Map: U.S. States by Share of Older Adults (65+)

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March 21, 2025

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U.S. States By Share of Adults Aged 65 or Older

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The U.S. population is aging, and some states have a significantly higher share of older adults than others.

From 1980 to 2022, the median age of the population increased from 30.0 to 38.9, according to data from the Population Reference Bureau.

This map by USAFacts visualizes the share of older adults (65+) by state in 2022 using data from the Census Bureau.

Which State Has the Highest Share of Older Adults?

Below, we show the share of older adults (65+) by state in 2022.

State	Share of population 65+
Maine	22.5%
Florida	21.6%
Vermont	21.6%
West Virginia	21.2%
Delaware	20.8%
Hawaii	20.4%
New Hampshire	20.2%
Montana	20.0%
Pennsylvania	19.6%
Oregon	19.2%
South Carolina	19.1%
New Mexico	19.1%
Rhode Island	18.9%
Arizona	18.8%
Michigan	18.7%
Wisconsin	18.7%
Wyoming	18.6%
Ohio	18.4%
Connecticut	18.3%
Iowa	18.3%
Massachusetts	18.1%
New York	18.1%
Alabama	18.0%
Missouri	18.0%
South Dakota	18.0%
Arkansas	17.8%
Kentucky	17.6%
North Carolina	17.4%
New Jersey	17.4%
Minnesota	17.4%
Tennessee	17.3%
Mississippi	17.3%
Kansas	17.2%
Illinois	17.2%
Idaho	17.0%
Louisiana	17.0%
Nevada	16.9%
Indiana	16.9%
Nebraska	16.9%
Virginia	16.9%
Maryland	16.9%
Washington	16.8%
North Dakota	16.7%
Oklahoma	16.4%
California	15.8%
Colorado	15.7%
Georgia	15.1%
Alaska	13.9%
Texas	13.4%
Utah	12.0%

As of 2022, Maine had the highest share of older adults at 22.5%, followed by Florida and Vermont at 21.6%.

Maine, which has long seen young residents move elsewhere for jobs, also has the highest median age in the nation at 44.8 years.

Meanwhile, Florida’s high share of older residents reflects its long-standing popularity as a retirement destination due to its warm climate, tax benefits, and senior-friendly communities.

The high share of older adults in states like Maine and Florida affects healthcare demand, workforce participation, and housing markets, shaping local economies and public policy.

That said, it’s still quite common for Americans older than 65 to continue to work, with 22% still employed in 2024. New Jersey had the highest share of working adults aged 65 and over in 2024.

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Mapped: Life Expectancy by Country in 2025

Using 2025 projections from UN data published last year, we map out life expectancy by country. Regional patterns are apparent.

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8 hours ago

May 22, 2025

Pallavi Rao

This cropped map visualizes the average life expectancy at birth for every country according to 2025 projections from the UN.

Mapped: Life Expectancy by Country in 2025

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Key Takeaways

Western European countries have an 80+ life expectancy at birth, the highest regionally.
However, several African countries have a below-60 life expectancy, a projected lifespan that is a full 20 years shorter.

How long you live depends a lot on where you’re born.

We illustrate this phenomenon in the above map, which uses 2025 life expectancy at birth projections from the UN World Population Prospects published last year.

Life expectancy at birth measures the average number of years that a newborn could expect to live, if they were subject to the age-specific mortality rates of a given period.

ℹ️ This number visualized is an average between men and women. For extra context, women have higher life expectancies than men in nearly every country in the world.

Ranked: Countries Where People Live the Longest

The micronation of Monaco has the highest average life expectancy in the world. A baby born in the country in 2025 can expect to live to 87 years old.

Rank	Country	ISO Code	Average life expectancy at birth, 2025 (in years)
1	🇲🇨 Monaco	MCO	87
2	🇸🇲 San Marino	SMR	86
3	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	HKG	86
4	🇯🇵 Japan	JPN	85
5	🇰🇷 South Korea	KOR	85
6	🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy	BLM	85
7	🇦🇩 Andorra	AND	84
8	🇵🇫 French Polynesia	PYF	84
9	🇨🇭 Switzerland	CHE	84
10	🇦🇺 Australia	AUS	84
11	🇮🇹 Italy	ITA	84
12	🇸🇬 Singapore	SGP	84
13	🇪🇸 Spain	ESP	84
14	🇱🇮 Liechtenstein	LIE	84
15	🇷🇪 Réunion	REU	84
16	🇬🇮 Gibraltar	GIB	84
17	🇲🇹 Malta	MLT	84
18	🇳🇴 Norway	NOR	84
19	🇫🇷 France	FRA	84
20	🇸🇪 Sweden	SWE	84
21	🇬🇬 Guernsey	GGY	84
22	🇲🇴 Macao	MAC	83
23	🇻🇦 Holy See	VAT	83
24	🇦🇪 UAE	ARE	83
25	🇮🇸 Iceland	ISL	83
26	🇲🇶 Martinique	MTQ	83
27	🇨🇦 Canada	CAN	83
28	🇮🇱 Israel	ISR	83
29	🇮🇪 Ireland	IRL	83
30	🇵🇹 Portugal	PRT	83
31	🇶🇦 Qatar	QAT	83
32	🇧🇲 Bermuda	BMU	83
33	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	LUX	82
34	🇳🇱 Netherlands	NLD	82
35	🇧🇪 Belgium	BEL	82
36	🇬🇵 Guadeloupe	GLP	82
37	🇳🇿 New Zealand	NZL	82
38	🇦🇹 Austria	AUT	82
39	🇩🇰 Denmark	DNK	82
40	🇫🇮 Finland	FIN	82
41	🇬🇷 Greece	GRC	82
42	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	PRI	82
43	🇨🇾 Cyprus	CYP	82
44	🇸🇮 Slovenia	SVN	82
45	🇩🇪 Germany	DEU	82
46	🇬🇧 UK	GBR	82
47	🇧🇭 Bahrain	BHR	82
48	🇨🇱 Chile	CHL	82
49	🇲🇻 Maldives	MDV	82
50	🇮🇲 Isle of Man	IMN	81
51	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	CRI	81
52	🇹🇼 Taiwan	TWN	81
53	🇰🇼 Kuwait	KWT	81
54	🇰🇾 Cayman Islands	CYM	81
55	🇲🇫 Saint Martin	MAF	81
56	🇫🇴 Faroe Islands	FRO	81
57	🇴🇲 Oman	OMN	80
58	🇨🇿 Czechia	CZE	80
59	🇯🇪 Jersey	JEY	80
60	🇵🇦 Panama	PAN	80
61	🇦🇱 Albania	ALB	80
62	🇦🇮 Anguilla	AIA	80
63	🇺🇸 U.S.	USA	80
64	🇫🇰 Falkland Islands	FLK	80
65	🇪🇪 Estonia	EST	79
66	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	SAU	79
67	🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands	MNP	79
68	🇳🇨 New Caledonia	NCL	79
69	🇵🇱 Poland	POL	79
70	🇭🇷 Croatia	HRV	79
71	🇼🇫 Wallis & Futuna Islands	WLF	79
72	🇸🇰 Slovakia	SVK	79
73	🇺🇾 Uruguay	URY	78
74	🇨🇺 Cuba	CUB	78
75	🇽🇰 Kosovo	XKX	78
76	🇨🇳 China	CHN	78
77	🇹🇨 Turks & Caicos Islands	TCA	78
78	🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	78
79	🇯🇴 Jordan	JOR	78
80	🇵🇪 Peru	PER	78
81	🇨🇴 Colombia	COL	78
82	🇱🇧 Lebanon	LBN	78
83	🇮🇷 Iran	IRN	78
84	🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	78
85	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	LKA	78
86	🇹🇷 Türkiye	TUR	78
87	🇧🇶 Bonaire	BES	78
88	🇪🇨 Ecuador	ECU	78
89	🇦🇷 Argentina	ARG	78
90	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	MKD	78
91	🇬🇺 Guam	GUM	78
92	🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands	VGB	78
93	🌴 Polynesia (no emoji available)	POL	78
94	🇲🇪 Montenegro	MNE	77
95	🇬🇫 French Guiana	GUF	77
96	🇭🇺 Hungary	HUN	77
97	🇹🇰 Tokelau	TKL	77
98	🇨🇼 Curaçao	CUW	77
99	🇷🇸 Serbia	SRB	77
100	🇸🇭 Saint Helena	SHN	77
101	🇵🇲 Saint Pierre & Miquelon	SPM	77
102	🇲🇾 Malaysia	MYS	77
103	🇹🇳 Tunisia	TUN	77
104	🇹🇭 Thailand	THA	77
105	🇸🇽 Sint Maarten	SXM	77
106	🇩🇿 Algeria	DZA	77
107	🇦🇼 Aruba	ABW	77
108	🇧🇧 Barbados	BRB	76
109	🇲🇸 Montserrat	MSR	76
110	🇱🇻 Latvia	LVA	76
111	🇾🇹 Mayotte	MYT	76
112	🇨🇻 Cabo Verde	CPV	76
113	🇱🇹 Lithuania	LTU	76
114	🇷🇴 Romania	ROU	76
115	🇧🇷 Brazil	BRA	76
116	🇦🇲 Armenia	ARM	76
117	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	BGR	76
118	🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands	VIR	76
119	🇲🇦 Morocco	MAR	76
120	🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam	BRN	76
121	🇨🇰 Cook Islands	COK	76
122	🇬🇩 Grenada	GRD	76
123	🇲🇽 Mexico	MEX	75
124	🇲🇺 Mauritius	MUS	75
125	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	NIC	75
126	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	BGD	75
127	🇻🇳 Viet Nam	VNM	75
128	🇺🇦 Ukraine	UKR	75
129	🇧🇸 Bahamas	BHS	75
130	🇬🇪 Georgia	GEO	75
131	🇧🇾 Belarus	BLR	75
132	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	AZE	75
133	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	KAZ	75
134	🇵🇾 Paraguay	PRY	74
135	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	DOM	74
136	🇧🇿 Belize	BLZ	74
137	🇸🇷 Suriname	SUR	74
138	🇰🇵 North Korea	PRK	74
139	🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago	TTO	74
140	🇧🇹 Bhutan	BTN	74
141	🇷🇺 Russia	RUS	74
142	🇹🇴 Tonga	TON	73
143	🇭🇳 Honduras	HND	73
144	🇱🇾 Libya	LBY	73
145	🇸🇨 Seychelles	SYC	73
146	🇺🇸 American Samoa	ASM	73
147	🇵🇸 Palestine	PSE	73
148	🇱🇨 Saint Lucia	LCA	73
149	🇸🇾 Syria	SYR	73
150	🇬🇹 Guatemala	GTM	73
151	🇻🇪 Venezuela	VEN	73
152	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	UZB	73
153	🇮🇶 Iraq	IRQ	73
154	🇸🇻 El Salvador	SLV	73
155	🇮🇳 India	IND	72
156	🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis	KNA	72
157	🇲🇳 Mongolia	MNG	72
158	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	TJK	72
159	🇪🇬 Egypt	EGY	72
160	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	72
161	🇼🇸 Samoa	WSM	72
162	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	VUT	72
163	🇪🇭 Western Sahara	ESH	72
164	🇯🇲 Jamaica	JAM	72
165	🇻🇨 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	VCT	72
166	🇲🇩 Moldova	MDA	71
167	🇩🇲 Dominica	DMA	71
168	🇮🇩 Indonesia	IDN	71
169	🇰🇭 Cambodia	KHM	71
170	🇳🇵 Nepal	NPL	71
171	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	SLB	71
172	🇬🇾 Guyana	GUY	70
173	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	TKM	70
174	🇬🇱 Greenland	GRL	70
175	🇳🇺 Niue	NIU	70
176	🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe	STP	70
177	🇵🇭 Philippines	PHL	70
178	🇾🇪 Yemen	YEM	70
179	🇵🇼 Palau	PLW	69
180	🇱🇦 Laos	LAO	69
181	🇧🇼 Botswana	BWA	69
182	🇸🇳 Senegal	SEN	69
183	🇪🇷 Eritrea	ERI	69
184	🇲🇷 Mauritania	MRT	69
185	🇧🇴 Bolivia	BOL	69
186	🇺🇬 Uganda	UGA	69
187	🇬🇦 Gabon	GAB	69
188	🇷🇼 Rwanda	RWA	68
189	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	TLS	68
190	🇵🇰 Pakistan	PAK	68
191	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	ETH	68
192	🇲🇼 Malawi	MWI	68
193	🇳🇦 Namibia	NAM	68
194	🇫🇯 Fiji	FJI	68
195	🇫🇲 Micronesia	FSM	68
196	🇹🇿 Tanzania	TZA	67
197	🇹🇻 Tuvalu	TUV	67
198	🇲🇲 Myanmar	MMR	67
199	🇰🇲 Comoros	COM	67
200	🇲🇭 Marshall Islands	MHL	67
201	🇰🇮 Kiribati	KIR	67
202	🇸🇩 Sudan	SDN	67
203	🇿🇲 Zambia	ZMB	67
204	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	AFG	67
205	🇿🇦 South Africa	ZAF	66
206	🇩🇯 Djibouti	DJI	66
207	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	PNG	66
208	🇬🇲 Gambia	GMB	66
209	🇨🇬 Congo	COG	66
210	🇬🇭 Ghana	GHA	66
211	🇭🇹 Haiti	HTI	65
212	🇦🇴 Angola	AGO	65
213	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	GNB	64
214	🇸🇿 Eswatini	SWZ	64
215	🇨🇲 Cameroon	CMR	64
216	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	64
217	🇲🇬 Madagascar	MDG	64
218	🇰🇪 Kenya	KEN	64
219	🇧🇮 Burundi	BDI	64
220	🇲🇿 Mozambique	MOZ	64
221	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	ZWE	63
222	🇹🇬 Togo	TGO	63
223	🇱🇷 Liberia	LBR	62
224	🇳🇷 Nauru	NRU	62
225	🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	62
226	🇨🇩 DRC	COD	62
227	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	SLE	62
228	🇳🇪 Niger	NER	62
229	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	BFA	61
230	🇧🇯 Benin	BEN	61
231	🇬🇳 Guinea	GIN	61
232	🇲🇱 Mali	MLI	61
233	🇸🇴 Somalia	SOM	59
234	🇱🇸 Lesotho	LSO	58
235	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	CAF	58
236	🇸🇸 South Sudan	SSD	58
237	🇹🇩 Chad	TCD	55
238	🇳🇬 Nigeria	NGA	55

Note: Figures rounded.

Most of the top 10 countries are similarly small-sized territories or countries.

However, Japan (#4), South Korea (#5), and Australia (#10) are the three top-10 countries with the highest life expectancies (84+) when accounting for a population of more than 20 million people.

Regionally, Western European countries have the highest life expectancies at birth. Their counterparts in Eastern Europe are a shade lower.

And despite Japan and South Korea’s performance, most Asians have life expectancies between 70–80 years. Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Papua New Guinea are below the 70-year threshold.

However, several African countries have a below-60 life expectancy, a projected lifespan that is a full 20 years shorter than Western European residents.

Nigeria has the lowest average life expectancy at birth, at 55 years.

What Life Expectancy Numbers Mean for Individuals

Life expectancies are tricky things to fully comprehend: in that they change throughout a person’s lifespan and are measured for entire cohorts born in a year.

For example, in countries with lower projected expectancies, it doesn’t necessarily mean adults don’t live as long.

A high infant mortality rate for a particular cohort of babies born in a year could reduce the projected lifespan of the entire cohort. However once a baby from that year survives to adulthood, they may very well reach their 70s.

In fact, data shows that the biggest difference between life expectancies of Africa and high-income regions are for those before the age of 5 and after 60.

This is because both babies and older adults have a need for specific medical infrastructure which many Africans don’t have access to.