Changes: List of oldest living people in the United States

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This is a list of the oldest living people in the United States. There are currently 8 validated living American supercentenarians, the oldest of whom is Hester Ford at 118 years, 247 days.

Oldest living people in the United States (110+)

Validated Pending Unvalidated

					State / Country of
Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Age	birth	residence
1	Hester Ford	F	15 Aug 1905	118 years, 247 days	South Carolina	North Carolina
2	Iris Westman	F	28 Aug 1905	118 years, 234 days	North Dakota	North Dakota
3	Thelma Sutcliffe	F	1 Oct 1906	117 years, 200 days	Nebraska	Nebraska
4	Ellen Goodwill	F	2 Feb 1907	117 years, 76 days	Kentucky	Michigan
5	Florence Carroll	F	9 June 1907	116 years, 314 days	New York	Connecticut
6	Maude Harris	F	15 Aug 1907	116 years, 247 days	Minnesota	Florida
	Lucy Mirigian	F	15 Aug 1907	116 years, 247 days	ARM	California
	Ermisna Theodore	F	12 Sept 1907	116 years, 219 days	HAI	New York
7	Bessie Hendricks	F	7 Nov 1907	116 years, 163 days	Iowa	Iowa
	Mila Mangold	F	14 Nov 1907	116 years, 156 days	Nebraska	California
	Irene Dunham	F	16 Dec 1907	116 years, 124 days	Michigan	Michigan
	Christine Ireland	F	19 Jan 1908	116 years, 90 days	North Carolina	North Carolina
	Stella Lennox	F	31 Jan 1908	116 years, 78 days	North Dakota	Illinois
	Edie Ceccarelli	F	5 Feb 1908	116 years, 73 days	California	California
	Ardith Grose	F	22 Mar 1908	116 years, 28 days	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania
	Erna Zahn	F	14 Apr 1908	116 years, 5 days	Wisconsin	Minnesota
	Avicia Thorpe	F	16 Apr 1908	116 years, 3 days	Virginia	Virginia
	Ruth Apilado	F	30 Apr 1908	115 years, 354 days	Illinois	Washington
	Sun Choe	F	28 May 1908	115 years, 326 days	KOR	New Jersey
	Ruby Staley	F	8 June 1908	115 years, 315 days	Maryland	Maryland
	Hazel Plummer	F	19 June 1908	115 years, 304 days	Massachusetts	Massachusetts
	Anna Garrett	F	26 July 1908	115 years, 267 days	Georgia	Indiana
	Esther Wittenburg ^[1]	F	27 Sept 1908	115 years, 204 days	Iowa	Iowa
	Pauline Angleman ^[2]	F	4 Oct 1908	115 years, 197 days	Oklahoma	California
	Barbara Barton ^[3]	F	12 Oct 1908	115 years, 189 days	Rhode Island	Rhode Island
	Mary Battle ^[4]	F	23 Dec 1908	115 years, 117 days	?	?
	Nina Willis ^[5]	F	14 Jan 1909	115 years, 95 days	Georgia	Georgia
	Annabelle Holblinger	F	16 Mar 1909	115 years, 34 days	New York	Colorado
	Elizabeth Lucas	F	5 Apr 1909	115 years, 14 days	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania
	Sophie Hules	F	14 June 1909	114 years, 309 days	SVN	California
	Rachel Kohl	F	28 June 1909	114 years, 295 days	Missouri	Missouri
	Lee Robertson	F	13 July 1909	114 years, 280 days	LTU	Florida
	Elizabeth Francis	F	27 July 1909	114 years, 266 days	Louisiana	Texas
	Helen Self	F	17 Aug 1909	114 years, 245 days	Montana	Montana
	Ethel Bowens	F	26 Aug 1909	114 years, 236 days	Oklahoma	Oklahoma
	Julia Dennis	F	10 Sept 1909	114 years, 221 days	Michigan	Michigan
	Lawrence Brooks	M	12 Sept 1909	114 years, 219 days	Louisiana	Louisiana
	Lillie Nunn	F	25 Sept 1909	114 years, 206 days	?	North Carolina
	Christine Phillips	F	7 Oct 1909	114 years, 194 days	Oklahoma	Oklahoma
	Maria Aulenbacher	F	7 Nov 1909	114 years, 163 days	GER	South Carolina
	Catherine Abate	F	15 Nov 1909	114 years, 155 days	ITA	New York
	Lillian Wilson	F	24 Nov 1909	114 years, 146 days	North Dakota	North Dakota
	Bessie Harding	F	25 Nov 1909	114 years, 145 days	Virginia	Maryland
	Philip Sharp	M	21 Dec 1909	114 years, 119 days	Louisiana	Louisiana
	Opal Johnson	F	21 Dec 1909	114 years, 119 days	?	Minnesota
	Anonymous	F	12 Jan 1910	114 years, 97 days	?	New York
	Ada Avila	F	14 Jan 1910	114 years, 95 days	ECU	Florida
	Pearl Berg	F	14 Feb 1910	114 years, 64 days	Pennsylvania	California
	Gertrude Stern	F	27 Feb 1910	114 years, 51 days	Iowa	Kansas
	Brunette Nelms	F	9 Mar 1910	114 years, 41 days	Mississippi	Tennessee
	Maria Trevino	F	13 Mar 1910	114 years, 37 days	MEX	Texas
	Bernice Bohannon	F	14 Mar 1910	114 years, 36 days	Kentucky	Indiana
	Melvin Campbell	M	22 Mar 1910	114 years, 28 days	Texas	Texas
	Frances Pisano	F	2 Apr 1910	114 years, 17 days	ITA	Florida
	Sarah Spires	F	10 Apr 1910	114 years, 9 days	?	Florida
	Annie Wilson	F	19 Apr 1910	114 years, 0 days	North Carolina	North Carolina
	Alma Leuthner	F	19 May 1910	113 years, 335 days	Minnesota	Minnesota
	Ruth Knelman	F	21 May 1910	113 years, 333 days	New York	Minnesota
	Ruth Mendelson	F	28 May 1910	113 years, 326 days	New York	California
	Florence Ellenberger	F	30 May 1910	113 years, 324 days	New York	Florida
	Mary Denny	F	10 June 1910	113 years, 313 days	Ohio	Ohio
	Hazel Young	F	13 June 1910	113 years, 310 days	Iowa	Iowa
	Ismelia Canqui	F	3 July 1910	113 years, 290 days	?	Florida
	Ruthie Tompson	F	22 July 1910	113 years, 271 days	Maine	California
	Julia Kabance	F	10 Aug 1910	113 years, 252 days	Kansas	Kansas
	Lorena Allen	F	10 Aug 1910	113 years, 252 days	?	North Carolina
	Edith Hodes Rose	F	15 Aug 1910	113 years, 247 days	New Jersey	New Jersey
	Elsie Martin	F	18 Aug 1910	113 years, 244 days	Michigan	Michigan
	Lenara Carey	F	16 Sept 1910	113 years, 215 days	?	Pennsylvania
	Naomi Whitehead	F	26 Sept 1910	113 years, 205 days	?	Pennsylvania
	Jessie Massing	F	3 Oct 1910	113 years, 198 days	CAN	New York
	Earline Andrews	F	28 Oct 1910	113 years, 173 days	Texas	Texas

Questionable Claims

					State / Country of
R	Name	Sex	Birth	Age	birth	residence
	Irene Eskey	F	7 Apr 1906?	118 years, 12 days?	Arizona	Arizona
	Miriam Ebrahim	F	27 July 1908?	115 years, 266 days?	ZIM	New York
	Modesto Lopez Bautista^[6]	M	17 Jan 1909?	115 years, 92 days?	MEX	California

References

↑ Happy 110th Birthday, Esther Wittenburg! Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 30 September 2018
↑ Corte Madera woman celebrates 110th birthday Marin Independent Journal
↑ 110-year-old Rhode Islander sustained by art and positive outlook Providence Journal, 13 October 2018
↑ 111th Birthday Facebook
↑ Yesterday, we celebrated my Auntie Nina's 110th birthday...yes 110 years old. Facebook, 15 January 2019
↑ Local man celebrates his 110th birthday KGET

[1] Happy 110th Birthday, Esther Wittenburg! Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 30 September 2018

[2] Corte Madera woman celebrates 110th birthday Marin Independent Journal

[3] 110-year-old Rhode Islander sustained by art and positive outlook Providence Journal, 13 October 2018

[4] 111th Birthday Facebook

[5] Yesterday, we celebrated my Auntie Nina's 110th birthday...yes 110 years old. Facebook, 15 January 2019

[6] Local man celebrates his 110th birthday KGET

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