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Life expectancy in Missouri

1990 – 2022 · 8 data points section.rank · Regions of United States section.updated Oct 21, 2026
people · Missouri United States

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 1990 – 2022

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Latest value · 2022 75.2years +0.6 section.change_since
Regions of United States · 2022 section.rank Place 1 is the highest value.
section.change_since −2.3
vs United States −3.8 United States: 79.0 · 2024
Life expectancy, 1990 – 2022 years · Missouri · United States · section.levels.world
−2.3 section.change_since
Missouri United States section.levels.world

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

section.compare Life expectancy · years
Missouri
75.2
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 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

section.all_years · 1990 – 2022

YearMissouriChange United Statessection.levels.world
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

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2010 2000 1990
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryLife expectancy
51 Mississippi 70.9
50 West Virginia 71.0
49 Alabama 72.0
48 Louisiana 72.2
47 Kentucky 72.3
46 Tennessee 72.4
45 Arkansas 72.5
44 Oklahoma 72.7
43 New Mexico 73.0
42 South Carolina 73.5
41 Georgia 74.3
40 Alaska 74.5
39 Ohio 74.5
38 Indiana 74.6
37 Missouri 74.6
36 North Carolina 74.9
35 Wyoming 75.0
34 Arizona 75.0
33 Nevada 75.1
32 District of Columbia 75.3
31 Texas 75.4
30 Michigan 75.7
29 Montana 75.8
28 Kansas 76.0
27 Florida 76.1
26 Delaware 76.3
25 Pennsylvania 76.4
24 South Dakota 76.6
23 Maine 76.7
22 Virginia 76.8
21 Illinois 77.1
20 Idaho 77.2
19 Maryland 77.2
18 Oregon 77.4
17 North Dakota 77.6
16 Iowa 77.7
15 Colorado 77.7
14 Wisconsin 77.8
13 Nebraska 77.8
12 Utah 78.2
11 Washington 78.2
10 California 78.3
9 Vermont 78.4
8 Rhode Island 78.5
7 New Hampshire 78.5
6 Minnesota 78.8
5 New Jersey 79.0
4 New York 79.0
3 Connecticut 79.2
2 Massachusetts 79.6
1 Hawaii 79.9

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 2021

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).