Deaths Among People 65 and Older by State: 2026 Report
How many people 65 and older died in each state in 2024, the death rate for that age group, and what share of all deaths they made up. Every number comes from the CDC's final 2024 death records, linked below with its date.
People 65 and older who died in 2024
CDC · 2024 final dataShare of all U.S. deaths that were people 65 and older
CDC · 2024 final dataAbout this many people 65 and older died on an average day
CDC · 2024 final dataDeaths for every 1,000 people 65 and older
CDC · 2024 final dataLook up a state
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Key findings
2,341,600 people 65 and older died in the U.S. in 2024, 76.2% of all deaths that year and about 6,400 a day.
CDC WONDER, final 2024 data (released 2026).
Oklahoma had the highest death rate among people 65 and older, 47.8 for every 1,000, followed by Arkansas (47.4) and West Virginia (47.2). Alaska had the lowest, 32.0.
CDC WONDER, final 2024 data.
California (219,562), Florida (179,727) and Texas (166,624) had the most deaths among people 65 and older, together 24.2% of the U.S. total.
CDC WONDER, final 2024 data.
In Massachusetts, 81.0% of all deaths were people 65 or older, the highest share of any state. In Alaska the share was 63.4%.
CDC WONDER, final 2024 data.
25 states had a death rate among people 65 and older above the national rate of 38.3 for every 1,000.
CDC WONDER, final 2024 data.
Death rate among people 65 and older: top 10 and bottom 10
Deaths for every 1,000 people 65 and older, 2024. Includes Washington, D.C.
Highest 10
Lowest 10
Source: CDC WONDER, Underlying Cause of Death 2018-2024, final 2024 data (released 2026).
State table
Deaths among people 65 and older in each state in 2024, by state of residence. The death rate is deaths for every 1,000 people 65 and older living in the state.
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| Alabama | 42,891 | 44.9 | 955,901 | 58,885 | 72.8% |
| Alaska | 3,499 | 32.0 | 109,206 | 5,523 | 63.4% |
| Arizona | 53,184 | 35.7 | 1,488,452 | 70,469 | 75.5% |
| Arkansas | 26,667 | 47.4 | 562,842 | 35,976 | 74.1% |
| California | 219,562 | 33.7 | 6,521,873 | 288,143 | 76.2% |
| Colorado | 32,962 | 33.8 | 975,901 | 44,524 | 74.0% |
| Connecticut | 25,994 | 36.4 | 714,203 | 32,481 | 80.0% |
| Delaware | 8,205 | 35.8 | 229,028 | 10,681 | 76.8% |
| District of Columbia | 3,206 | 35.2 | 90,959 | 4,817 | 66.6% |
| Florida | 179,727 | 35.3 | 5,091,262 | 228,400 | 78.7% |
| Georgia | 69,510 | 39.5 | 1,760,341 | 96,748 | 71.8% |
| Hawaii | 10,217 | 32.9 | 310,324 | 12,793 | 79.9% |
| Idaho | 13,174 | 37.2 | 354,407 | 16,758 | 78.6% |
| Illinois | 86,135 | 37.9 | 2,271,298 | 112,006 | 76.9% |
| Indiana | 52,301 | 43.1 | 1,213,910 | 69,509 | 75.2% |
| Iowa | 26,179 | 42.8 | 612,379 | 32,817 | 79.8% |
| Kansas | 22,674 | 42.9 | 528,177 | 29,192 | 77.7% |
| Kentucky | 38,405 | 46.5 | 826,695 | 52,387 | 73.3% |
| Louisiana | 35,506 | 43.6 | 814,527 | 49,183 | 72.2% |
| Maine | 13,233 | 40.1 | 330,265 | 16,595 | 79.7% |
| Maryland | 40,344 | 36.6 | 1,102,000 | 53,309 | 75.7% |
| Massachusetts | 48,565 | 36.3 | 1,336,934 | 59,972 | 81.0% |
| Michigan | 80,171 | 40.4 | 1,985,923 | 102,819 | 78.0% |
| Minnesota | 39,731 | 37.6 | 1,057,147 | 49,771 | 79.8% |
| Mississippi | 24,974 | 47.2 | 528,787 | 35,242 | 70.9% |
| Missouri | 50,473 | 43.2 | 1,169,583 | 66,642 | 75.7% |
| Montana | 8,976 | 37.5 | 239,351 | 11,543 | 77.8% |
| Nebraska | 14,427 | 41.3 | 349,449 | 18,271 | 79.0% |
| Nevada | 21,495 | 37.3 | 575,966 | 29,410 | 73.1% |
| New Hampshire | 11,209 | 37.0 | 303,344 | 14,001 | 80.1% |
| New Jersey | 59,217 | 34.7 | 1,706,102 | 74,876 | 79.1% |
| New Mexico | 15,706 | 36.6 | 429,581 | 22,013 | 71.3% |
| New York | 125,004 | 33.3 | 3,754,552 | 159,614 | 78.3% |
| North Carolina | 79,251 | 40.1 | 1,974,069 | 106,055 | 74.7% |
| North Dakota | 5,381 | 39.1 | 137,764 | 6,966 | 77.2% |
| Ohio | 97,757 | 43.1 | 2,269,539 | 126,828 | 77.1% |
| Oklahoma | 33,084 | 47.8 | 691,883 | 45,056 | 73.4% |
| Oregon | 32,854 | 38.6 | 850,804 | 42,248 | 77.8% |
| Pennsylvania | 108,431 | 40.7 | 2,665,932 | 135,880 | 79.8% |
| Rhode Island | 8,326 | 38.1 | 218,599 | 10,287 | 80.9% |
| South Carolina | 43,262 | 40.2 | 1,076,945 | 58,235 | 74.3% |
| South Dakota | 6,713 | 38.6 | 173,800 | 8,794 | 76.3% |
| Tennessee | 57,608 | 45.1 | 1,277,959 | 79,360 | 72.6% |
| Texas | 166,624 | 38.2 | 4,362,712 | 229,560 | 72.6% |
| Utah | 16,090 | 37.2 | 433,073 | 21,499 | 74.8% |
| Vermont | 5,303 | 35.9 | 147,621 | 6,706 | 79.1% |
| Virginia | 59,618 | 38.5 | 1,547,113 | 77,311 | 77.1% |
| Washington | 50,077 | 36.3 | 1,379,589 | 65,664 | 76.3% |
| West Virginia | 18,305 | 47.2 | 387,446 | 24,268 | 75.4% |
| Wisconsin | 45,024 | 38.5 | 1,168,733 | 56,851 | 79.2% |
| Wyoming | 4,369 | 37.8 | 115,668 | 5,728 | 76.3% |
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What these numbers leave out
These are deaths of U.S. residents, counted in the state where the person lived. Deaths of people who lived outside the U.S. are not included. The death rate is a crude rate: it counts all deaths among people 65 and older and does not adjust for how old a state's seniors are. A state with more people in their 80s and 90s will have a higher rate for that reason alone.
The report does not say what people died of, and it does not say how families paid for a funeral. For what a funeral costs in each region, see our report on funeral costs by state. For agents, our guide to what final expense callers are telling you covers callers who have just been through a funeral in their family.
Methodology and sources
Deaths and death rates
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 2018-2024 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2026. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 2018-2024, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. Accessed November 12, 2026.
We ran two queries for deaths in 2024, grouped by state of residence: one for ages 65 to 74, 75 to 84 and 85 and older together, and one for all ages. CDC WONDER returns the deaths, the population and a crude death rate per 100,000. We show that rate per 1,000 by dividing it by 100.
People 65 and older
The population counts are the ones CDC WONDER uses for its 2024 rates, which come from U.S. Census Bureau estimates.
Daily average and share of deaths
The daily average is the 2024 total for people 65 and older divided by 366, the number of days in 2024, rounded to the nearest hundred. The share of deaths is deaths among people 65 and older divided by deaths at all ages, for each state.
Data use
CDC's data use rules do not allow publishing any count of 9 or fewer. Every count in this report is in the thousands.
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