# US states by life expectancy, 2021

All 51 values come from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2021, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `life_expectancy`
- Unit: years
- Definition: Average number of years a newborn would live at current age-specific mortality, both sexes.
- Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NCHS: U.S. State Life Expectancy by Sex, 2018 to 2021 (a5a8-jsrq, ncvk-7amm, ss2j-8ajj, it4f-frdc), total (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/life-expectancy.htm)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). NCHS: U.S. State Life Expectancy by Sex, 2018 to 2021 (a5a8-jsrq, ncvk-7amm, ss2j-8ajj, it4f-frdc), total. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/life-expectancy.htm. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/life-expectancy/us-states
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/life-expectancy/us-states.csv

| Rank | Place | years |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Hawaii | 79.9 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | 79.6 |
| 3 | Connecticut | 79.2 |
| 4 | New Jersey | 79 |
| 4 | New York | 79 |
| 6 | Minnesota | 78.8 |
| 7 | New Hampshire | 78.5 |
| 7 | Rhode Island | 78.5 |
| 9 | Vermont | 78.4 |
| 10 | California | 78.3 |
| 11 | Utah | 78.2 |
| 11 | Washington | 78.2 |
| 13 | Nebraska | 77.8 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | 77.8 |
| 15 | Colorado | 77.7 |
| 15 | Iowa | 77.7 |
| 17 | North Dakota | 77.6 |
| 18 | Oregon | 77.4 |
| 19 | Idaho | 77.2 |
| 19 | Maryland | 77.2 |
| 21 | Illinois | 77.1 |
| 22 | Virginia | 76.8 |
| 23 | Maine | 76.7 |
| 24 | South Dakota | 76.6 |
| 25 | Pennsylvania | 76.4 |
| 26 | Delaware | 76.3 |
| 27 | Florida | 76.1 |
| 28 | Kansas | 76 |
| 29 | Montana | 75.8 |
| 30 | Michigan | 75.7 |
| 31 | Texas | 75.4 |
| 32 | District of Columbia | 75.3 |
| 33 | Nevada | 75.1 |
| 34 | Arizona | 75 |
| 34 | Wyoming | 75 |
| 36 | North Carolina | 74.9 |
| 37 | Indiana | 74.6 |
| 37 | Missouri | 74.6 |
| 39 | Alaska | 74.5 |
| 39 | Ohio | 74.5 |
| 41 | Georgia | 74.3 |
| 42 | South Carolina | 73.5 |
| 43 | New Mexico | 73 |
| 44 | Oklahoma | 72.7 |
| 45 | Arkansas | 72.5 |
| 46 | Tennessee | 72.4 |
| 47 | Kentucky | 72.3 |
| 48 | Louisiana | 72.2 |
| 49 | Alabama | 72 |
| 50 | West Virginia | 71 |
| 51 | Mississippi | 70.9 |