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Life expectancy in Missouri

1990 – 2022 · 8 data points 41 of 51 · Regions of United States Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: OECD Regional Database, 1990 – 2022

Life expectancy, 1990 – 2022 years · Missouri · United States · World
−2.3 since 2010
Missouri United States World

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

Compared with Life expectancy · years
Missouri
75.2
United States
79.0 · 2024
World
73.5 · 2024

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

The series at a glance Missouri · 1990 – 2022
Latest value 75.2 · 2022
First value 75.2 · 1990
Highest 77.5 · 2010
Lowest 74.6 · 2021
Data points 8

By year

All years · 1990 – 2022

YearMissouriChange United StatesWorld
2022 75.2 +0.6 77.5 73.0
2021 74.6 −0.5 76.4 71.2
2020 75.1 −1.8 77.0 72.2
2019 76.9 +0.3 78.8 72.9
2018 76.6 −0.9 78.7 72.6
2010 77.5 +1.0 78.7 70.7
2000 76.5 +1.3 76.8 67.7
1990 75.2 75.4 65.1

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

Ranking · Regions of United States

2010 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLife expectancy
1 Hawaii 81.3
2 Minnesota 81.1
3 California 80.8
4 Connecticut 80.8
5 New York 80.5
6 Vermont 80.5
7 Massachusetts 80.5
8 New Hampshire 80.3
9 New Jersey 80.3
10 Utah 80.2
11 Colorado 80.0
12 Wisconsin 80.0
13 Washington 79.9
14 Rhode Island 79.9
15 Nebraska 79.8
16 Iowa 79.7
17 Arizona 79.6
18 Oregon 79.5
19 North Dakota 79.5
20 South Dakota 79.5
21 Idaho 79.5
22 Florida 79.4
23 Maine 79.2
24 Illinois 79.0
25 Virginia 79.0
26 Maryland 78.8
27 Kansas 78.7
28 Pennsylvania 78.5
29 Montana 78.5
30 Texas 78.5
31 Delaware 78.4
32 New Mexico 78.4
33 Wyoming 78.3
34 Alaska 78.3
35 Michigan 78.2
36 Nevada 78.1
37 Ohio 77.8
38 North Carolina 77.8
39 Indiana 77.6
40 Missouri 77.5
41 Georgia 77.2
42 South Carolina 77.0
43 District of Columbia 76.5
44 Tennessee 76.3
45 Kentucky 76.0
46 Arkansas 76.0
47 Oklahoma 75.9
48 Louisiana 75.7
49 Alabama 75.4
50 West Virginia 75.4
51 Mississippi 75.0

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2010

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).