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Life expectancy in California

1990 – 2022 · 8 data points 6 of 51 · Regions of United States Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: OECD Regional Database, 1990 – 2022

Life expectancy, 1990 – 2022 years · California · United States · World
−1.5 since 2010
California United States World

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2022

Compared with Life expectancy · years
California
79.3
United States
79.0 · 2024
World
73.5 · 2024

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance California · 1990 – 2022
Latest value 79.3 · 2022
First value 75.9 · 1990
Highest 80.9 · 2019
Lowest 75.9 · 1990
Data points 8

By year

All years · 1990 – 2022

YearCaliforniaChange United StatesWorld
2022 79.3 +1.0 77.5 73.0
2021 78.3 −0.7 76.4 71.2
2020 79.0 −1.9 77.0 72.2
2019 80.9 +0.1 78.8 72.9
2018 80.8 ±0.0 78.7 72.6
2010 80.8 +2.0 78.7 70.7
2000 78.8 +2.9 76.8 67.7
1990 75.9 75.4 65.1

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2022

Ranking · Regions of United States

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLife expectancy
1 Hawaii 79.9
2 Massachusetts 79.6
3 Connecticut 79.2
4 New York 79.0
5 New Jersey 79.0
6 Minnesota 78.8
7 New Hampshire 78.5
8 Rhode Island 78.5
9 Vermont 78.4
10 California 78.3
11 Washington 78.2
12 Utah 78.2
13 Nebraska 77.8
14 Wisconsin 77.8
15 Colorado 77.7
16 Iowa 77.7
17 North Dakota 77.6
18 Oregon 77.4
19 Maryland 77.2
20 Idaho 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 76.0
29 Montana 75.8
30 Michigan 75.7
31 Texas 75.4
32 District of Columbia 75.3
33 Nevada 75.1
34 Arizona 75.0
35 Wyoming 75.0
36 North Carolina 74.9
37 Missouri 74.6
38 Indiana 74.6
39 Ohio 74.5
40 Alaska 74.5
41 Georgia 74.3
42 South Carolina 73.5
43 New Mexico 73.0
44 Oklahoma 72.7
45 Arkansas 72.5
46 Tennessee 72.4
47 Kentucky 72.3
48 Louisiana 72.2
49 Alabama 72.0
50 West Virginia 71.0
51 Mississippi 70.9

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2021

What it means

How long a newborn would live on average if today's death rates stayed the same.

How it is calculated

Calculated from deaths by age in the year and the population of each age (a life table).