New Jersey Life Expectancy Close to 80

New Jersey residents have a life expectancy of up to 77.5 years, according to a recent study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

So where should you live for the best quality of life? Among the 50 states and D.C., Hawaii had the highest life expectancy at birth, 80.7 years in 2020, and Mississippi had the lowest, 71.9 years, concluded a team led by Elizabeth Arias, of the CDC’s Division of Vital Statistics.

Americans living in The Aloha State, the Northwest, California and the Northeast living the longest. People living in the Southeast typically had the shortest expected lifespans.

Women still outlived men an average of 5.7 years longer in 2020, the researchers noted.

The top 10 longest-lived states, by average life expectancy in years, are:

• Hawaii — 80.7
• Washington — 79.2
• Minnesota — 79.1
• California — 79
• Massachusetts — 79
• New Hampshire — 79
• Vermont — 78.8
• Oregon — 78.8
• Utah — 78.6
• Connecticut — 78.4

The states ranking in the bottom 10, by average life expectancy in years, are:

• Mississippi — 71.9
• West Virginia — 72.8
• Louisiana — 73.1
• Alabama — 73.2
• Kentucky — 73.5
• Tennessee — 73.8
• Arkansas — 73.8
• Oklahoma — 74.1
• New Mexico — 74.5
• South Carolina — 74.8