# US states by share of population aged 65 and over, 2025

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population_65_plus_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Residents aged 65 or over as a percentage of total population. Spain: 1 January, INE annual census. United States: 1 July, Census Bureau population estimates. World Bank figures for other countries and the World refer to mid-year.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex (cc-est agesex): residents aged 65 and over as a percentage of the total, 1 July; states and the nation summed from counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/counties/asrh/cc-est2025-agesex-all.csv)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex (cc-est agesex): residents aged 65 and over as a percentage of the total, 1 July; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/counties/asrh/cc-est2025-agesex-all.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population-65-plus/us-states
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/population-65-plus/us-states.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Maine | 24.6 |
| 2 | Vermont | 24.1 |
| 3 | New Hampshire | 23 |
| 4 | Florida | 22.8 |
| 5 | Delaware | 22.8 |
| 6 | Hawaii | 22.6 |
| 7 | West Virginia | 22.5 |
| 8 | Montana | 22.2 |
| 9 | Pennsylvania | 21.4 |
| 10 | New Mexico | 21.1 |
| 11 | South Carolina | 21.1 |
| 12 | Oregon | 21 |
| 13 | Rhode Island | 20.9 |
| 14 | Wisconsin | 20.8 |
| 15 | Wyoming | 20.7 |
| 16 | Arizona | 20.6 |
| 17 | Michigan | 20.5 |
| 18 | Connecticut | 20.4 |
| 19 | Ohio | 20.2 |
| 20 | Iowa | 20.1 |
| 21 | Massachusetts | 19.9 |
| 22 | Missouri | 19.6 |
| 23 | Alabama | 19.4 |
| 24 | South Dakota | 19.4 |
| 25 | Mississippi | 19.3 |
| 26 | New York | 19.3 |
| 27 | Minnesota | 19.1 |
| 28 | Arkansas | 19 |
| 29 | North Carolina | 18.9 |
| 30 | Kansas | 18.9 |
| 31 | Kentucky | 18.8 |
| 32 | Louisiana | 18.8 |
| 33 | Illinois | 18.7 |
| 34 | Idaho | 18.7 |
| 35 | Tennessee | 18.6 |
| 36 | New Jersey | 18.5 |
| 37 | Indiana | 18.4 |
| 38 | Virginia | 18.4 |
| 39 | Maryland | 18.4 |
| 40 | Nevada | 18.3 |
| 41 | Washington | 18.3 |
| 42 | Nebraska | 18.3 |
| 43 | Oklahoma | 18 |
| 44 | North Dakota | 17.9 |
| 45 | California | 17.5 |
| 46 | Colorado | 17.1 |
| 47 | Georgia | 16.7 |
| 48 | Alaska | 15.8 |
| 49 | Texas | 14.9 |
| 50 | District of Columbia | 13.6 |
| 51 | Utah | 13 |