This is a list of the oldest living people in the United States. There are currently 7 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 | Irene Dutton | F | 16 July 1906 | 117 years, 277 days | Michigan | Michigan |
| 4 | Minnie Whicker | F | 24 July 1906 | 117 years, 269 days | Arkansas | California |
| 5 | Thelma Sutcliffe | F | 1 Oct 1906 | 117 years, 200 days | Nebraska | Nebraska |
| 6 | Louise Schaaf | F | 16 Oct 1906 | 117 years, 185 days |  GER |
Illinois |
| 7 | Beulah Meloche | F | 5 Dec 1906 | 117 years, 135 days | New York | New York |
| 8 | Ellen Goodwill | F | 2 Feb 1907 | 117 years, 76 days | Kentucky | Michigan |
| Florence Carroll | F | 9 June 1907 | 116 years, 314 days | New York | Connecticut | |
| Margaret Quinn | F | 15 July 1907 | 116 years, 278 days | ? | Connecticut | |
| Maude Harris | F | 15 Aug 1907 | 116 years, 247 days | Minnesota | Florida | |
| Lucy Mirigian | F | 15 Aug 1907 | 116 years, 247 days |  TUR |
California | |
| Ermisna Theodore | F | 12 Sept 1907 | 116 years, 219 days |  HAI |
New York | |
| Anna Bechler | F | 28 Sept 1907 | 116 years, 203 days | GER |
Florida | |
| Bessie Hendricks | F | 7 Nov 1907 | 116 years, 163 days | Iowa | Iowa | |
| Downing Kay | F | 23 Nov 1907 | 116 years, 147 days | Maryland | Maryland | |
| Irene Dunham | F | 16 Dec 1907 | 116 years, 124 days | Michigan | Michigan | |
| Suzy Ford | F | 24 Dec 1907 | 116 years, 116 days | Missouri | Missouri | |
| Leonora Cox | F | 30 Dec 1907 | 116 years, 110 days |  UK |
Connecticut | |
| Christine Ireland | F | 19 Jan 1908 | 116 years, 90 days | North Carolina | North Carolina | |
| Edna Runyon | F | 25 Jan 1908 | 116 years, 84 days | Arkansas | Arkansas | |
| 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 | |
| Mary Johnson | F | 7 Apr 1908 | 116 years, 12 days | Arkansas | Missouri | |
| Erna Zahn | F | 14 Apr 1908 | 116 years, 5 days | Wisconsin | Minnesota | |
| Avicia Thorpe | F | 16 Apr 1908 | 116 years, 3 days | Virginia | Virginia | |
| Maria Garcia | F | 29 Apr 1908 | 115 years, 355 days |  ESP |
New Jersey | |
| Ruth Apilado | F | 30 Apr 1908 | 115 years, 354 days | Illinois | Washington | |
| Elsie Usherwood | F | 5 May 1908 | 115 years, 349 days | Missouri | Missouri | |
| Gertrude Ellison | F | 16 May 1908 | 115 years, 338 days | Minnesota | Washington | |
| Sun Choe | F | 28 May 1908 | 115 years, 326 days |  KOR |
New Jersey | |
| Hazel Ventling | F | 5 June 1908 | 115 years, 318 days | Iowa | Iowa | |
| 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 | July 1908 | 115 years, 262 days+ | Georgia | Indiana | |
| Isadora Byrd | F | 22 Aug 1908 | 115 years, 240 days | ? | South Carolina | |
| 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 | |
| Marion Roth [4] | F | 11 Nov 1908 | 115 years, 159 days | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | |
| Mildred Layfield [5] | F | 22 Nov 1908 | 115 years, 148 days | Arkansas | California | |
| Sallie Cooley [6] | F | 8 Dec 1908 | 115 years, 132 days | Mississippi | Mississippi | |
| Irving Piken [7] | M | 20 Dec 1908 | 115 years, 120 days | New York | California | |
| Malinda Johnson [8] | F | 1 Jan 1909 | 115 years, 108 days | Mississippi | Mississippi | |
| Maria De La Talamantes[9] | F | 11 Jan 1909 | 115 years, 98 days |  MEX |
Texas | |
| Nina Willis [10] | F | 14 Jan 1909 | 115 years, 95 days | ? | Georgia | |
| Modesto Lopez Bautista[11] | M | 17 Jan 1909 | 115 years, 92 days | MEX |
California | |
| Ruth Grant [12] | F | 25 Feb 1909 | 115 years, 53 days | New York | New York | |
| Violet Cave [13] | F | 28 Feb 1909 | 115 years, 50 days |  BRB |
New York | |
| Annabelle Holblinger | F | 16 Mar 1909 | 115 years, 34 days | New York | Colorado | |
| Mary Coffey | F | 20 Mar 1909 | 115 years, 30 days | Kentucky | Texas | |
| Elizabeth Lucas | F | 5 Apr 1909 | 115 years, 14 days | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | |
| Pollie Lynch | F | 7 May 1909 | 114 years, 347 days | Virginia | New York | |
| Dorothy McClements | F | 7 May 1909 | 114 years, 347 days | New York | New York | |
| Millie Berry | F | 25 May 1909 | 114 years, 329 days | New York | New York | |
| Melva Stokes | F | 26 May 1909 | 114 years, 328 days | North Carolina | Connecticut | |
| Mary Gibson | F | 6 June 1909 | 114 years, 317 days | South Carolina | New Jersey | |
| Sophie Hules | F | 14 June 1909 | 114 years, 309 days |  SVN |
California | |
| Odile Washington | F | 24 June 1909 | 114 years, 299 days | Louisiana | Louisiana | |
| Rachel Kohl | F | 28 June 1909 | 114 years, 295 days | Missouri | Missouri | |
| Mary Brown | F | 4 July 1909 | 114 years, 289 days | North Carolina | West Virginia | |
| Goldie Conn | F | 12 July 1909 | 114 years, 280 days | Kentucky | Kentucky | |
| Lee Robertson | F | 13 July 1909 | 114 years, 280 days |  LTU |
Florida | |
| Elizabeth Francis | F | 27 July 1909 | 114 years, 266 days | Louisiana | Texas | |
| Dollie Krahenbuhl | F | 9 Aug 1909 | 114 years, 253 days | ? | Kentucky | |
| Ida Albert | F | 15 Aug 1909 | 114 years, 247 days |  ITA |
New York | |
| 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 | |
| Regina Varrero | F | 29 Sept 1909 | 114 years, 202 days | Michigan | Michigan | |
| Christine Phillips | F | 7 Oct 1909 | 114 years, 194 days | Oklahoma | Oklahoma | |
| Glenna Kremer | F | 13 Oct 1909 | 114 years, 188 days | Idaho | Oregon | |
| Emma Daily | F | 15 Oct 1909 | 114 years, 186 days | Nebraska | Texas | |
| Ethel Bethea | F | 20 Oct 1909 | 114 years, 181 days | Georgia | New Jersey | |
| Maria Aulenbacher | F | 7 Nov 1909 | 114 years, 163 days | GER |
South Carolina | |
| Geneva Williamson | F | 7 Nov 1909 | 114 years, 163 days | ? | North Carolina | |
| Helen Meredith | F | 13 Nov 1909 | 114 years, 157 days | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | |
| Catherine Abate | F | 15 Nov 1909 | 114 years, 155 days | ITA |
New York | |
| Alice King | F | 15 Nov 1909 | 114 years, 155 days | UK |
California | |
| 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 | |
| Laura Pitts | F | 25 Nov 1909 | 114 years, 145 days | Alabama | Alabama | |
| Philip Sharp | M | 21 Dec 1909 | 114 years, 119 days | Louisiana | Louisiana | |
| Concetta Rafter | F | 1 Jan 1910 | 114 years, 108 days | New York | New York | |
| Lois Holden | F | 2 Feb 1910 | 114 years, 76 days | Alabama | Michigan | |
Questionable Claims
| State / Country of | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Name | Sex | Birth | Age | birth | residence |
| Rebecca Ngombwa [14] | F | 1 Jan 1907? | 117 years, 108 days? |  COD |
New York | |
| Miriam Ebrahim | F | 27 July 1908? | 115 years, 266 days? |  ZIM |
New York | |
| Virginia McLaurin | F | 12 Mar 1909? | 115 years, 38 days? | South Carolina | District of Columbia | |
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
- ↑ White Horse Village, Inc. Facebook
- ↑ Happy Birthday Grandma Layfield today is your big day 110th Birthday !!!! Facebook, 22 November 2018
- ↑ Sallie Cooley’s 110th birthday confirmation Facebook
- ↑ Meet Laguna Woods Village’s Newest Supercentenarian Laguna Woods Village
- ↑ Karen Johnson Facebook, 2 January 2019
- ↑ El Pasoan Celebrates 110th Birthday Friday El Paso Times, 11 January 2019
- ↑ Yesterday, we celebrated my Auntie Nina's 110th birthday...yes 110 years old. Facebook, 15 January 2019
- ↑ Local man celebrates his 110th birthday KGET
- ↑ Happy 110th Birthday to Ruth (Siddons) Grant, who celebrated today at our Care Center at Sunset Lake Facebook, 25 February 2019
- ↑ Harlem woman celebrates 110th birthday Fox 5 New York, 28 Feb 2019
- ↑ Century-old Congolese refugee finds 'miracles' like washing machines in Buffalo The Buffalo News