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Life expectancy in Texas

1990 – 2022 · 8 data points section.rank · Regions of United States section.updated Nov 10, 2026
people · Texas United States

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 1990 – 2022

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Latest value · 2022 77.1years +1.7 section.change_since
Regions of United States · 2022 section.rank Place 1 is the highest value.
section.change_since −1.4
vs United States −1.9 United States: 79.0 · 2024
Life expectancy, 1990 – 2022 years · Texas · United States · section.levels.world
−1.4 section.change_since
Texas United States section.levels.world

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

section.compare Life expectancy · years
Texas
77.1
United States
79.0 · 2024
section.levels.world
73.5 · 2024

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

The series at a glance Texas · 1990 – 2022
Latest value 77.1 · 2022
First value 75.1 · 1990
Highest 78.6 · 2019
Lowest 75.1 · 1990
Data points 8

By year

section.all_years · 1990 – 2022

YearTexasChange United Statessection.levels.world
2022 77.1 +1.7 77.5 73.0
2021 75.4 −1.1 76.4 71.2
2020 76.5 −2.1 77.0 72.2
2019 78.6 +0.2 78.8 72.9
2018 78.4 −0.1 78.7 72.6
2010 78.5 +1.5 78.7 70.7
2000 77.0 +1.9 76.8 67.7
1990 75.1 75.4 65.1

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

Ranking · Regions of United States

2022 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2010 2000 1990
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryLife expectancy
51 West Virginia 72.2
50 Mississippi 72.6
49 Kentucky 73.6
48 Louisiana 73.8
47 Alabama 73.8
46 Tennessee 73.8
45 Oklahoma 73.8
44 Arkansas 73.9
43 New Mexico 74.5
42 South Carolina 75.1
41 Missouri 75.2
40 Indiana 75.4
39 Ohio 75.6
38 Alaska 75.8
37 North Carolina 75.9
36 Georgia 75.9
35 Nevada 76.4
34 Kansas 76.5
33 Delaware 76.5
32 District of Columbia 76.6
31 Maine 76.6
30 Arizona 76.7
29 Wyoming 76.8
28 Michigan 76.8
27 Texas 77.1
26 Pennsylvania 77.3
25 Montana 77.3
24 South Dakota 77.3
23 Virginia 77.5
22 Illinois 77.5
21 Oregon 77.7
20 Maryland 77.8
19 Iowa 77.9
18 North Dakota 77.9
17 Florida 77.9
16 Wisconsin 78.1
15 Nebraska 78.3
14 Vermont 78.3
13 Washington 78.4
12 Idaho 78.4
11 Colorado 78.5
10 New Hampshire 78.7
9 Utah 79.0
8 Rhode Island 79.2
7 California 79.3
6 Minnesota 79.3
5 Connecticut 79.4
4 New York 79.5
3 New Jersey 79.6
2 Massachusetts 79.8
1 Hawaii 80.0

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 2022

section.what

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

section.how

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