73.6 years	±0.11 years	No
50	Mississippi	72.6 years	±0.15 years	No
51	West Virginia	72.2 years	±0.19 years	No
Not ranked	United States For reference, not ranked	77.5 years

About this measure

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. State Life Tables, 2022 (National Vital Statistics Reports Vol. 74, No. 12)
Period: 2022 (period life table from 2022 death rates)
As of: 2022, retrieved Oct. 2, 2026
Units: Years
Uncertainty: 1.645 times the standard error NCHS publishes (90 percent confidence), which reflects only random variation.
Data: Download the CSV (all 50 states and DC, with the rank, the test and every input column)

These are 2022 figures, from the latest state life tables NCHS has published (Dec. 4, 2025). NCHS state tables run about three years behind.
Values are shown to one decimal; ranks use the unrounded values (3 decimals, in the CSV), so two states can show the same value at different ranks. Differences from the U.S. value are between the values as shown.