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Hawaii had the highest life expectancy at birth among U.S. states in the latest complete state-specific tables available: 80.0 years in 2022. Massachusetts ranked second at 79.8 years. The figures come from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), whose state life tables were published in December 2025.
What are the 10 states with the highest life expectancy?
This ranking uses the NCHS report’s total-population estimates for life expectancy at birth in 2022. Ranks and values below are reported in Table A of U.S. State Life Tables, 2022.
| Rank | State | Life expectancy at birth |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaii | 80.0 years |
| 2 | Massachusetts | 79.8 years |
| 3 | New Jersey | 79.6 years |
| 4 | New York | 79.5 years |
| 5 | Connecticut | 79.4 years |
| 6 | California | 79.3 years |
| 7 | Minnesota | 79.3 years |
| 8 | Rhode Island | 79.2 years |
| 9 | Utah | 79.0 years |
| 10 | New Hampshire | 78.7 years |
California and Minnesota both have a reported estimate of 79.3 years, but NCHS assigns California rank six and Minnesota rank seven. The table preserves those official ranks rather than treating the rounded estimates as a tie.
How does the top-ten ranking compare with the U.S. overall?
The U.S. total-population estimate was 77.5 years in the same NCHS state report for 2022. Hawaii’s 80.0 years was the highest state value; West Virginia had the lowest, at 72.2 years. The report also found that life expectancy increased from 2021 to 2022 in 48 states and the District of Columbia, and decreased in two states.
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What does life expectancy at birth mean?
The figures are period life-table estimates, not predictions of how long a particular baby or current resident will live. A period life table applies age-specific death rates from a particular year across a hypothetical lifetime. As the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics explains, “Period life tables estimate how many more years a group of people who are currently at a particular age – any age from birth to 100 or more – can expect to live if the mortality patterns in a given year remain the same over the rest of their lives.” See the agency’s NVSS life-expectancy explanation.
In practical terms, the 2022 estimate describes what life expectancy would look like if mortality patterns observed in 2022 continued throughout the hypothetical cohort’s lives. Those patterns can change, so the estimate is a snapshot of mortality in that year—not a personalized forecast or a guarantee of lifespan.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Why are these 2022 figures published in 2025?
The ranking is based on 2022 data, although NCHS published the state report on December 4, 2025. The NCHS publication list includes national life tables through 2023, but the latest complete state-specific release located for this comparison covers 2022. A national 2023 estimate cannot be substituted for a state-by-state 2023 ranking.
For its state estimates, NCHS used final 2022 mortality statistics, July 1, 2022 population estimates based on the Census Bureau’s Blended Base, and 2022 Medicare data for people ages 66–99. The state methods follow those used for the 2022 national tables, with modifications described in the report’s technical notes.
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What the ranking does—and does not—show
- It compares states on one consistent measure: total-population life expectancy at birth for 2022.
- It is not a ranking by sex or by age 65: NCHS reports male and female estimates separately, and life expectancy at age 65 is a different measure. The 2022 report found that female life expectancy at birth exceeded male life expectancy in every state and the District of Columbia; that separate finding does not determine the overall state ranking.
- Small differences should not be overread: adjacent estimates are close, and NCHS reports standard errors. A small gap in rounded estimates alone does not establish a meaningful difference in lived outcomes.
- It does not explain why states differ: the ranking reports mortality patterns; by itself, it does not show that living in a particular state causes an individual to live longer.
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