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Hawaii Has Highest Life Expectancy In The US, West Virginia The Lowest
Hawaii Has Highest Life Expectancy In The US, West Virginia The Lowest
Life expectancy varies widely across the U.S., with clear regional patterns emerging in the latest data.
States in the Northeast and on the West Coast tend to have higher life expectancies, while many in the South and Appalachia rank lower.
This map, via Visual Capitalist's Niccolo Conte, shows these differences using data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, based on 2022 life tables published in December 2025, the latest publicly available state-level figures as of March 2026.
The CDC’s report...
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