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Revision as of 03:51, 29 October 2020

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.

See also: List of supercentenarians from the United States

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 ArmeniaARM California
Ermisna Theodore F 12 Sept 1907 116 years, 219 days HaitiHAI 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 South KoreaKOR 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 SloveniaSVN California
Rachel Kohl F 28 June 1909 114 years, 295 days Missouri Missouri
Lee Robertson F 13 July 1909 114 years, 280 days LithuaniaLTU 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 GermanyGER South Carolina
Catherine Abate F 15 Nov 1909 114 years, 155 days Italy 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 EcuadorECU 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 MexicoMEX 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 Italy 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 CanadaCAN 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? ZimbabweZIM New York
Modesto Lopez Bautista[6] M 17 Jan 1909? 115 years, 92 days? MexicoMEX California

References

  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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