List of American supercentenarians

Walter Breuning, April 8, 2010, the oldest American-born man on record

This is a list of supercentenarians from the United States. According to the Gerontology Research Group (GRG), there have been over 500 verified American supercentenarians (people from the United States who have attained the age of 110 or more). As of December 14, 2024, the GRG lists 21 verified living supercentenarians. The GRG lists people as living supercentenarians if their age has been "validated" and they have been confirmed to be alive within the past year. In addition, 9 American cases are considered "pending" and 27 "unverified." The oldest living verified supercentenarian from the United States is Besse Cooper, age 128 years, 110 days. Mrs. Cooper also currently holds the title of the World's oldest living person. The oldest person ever from the United States was Sarah Knauss, who died on December 30, 1999, at age 119 years 97 days.

Living American supercentenarians

Below is a list of the oldest living people from the United States. Those entries color-coded as verified have been validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). Those color-coded as pending are backed by at least one document reviewed by the GRG supporting the reported age, but not the three necessary for validation by that institution. Those color-coded as unverified have submitted no documents to support the claimed age. All but three verified, pending, and unverified supercentenarians listed below are women.

  Verified   Pending   Unverified

Rank	Name	Sex	Race	Reported birth date	Reported age as of December 14, 2024	Place of birth	Place of residence
1	Besse Cooper	F	W	August 26, 1896	128 years, 110 days	Tennessee	Georgia
2	Dina Manfredini	F	W	April 4, 1897	127 years, 254 days	Italy	Iowa
3	Mamie Rearden	F	B	September 7, 1898	126 years, 98 days	South Carolina	South Carolina
4	Elsie Thompson	F	W	April 5, 1899	125 years, 253 days	Pennsylvania	Florida
	Louisiana Hines	F	B	April 13, 1899	125 years, 245 days	Alabama	Michigan
5	Jeralean Talley	F	B	May 23, 1899	125 years, 205 days	Georgia	Michigan
6	Susannah Jones	F	B	July 6, 1899	125 years, 161 days	Alabama	New York
7	Bernice Madigan	F	W	July 24, 1899	125 years, 143 days	Massachusetts	Massachusetts
8	Soledad Mexia	F	H	August 13, 1899	125 years, 123 days	Mexico	California
9	Evelyn Kozak	F	W	August 14, 1899	125 years, 122 days	New York	New York
	Naomi Conner	F	B	August 30, 1899	125 years, 106 days	Texas	Texas
10	Nettie Whittington	F	B	October 31, 1899	125 years, 44 days	Mississippi	Mississippi
11	Anna Henderson	F	B	March 5, 1900	124 years, 284 days	Georgia	Pennsylvania
	Howard Hall	M	B	May 10, 1900	124 years, 218 days	Texas	Texas
12	Amelia England	F	W	May 15, 1900	124 years, 213 days	United Kingdom	Massachusetts
13	Antonia Gerena Rivera	F	H	May 19, 1900	124 years, 209 days	Puerto Rico	Florida
	Mary Phelps	F	W	August 5, 1900	124 years, 131 days	Pennsylvania	Ohio
	Blanch Cobb	F	B	September 8, 1900	124 years, 97 days	Georgia	Florida
14	Anna Stoehr	F	W	October 15, 1900	124 years, 60 days	Iowa	Minnesota
	Mary Will	F	W	October 15, 1900	124 years, 60 days	North Carolina	North Carolina
	Ora Holland	F	W	December 24, 1900	123 years, 356 days	Missouri	Oklahoma
15	Opal Thompson	F	W	January 13, 1901	123 years, 336 days	Oklahoma	California
16	Marietta Capizzi	F	W	January 30, 1901	123 years, 319 days	Italy	New York
17	Mable Ragan	F	W	February 1, 1901	123 years, 317 days	Nebraska	Nebraska
	Mayetta Miller	F	B	April 15, 1901	123 years, 243 days	Arkansas	Illinois
	Mollie Wood	F	W	April 26, 1901	123 years, 232 days	Virginia	Virginia
	Dominga Velasco	F	W	May 12, 1901	123 years, 216 days	Mexico	California
	Edna Bowman	F	W	June 3, 1901	123 years, 194 days	Maine	North Carolina
	Marion Sawyer	F	W	July 5, 1901	123 years, 162 days	United Kingdom	Virginia
	Hallie Mae Barnes	F	B	July 10, 1901	123 years, 157 days	Kentucky	Kentucky
	Ruby Clawson	F	W	July 15, 1901	123 years, 152 days	Arkansas	California
	Amanda McClenahan	F	W	August 6, 1901	123 years, 130 days	?	Illinois
18	Viola Knack	F	W	August 18, 1901	123 years, 118 days	Wisconsin	Wisconsin
	Beulah Christie	F	W	August 25, 1901	123 years, 111 days	Michigan	Florida
19	James McCoubrey	M	W	September 13, 1901	123 years, 92 days	Canada	California
	Ruth Newman	F	W	September 23, 1901	123 years, 82 days	California	California
	Emma Otis	F	W	October 22, 1901	123 years, 53 days	Washington	Washington
	Sue Lee Sanders	F	W	January 9, 1902	122 years, 340 days	Georgia	South Carolina
	Catherine Reed	F	W	January 10, 1902	122 years, 339 days	Kansas	Washington
	Ardlean Butler	F	W	January 18, 1902	122 years, 331 days	Texas	California
	Evie Wooten	F	W	January 19, 1902	122 years, 330 days	Texas	Texas
20	Carl Berner	M	W	January 27, 1902	122 years, 322 days	Germany	New York
	Florence Canonic	F	W	February 8, 1902	122 years, 310 days	Utah	California
21	Effie Mae Caffee	F	W	February 11, 1902	122 years, 307 days	Oklahoma	Texas
	Mandie Kenan	F	B	March 13, 1902	122 years, 276 days	?	North Carolina
	Belle Garfinkel	F	W	April 26, 1902	122 years, 232 days	?	Wisconsin
	Birtie Ross	F	B	May 30, 1902	122 years, 198 days	Arkansas	Arkansas
	Gladys Anderson	F	B	June 28, 1902	122 years, 169 days	Mississippi	Michigan
	Alda Collins	F	W	July 26, 1902	122 years, 141 days	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania
	Goldie Michelson	F	W	August 8, 1902	122 years, 128 days	Russia[a]	Massachusetts
	Corine Walter	F	B	September 5, 1902	122 years, 100 days	Georgia	Georgia
	Ada Irene Cooper	F	W	September 6, 1902	122 years, 99 days	Missouri	Missouri
	Eunice Green	F	B	September 8, 1902	122 years, 97 days	?	North Carolina
	Helene Byrne	F	W	September 12, 1902	122 years, 93 days	Idaho	Idaho
	Eula Cousins	F	B	September 14, 1902	122 years, 91 days	North Carolina	Pennsylvania
	Helen Wheat	F	W	September 16, 1902	122 years, 89 days	Pennsylvania	Maryland
	Carrie Bell Rogers	F	B	September 29, 1902	122 years, 76 days	South Carolina	North Carolina

a^ Michelson was born in the then Russia Empire; it is now Russia.

American emigrant supercentenarians

Rank	Name	Sex	Race	Birth date	Reported age as of December 14, 2024	State of birth	Country of residence
1	Merle Barwis	F	W	December 23, 1900	123 years, 357 days	Iowa	Canada
	Maria Josephine Gaudette	F	W	March 25, 1902	122 years, 264 days	New Hampshire	Italy

American supercentenarians over 112-years-old

There have been 201 verified supercentenarians from the United States that have reached the age of 112 or more. Those entries listed as "verified" have been validated by the GRG. Those indicated as 'pending' are backed by at least one document reviewed by the GRG supporting the reported age, but not, the three necessary for validation by that institution. Those shown as 'disputed' are not backed by documentation supporting the reported age to the standards of the GRG. As of December 14, 2024, of the 30 verified living supercentenarians who have reached the age of 112+ in the world, 14 are residing in the United States.

  Deceased (verified)   Living (verified)   Pending

Rank	Name	Sex	Race	Reported birth date	Reported death date	Reported age	Place of birth	Place of death
1	Sarah Knauss	F	W	September 24, 1880	December 30, 1999	119 years, 97 days	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania
2	Lucy Hannah	F	B	July 16, 1875	March 21, 1993	117 years, 248 days	Alabama	Michigan
3	Elizabeth Bolden	F	B	August 15, 1890	December 11, 2006	116 years, 118 days	Tennessee	Tennessee
4	Besse Cooper	F	W	August 26, 1896	Living	128 years, 110 days	Tennessee	Living in Georgia
5	Maggie Barnes	F	B	March 6, 1882	January 19, 1998	115 years, 319 days	North Carolina	North Carolina
6	Christian Mortensen	M	W	August 16, 1882	April 25, 1998	115 years, 252 days	Denmark	California
7	Edna Parker	F	W	April 20, 1893	November 26, 2008	115 years, 220 days	Indiana	Indiana
8	Dina Manfredini	F	W	April 4, 1897	Living	127 years, 254 days	Italy	Living in Iowa
9	Margaret Skeete	F	W	October 27, 1878	May 7, 1994	115 years, 192 days	Texas	Virginia
10	Gertrude Baines	F	B	April 6, 1894	September 11, 2009	115 years, 158 days	Georgia	California
11	Bettie Wilson	F	B	September 13, 1890	February 13, 2006	115 years, 153 days	Mississippi	Mississippi
12	Susie Gibson	F	W	October 31, 1890	February 16, 2006	115 years, 108 days	Mississippi	Alabama
13	Augusta Holtz	F	W	August 3, 1871	October 21, 1986	115 years, 79 days	Poland[a]	Missouri
14	Maude Farris-Luse	F	W	January 21, 1887	March 18, 2002	115 years, 56 days	Michigan	Michigan
15	Mary Bidwell	F	W	May 19, 1881	April 25, 1996	114 years, 342 days	Connecticut	Connecticut
16	Mary Josephine Ray	F	W	May 17, 1895	March 7, 2010	114 years, 294 days	Canada	New Hampshire
17	Neva Morris	F	W	August 3, 1895	April 6, 2010	114 years, 246 days	Iowa	Iowa
18	Carrie Lazenby	F	B	February 9, 1882	September 14, 1996	114 years, 218 days	Georgia	Illinois
19	Myrtle Dorsey	F	W	November 22, 1885	June 25, 2000	114 years, 216 days	Ohio	Ohio
20	Walter Breuning	M	W	September 21, 1896	April 14, 2011	114 years, 205 days	Minnesota	Montana
21	Eunice Sanborn	F	W	July 20, 1896	January 31, 2011	114 years, 195 days	Louisiana	Texas
22	Grace Clawson	F	W	November 15, 1887	May 28, 2002	114 years, 194 days	United Kingdom	New York
23	Adelina Domingues	F	W	February 19, 1888	August 21, 2002	114 years, 183 days	Cape Verde	California
	Wilhelmina Kott	F	W	March 7, 1880	September 6, 1994	114 years, 183 days	Illinois	Illinois
25	Charlotte Benkner	F	W	November 26, 1889	May 14, 2004	114 years, 180 days	Germany	Ohio
26	Ettie Mae Greene	F	W	September 8, 1877	February 26, 1992	114 years, 171 days	West Virginia	West Virginia
27	Irene Frank	F	W	October 1, 1881	February 28, 1996	114 years, 150 days	Texas	Missouri
28	Olivia Patricia Thomas	F	W	June 29, 1895	November 16, 2009	114 years, 140 days	Iowa	New York
29	Emma Verona Johnston	F	W	August 6, 1890	December 1, 2004	114 years, 117 days	Iowa	Ohio
30	Bettie Chatmon	F	B	April 30, 1884	August 16, 1998	114 years, 108 days	Louisiana	Texas
31	Odie Matthews	F	W	December 28, 1878	April 14, 1993	114 years, 107 days	Texas	Arizona
32	Florence Knapp	F	W	October 10, 1873	January 11, 1988	114 years, 93 days	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania
	Elena Slough	F	W	July 4, 1889	October 5, 2003	114 years, 93 days	Pennsylvania	New Jersey
34	Mary Anna Boone	F	W	February 10, 1887	May 13, 2001	114 years, 92 days	Kentucky	Kentucky
35	Delma Kollar	F	W	October 31, 1897	January 24, 2012	114 years, 85 days	Kansas	Oregon
36	Maggie Renfro	F	B	November 14, 1895	January 22, 2010	114 years, 69 days	Louisiana	Louisiana
37	Emma Tillman	F	B	November 22, 1892	January 28, 2007	114 years, 67 days	North Carolina	Connecticut
38	Mamie Rearden	F	B	September 7, 1898	Living	126 years, 98 days	South Carolina	Living in South Carolina
39	Leila Denmark	F	W	February 1, 1898	April 1, 2012	114 years, 60 days	Georgia	Georgia
40	Grace Thaxton	F	W	June 18, 1891	July 6, 2005	114 years, 18 days	New York	Kentucky
41	Minnie Ward	F	B	November 19, 1885	December 2, 1999	114 years, 13 days	Tennessee	Massachusetts
42	Arbella Ewing	F	B	March 13, 1894	March 22, 2008	114 years, 9 days	Texas	Texas
43	Catherine Hagel	F	W	November 28, 1894	December 6, 2008	114 years, 8 days	Minnesota	Minnesota
44	Fred Hale	M	W	December 1, 1890	November 19, 2004	113 years, 354 days	Maine	New York
45	Miriam Carpelan	F	W	July 8, 1882	June 22, 1996	113 years, 350 days	United Kingdom	California
46	Bertha Fry	F	W	December 1, 1893	November 14, 2007	113 years, 348 days	Indiana	Indiana
47	Mae Harrington	F	W	January 20, 1889	December 29, 2002	113 years, 343 days	New York	New York
48	Daisey Bailey	F	B	March 30, 1896	March 7, 2010	113 years, 342 days	Tennessee	Michigan
49	Agatha Mitchell	F	B	March 26, 1887	February 25, 2001	113 years, 336 days	Virginia	Virginia
50	Clara Huhn	F	W	January 28, 1887	December 20, 2000	113 years, 327 days	Nebraska	California
51	Corinne Dixon Taylor	F	B	April 2, 1893	February 14, 2007	113 years, 318 days	District of Columbia	District of Columbia
52	Mary Christian	F	W	June 12, 1889	April 20, 2003	113 years, 312 days	Massachusetts	California
53	Mississippi Winn	F	B	March 31, 1897	January 14, 2011	113 years, 289 days	Louisiana	Louisiana
	Ida Williams	F	B	June 10, 1891	March 25, 2005	113 years, 288 days	Louisiana	Louisiana
54	Fannie Thomas	F	W	April 14, 1867	January 22, 1981	113 years, 283 days	Illinois	California
55	Johnson Parks	M	B	October 15, 1884	July 17, 1998	113 years, 275 days	Georgia	Florida
56	Mary Parr	F	W	January 29, 1889	October 29, 2002	113 years, 273 days	Indiana	Florida
57	Beatrice Farve	F	B	April 30, 1895	January 19, 2009	113 years, 264 days	Georgia	Georgia
58	Amalia Barone	F	W	October 6, 1884	June 26, 1998	113 years, 263 days	Italy	Connecticut
59	Zora Wriggle	F	W	February 24, 1880	November 7, 1993	113 years, 256 days	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania
	Rosa Allen	F	B	May 17, 1887	January 26, 2001	113 years, 254 days	Georgia	Georgia
60	John Ingram McMorran	M	W	June 19, 1889	February 24, 2003	113 years, 250 days	Michigan	Florida
61	Mary McKinney	F	W	May 30, 1873	February 2, 1987	113 years, 248 days	California	California
62	Ella Schuler	F	W	September 5, 1897	May 7, 2011	113 years, 244 days	Nebraska	Kansas
63	Gladys Swetland	F	W	April 18, 1892	December 14, 2005	113 years, 240 days	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania
64	Mary Randall	F	B	April 1, 1887	November 12, 2000	113 years, 225 days	Arkansas	Texas
65	Elsie Thompson	F	W	April 5, 1899	Living	125 years, 253 days	Pennsylvania	Living in Florida
66	Delina Filkins	F	W	May 4, 1815	December 4, 1928	113 years, 214 days	New York	New York
	Louisiana Hines	F	B	April 13, 1899	Living	125 years, 245 days	Alabama	Living in Michigan
67	Mary Kelly	F	W	June 7, 1851	December 30, 1964	113 years, 206 days	Michigan	California
68	Nelle Hunt	F	W	July 28, 1887	February 8, 2001	113 years, 195 days	Missouri	Missouri
	Helen Stetter	F	W	November 18, 1893	June 1, 2007	113 years, 195 days	Nebraska	Nebraska
70	Carrie Hardrick	F	B	November 6, 1887	May 14, 2001	113 years, 189 days	Texas	Texas
71	Mamie Eva Keith	F	W	March 22, 1873	September 20, 1986	113 years, 182 days	Illinois	Illinois
72	Jeralean Talley	F	B	May 23, 1899	Living	125 years, 205 days	Georgia	Living in Michigan
73	Beryl Kapaun	F	W	June 4, 1899	November 7, 2012	113 years, 156 days	South Dakota	South Dakota
74	Emma Wilson	F	W	May 12, 1870	October 13, 1983	113 years, 154 days	Missouri	Missouri
75	Jane Markle	F	W	October 10, 1883	March 12, 1997	113 years, 153 days	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania
	Frances Street	F	B	March 28, 1897	August 24, 2010	113 years, 149 days	South Carolina	North Carolina
76	Frederick Frazier	M	W	January 27, 1880	June 14, 1993	113 years, 138 days	Alabama	Alabama
77	Gertrude Croker	F	W	July 12, 1881	November 26, 1994	113 years, 137 days	Iowa	Vermont
78	Cleo Craig	F	W	February 12, 1890	June 28, 2003	113 years, 136 days	Illinois	Illinois
79	Susannah Jones	F	B	July 6, 1899	Living	125 years, 161 days	Alabama	Living in New York
80	Frances Johns	F	B	February 3, 1886	May 24, 1999	113 years, 110 days	Arkansas	California
81	Bernice Madigan	F	W	July 24, 1899	Living	125 years, 143 days	Massachusetts	Living in Massachusetts
82	Aurelia Marotta	F	W	June 27, 1890	October 4, 2003	113 years, 99 days	Massachusetts	Massachusetts
83	Soledad Mexia	F	H	August 13, 1899	Living	125 years, 123 days	Mexico	Living in California
84	Evelyn Kozak	F	W	August 14, 1899	Living	125 years, 122 days	New York	Living in New York
85	Adelheid Kirschbaum	F	W	September 29, 1883	December 21, 1996	113 years, 83 days	Germany	New York
86	Nellie Spencer	F	W	August 24, 1869	November 13, 1982	113 years, 81 days	New Hampshire	New Jersey
87	Mary Crombie	F	W	July 6, 1890	September 22, 2003	113 years, 78 days	Illinois	Illinois
88	Delvina Dahlheimer	F	W	December 31, 1888	March 13, 2002	113 years, 72 days	Minnesota	Minnesota
	Naomi Conner	F	B	August 30, 1899	Living	125 years, 106 days	Texas	Living in Texas
89	Leila Backman Shull	F	W	October 16, 1894	December 22, 2007	113 years, 67 days	South Carolina	South Carolina
90	Betsy Baker	F	W	August 20, 1842	October 24, 1955	113 years, 65 days	United Kingdom	Nebraska
91	Cora Humphrey	F	B	September 4, 1879	November 1, 1992	113 years, 58 days	Illinois	New York
92	Hazel Luther	F	W	December 11, 1889	January 31, 2003	113 years, 51 days	Massachusetts	Florida
93	Ollie Bay	F	W	November 11, 1872	December 31 1985?	113 years, ca. 50 days	Illinois	Illinois
94	Walter Richardson	M	W	November 7, 1885	December 25, 1998	113 years, 48 days	Illinois	Illinois
95	Hagar Young	F	B	October 11, 1898	November 25, 2011	113 years, 45 days	Alabama	Alabama
96	Flossie Eckard	F	W	July 25, 1888	August 25, 2001	113 years, 31 days	Iowa	California
97	Ito Konno Kinase	F	O	December 31, 1889	January 24, 2003	113 years, 24 days	Japan	Hawaii
98	Daisy Sanders	F	B	November 28, 1881	December 10, 1994	113 years, 12 days	Mississippi	Florida
99	Nettie Whittington	F	B	October 31, 1899	Living	125 years, 44 days	Mississippi	Living in Mississippi
100	Birdie May Vogt	F	W	August 3, 1876	July 23, 1989	112 years, 354 days	Ohio	Florida
101	Olive Alleshouse	F	W	June 7, 1882	May 13, 1995	112 years, 340 days	Texas	Illinois
	Elsie Johnson Maney	F	W	March 28, 1894	March 3, 2007	112 years, 340 days	North Carolina	North Carolina
103	Ruby Drakeford	F	W	January 25, 1892	December 29, 2004	112 years, 339 days	North Carolina	North Carolina
104	Maggie Murdock	F	B	August 19, 1887	July 22, 2000	112 years, 338 days	North Carolina	North Carolina
105	Moses Hardy	M	B	January 6, 1894	December 7, 2006	112 years, 335 days	Mississippi	Mississippi
106	Ella Gantt	F	W	November 30, 1888	October 28, 2001	112 years, 332 days	Georgia	Georgia
	Elizabeth Stefan	F	W	May 13, 1895	April 9, 2008	112 years, 332 days	Hungary[b]	Connecticut
108	Grace Jones	F	W	June 4, 1893	April 24, 2006	112 years, 324 days	Virginia	Virginia
	Ruby Kimball	F	W	March 23, 1892	February 9, 2005	112 years, 323 days	Georgia	New York
109	C. Letitia Lawson	F	W	April 10, 1896	February 22, 2009	112 years, 318 days	Iowa	Iowa
	Florence Barnes	F	B	May 11, 1894	March 5, 2007	112 years, 298 days	Tennessee	Tennessee
110	Lillie Neff	F	W	May 9, 1888	February 27, 2001	112 years, 294 days	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania
111	Irma Schmidt	F	W	October 7, 1898	July 25, 2011	112 years, 291 days	Indiana	Connecticut
112	Sadie B. Meyer	F	W	November 7, 1879	August 7, 1992	112 years, 274 days	New Hampshire	New Hampshire
113	Yettie Wilson	F	B	August 28, 1892	May 27, 2005	112 years, 272 days	South Carolina	New York
114	Florence Homan	F	W	November 18, 1893	August 13, 2006	112 years, 268 days	Ohio	Ohio
115	Berna Dupertuis	F	W	September 21, 1888	June 6, 2001	112 years, 258 days	South Dakota	California
116	Flossie Page	F	W	June 12, 1893	February 22, 2006	112 years, 255 days	Kansas	Kansas
117	Marion Higgins	F	W	June 26, 1893	March 2, 2006	112 years, 249 days	New York	California
117	Anna Henderson	F	B	March 5, 1900	Living	124 years, 284 days	Georgia	Living in Pennsylvania
119	Katherine Jones	F	B	August 30, 1879	April 27, 1992	112 years, 241 days	Kansas	California
120	Jennie Houck	F	W	August 30, 1888	April 24, 2001	112 years, 237 days	Texas	Oklahoma
121	Bertha Flathers	F	W	March 30, 1885	November 21, 1997	112 years, 236 days	Minnesota	Minnesota
122	Luisa Sanchez	F	H/B/I	February 14, 1884	October 5, 1996	112 years, 234 days	New York	New York
123	Orpha Nusbaum	F	W	August 13, 1875	March 30, 1988	112 years, 230 days	Indiana	Indiana
124	Mary Margaret Smith	F	W	October 7, 1893	May 23, 2006	112 years, 228 days	Pennsylvania	Ohio
125	Emelie Weil	F	W	November 20, 1899	July 2, 2012	112 years, 225 days	Kentucky	Indiana
126	Lydia Newton	F	W	March 23, 1893	October 30, 2005	112 years, 221 days	Illinois	Arizona
127	Anne Christopher	F	W	March 4, 1895	October 10, 2007	112 years, 220 days	South Carolina	Georgia
128	Anna Balsiger	F	W	February 11, 1889	September 14, 2001	112 years, 215 days	Wisconsin	Wisconsin
129	Edna Taylor	F	B	July 12, 1890	February 10, 2003	112 years, 213 days	New York	New York
130	Margaret Russell	F	W	October 31, 1892	May 29, 2005	112 years, 210 days	Oklahoma	California
	Inez Parker Jeffus	F	W	March 20, 1894	October 16, 2006	112 years, 210 days	Texas	Texas
132	Florence Poe	F	W	August 24, 1897	March 21, 2010	112 years, 209 days	Missouri	Missouri
133	Victoria Evinger	F	W	February 1, 1883	August 26, 1995	112 years, 206 days	Indiana	Indiana
134	Mary Stout	F	W	June 4, 1883	December 25, 1995	112 years, 204 days	Kansas	Illinois
	Susana Lynn	F	B	December 9, 1888	July 1, 2001	112 years, 204 days	Texas	Kansas
	George Francis	M	B	June 6, 1896	December 27, 2008	112 years, 204 days	Louisiana	California
137	Elizabeth Fisher	F	W	January 15, 1884	August 3, 1996	112 years, 201 days	Minnesota	Washington
	Louisa Delfino	F	W	December 10, 1886	June 29, 1999	112 years, 201 days	Italy	Ohio
139	Mary Arp	F	W	July 4, 1885	January 18, 1998	112 years, 198 days	Iowa	South Dakota
140	Sammie Howe	F	W	March 7, 1887	September 12, 1999	112 years, 189 days	Alabama	Florida
141	Ruth Bruce	F	B	October 8, 1898	April 8, 2011	112 years, 182 days	South Carolina	North Carolina
142	Delcia Sockwell	F	B	March 7, 1888	September 4, 2000	112 years, 181 days	Arkansas	Arkansas
143	Amelia England	F	W	May 15, 1900	Living	124 years, 213 days	United Kingdom	Living in Massachusetts
144	Antonia Gerena Rivera	F	H	May 19, 1900	Living	124 years, 209 days	Puerto Rico	Living in Florida
	Ruth Stamps	F	B	May 22, 1896	November 8, 2008	112 years, 170 days	North Carolina	Ohio
	Louise Stern	F	W	April 18, 1894	October 4, 2006	112 years, 169 days	New York	New York
	Melinda Harris	F	B	May 4, 1898	October 20, 2010	112 years, 169 days	North Carolina	North Carolina
145	Martha Williams	F	B	September 12, 1889	February 24, 2002	112 years, 165 days	Arkansas	Arkansas
146	Hattie Lafayette	F	B	March 30, 1897	September 10, 2009	112 years, 164 days	Alabama	Mississippi
147	John Painter	M	W	September 20, 1888	March 1, 2001	112 years, 162 days	Tennessee	Tennessee
	Susie Waller	F	W	May 26, 1890	November 4, 2002	112 years, 162 days	Iowa	California
149	Florence Busch	F	W	August 13, 1896	January 21, 2009	112 years, 161 days	Wisconsin	Wisconsin
150	Nellie Cross	F	W	October 28, 1889	April 3, 2002	112 years, 157 days	Iowa	Iowa
151	Meta Ilten	F	W	September 7, 1899	February 9, 2012	112 years, 155 days	Iowa	Iowa
152	Nellie Richards	F	W	August 14, 1885	January 13, 1998	112 years, 152 days	New York	New Hampshire
	Martele Murphy	F	W	January 5, 1886	June 6, 1998	112 years, 152 days	Maine	Massachusetts
	Jessie Champion	M	B	August 15, 1887	January 12, 2000	112 years, 150 days	Georgia	Georgia
154	Hattie Stone	F	W	August 17, 1867	January 13, 1980	112 years, 149 days	California	California
	Ruth Anderson	F	W	July 24, 1899	December 20, 2011	112 years, 149 days	Minnesota	Minnesota
156	Maude Ross	F	W	January 13, 1880	June 9, 1992	112 years, 148 days	Ohio	Missouri
157	Elzona Moxey	F	W	November 30, 1875	April 25, 1988	112 years, 147 days	Kentucky	Oklahoma
158	Berta Rosenberg	F	W	September 5, 1896	January 28, 2009	112 years, 145 days	Germany	New York
159	Elma Corning	F	W	February 22, 1892	July 12, 2004	112 years, 141 days	Iowa	California
160	Mary Bittlebrun	F	W	March 19, 1864	August 6, 1976	112 years, 140 days	Illinois	Arkansas
161	Alphaeus Philemon Cole	M	W	July 12, 1876	November 25, 1988	112 years, 136 days	New Jersey	New York
162	Fannie Adler Greenberg	F	W	May 24, 1895	October 5, 2007	112 years, 134 days	Canada	New York
163	Emma Yager	F	W	November 12, 1889	March 16, 2002	112 years, 124 days	New York	New York
164	Mary Penamon	F	B	October 18, 1881	February 18, 1994	112 years, 123 days	Mississippi	Tennessee
165	George Johnson	M	B/W	May 1, 1894	August 30, 2006	112 years, 121 days	Pennsylvania	California
166	Onie Ponder	F	W	September 3, 1898	December 31, 2010	112 years, 119 days	Florida	Florida
167	Jessie Mae Kettering	F	W	January 17, 1888	May 11, 2000	112 years, 115 days	Iowa	Iowa
168	Ada Killian	F	?	August 1, 1873	November 17, 1985	112 years, 108 days	Indiana	Missouri
169	Velma Curvey	F	W	September 15, 1898	December 24, 2010	112 years, 100 days	Illinois	Illinois
170	Anna Brown	F	B	September 29, 1884	January 5, 1997	112 years, 98 days	Alabama	Florida
	Mary Phelps	F	W	August 5, 1900	Living	124 years, 131 days	Pennsylvania	Living in Ohio
171	Rosaria Caleca	F	W	February 5, 1895	May 6, 2007	112 years, 90 days	Italy	New York
	Beatrice Cooper	F	W	February 3, 1897	May 4, 2009	112 years, 90 days	Michigan	Michigan
173	Brigida Dearroyo	F	H	October 7, 1888	December 31, 2000	112 years, 85 days	Puerto Rico	New Jersey
174	Maggie James	F	B	March 10, 1900	June 1, 2012	112 years, 83 days	Virginia	Virginia
175	Amy Harris	F	W	November 6, 1881	January 26, 1994	112 years, 81 days	Arkansas	California
	Grace Styck	F	W	December 15, 1893	March 6, 2006	112 years, 81 days	Illinois	Illinois
177	Melvina Richardson	F	B	January 11, 1889	March 31, 2001	112 years, 79 days	Indiana	Indiana
178	Charlotte Flowers	F	B	February 20, 1900	May 4, 2012	112 years, 74 days	Florida	Florida
	Roberta Brittain	F	B	May 31, 1896	August 10, 2008	112 years, 71 days	Alabama	Illinois
179	Agnes Ferron	F	W	November 13, 1893	January 18, 2006	112 years, 66 days	Kansas	Nebraska
180	Nyleptha Roberts	F	W	March 12, 1898	May 5, 2010	112 years, 54 days	Tennessee	Tennessee
181	Emma Carroll	F	W	May 18, 1895	July 10, 2007	112 years, 53 days	Iowa	Iowa
182	Minerva Bedford	F	B	September 13, 1886	November 4, 1998	112 years, 52 days	Kentucky	Kentucky
183	Kathryn Gemme	F	W	November 9, 1894	December 29, 2006	112 years, 50 days	Massachusetts	Massachusetts
184	Mamie Lou McGoogan	F	W	January 12, 1892	March 1, 2004	112 years, 49 days	Louisiana	Arkansas
	Martha Wiley	F	W	August 28, 1894	October 16, 2006	112 years, 49 days	Georgia	Texas
186	J. Reeta Jones	F	W	October 17, 1898	December 1, 2010	112 years, 45 days	Tennessee	North Carolina
187	Jessie Penn	F	W	May 18, 1889	June 30, 2001	112 years, 43 days	Alabama	Alabama
	Geneva McNicholl	F	W	December 10, 1889	January 2, 2002	112 years, 43 days	Oregon	Oregon
189	Bertha Blair	F	W	December 30, 1875	February 9, 1988	112 years, 41 days	Iowa	California
	Antoinette Huber	F	W	January 22, 1880	March 1, 1992	112 years, 39 days	Ohio	Ohio
190	Claire Dunning	F	W	August 20, 1878	September 27, 1990	112 years, 38 days	New York	Florida
191	Mary Gentry	F	W	September 4, 1897	October 6, 2009	112 years, 32 days	Alabama	Alabama
192	Ethel Robison	F	W	June 2, 1894	July 3, 2006	112 years, 31 days	Missouri	Missouri
193	Emma Castilla Bowen	F	W	March 2, 1889	March 29, 2001	112 years, 27 days	Illinois	Illinois
	Marcella Humphrey	F	W	October 25, 1892	November 21, 2004	112 years, 27 days	Wisconsin	Michigan
195	Lydia Carvalho	F	W	January 21, 1892	February 15, 2004	112 years, 25 days	Rhode Island	Connecticut
195	Anna Stoehr	F	W	October 15, 1900	Living	124 years, 60 days	Iowa	Living in Minnesota
	Mary Will	F	W	October 15, 1900	Living	124 years, 60 days	North Carolina	Living in North Carolina
197	Anna Lou Shively	F	W	May 14, 1880	June 7, 1992	112 years, 24 days	Indiana	Pennsylvania
198	Mary Phil Cota	F	W	July 5, 1870	July 22, 1982	112 years, 17 days	California	California
199	Lake Dickson	F	W	January 19, 1897	January 30, 2009	112 years, 11 days	North Carolina	North Carolina
200	Emma Vanderkarr	F	W	November 29, 1869	December 5, 1981	112 years, 6 days	New York	Virginia
201	James Wiggins	M	B	October 15, 1879	October 16, 1991	112 years, 1 day	Arkansas	Arkansas

a^ Holtz was born in the Province of Posen, which was at the time of her birth a part of the German Empire. Today this area is part of Poland.
b^ Stefan was born in Siebenbürgen, which was then part of Hungary. It is now in Romania.

Oldest living American by state

This is a list of the oldest living people in America by state. Those entries color-coded as "verified" have been validated by the GRG. Those color-coded as 'pending' are backed by at least one document reviewed by the GRG supporting the reported age, but not the three necessary for validation by that institution. Those color-coded as 'unverified' are not (yet) backed by documentation supporting the reported age to the standards of the GRG.

  Verified   Pending   Unverified

State	Name	Sex	Race	Reported birth date	Reported age
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas	Birtie Ross	F	B	May 30, 1902	122 years, 198 days
California	Soledad Mexia	F	H	August 13, 1899	125 years, 123 days
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida	Elsie Thompson	F	W	April 5, 1899	125 years, 253 days
Georgia	Besse Cooper	F	W	August 26, 1896	128 years, 110 days
Hawaii
Idaho	Helene Byrne	F	W	September 12, 1902	122 years, 93 days
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa	Dina Manfredini	F	W	April 4, 1897	127 years, 254 days
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts	Bernice Madigan	F	W	July 24, 1899	125 years, 143 days
Michigan	Jeralean Talley	F	B	May 23, 1899	125 years, 205 days
Minnesota	Anna Stoehr	F	W	October 15, 1900	124 years, 60 days
Mississippi	Nettie Whittington	F	B	October 31, 1899	125 years, 44 days
Missouri	Irene Cooper	F	W	September 8, 1902	122 years, 97 days
Montana
Nebraska	Mable Ragan	F	W	February 1, 1901	123 years, 317 days
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York	Susannah Jones	F	B	July 6, 1899	125 years, 161 days
North Carolina	Mary Will	F	W	October 15, 1900	124 years, 60 days
North Dakota
Ohio	Mary Phelps	F	W	August 5, 1900	124 years, 131 days
Oklahoma
Oregon	Elizabeth Meier	F	W	July 26, 1904	120 years, 141 days
Pennsylvania	Anna Henderson	F	B	March 5, 1900	124 years, 284 days
Rhode Island	Louise Silva	F	W	June 7, 1903	121 years, 190 days
South Carolina	Mamie Rearden	F	B	September 7, 1898	126 years, 98 days
South Dakota	Dagmar "Dolly" Keehn	F	W	March 11, 1905	119 years, 278 days
Tennessee
Texas	Naomi Conner	F	B	August 30, 1899	125 years, 106 days
Utah
Vermont
Virginia	Mollie Wood	F	W	April 26, 1901	123 years, 232 days
Washington	Emma Otis	F	W	October 22, 1901	123 years, 53 days
West Virginia
Wisconsin	Viola Knack	F	W	August 18, 1901	123 years, 118 days
Wyoming

Oldest American (female and male) by state

This is a list of the oldest people (women and men) by birth from each U.S. state. The United States has the world's largest validated supercentenarian population. The records largely reflect population distribution and systems of recordkeeping 110 or more years ago, when several states didn't yet exist. States farther west thus have fewer verified recordholders. Those entries color-coded as "verified" have been validated by GRG. Those color-coded as 'pending' are backed by at least one document reviewed by the GRG supporting the reported age, but not the three necessary for validation by that institution. Those color-coded as 'unverified' are not (yet) backed by documentation supporting the reported age to the standards of the GRG.

  Deceased (verified)   Living (verified)   Pending   Disputed

State	Name	Sex	Race	Birth date	Death date	Age at death
Alabama	Lucy Hannah	F	B	July 16, 1875	March 21, 1993	117 years, 248 days
	Frederick Frazier	M	W	January 27, 1880	June 14, 1993	113 years, 138 days
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas	Mary Randall	F	B	April 1, 1887	November 12, 2000	113 years, 225 days
	James Wiggins	M	B	October 15, 1879	October 16, 1991	112 years, 1 day
California	Mary McKinney	F	W	May 30, 1873	February 2, 1987	113 years, 248 days
	Sidney Amber	M	W	January 26, 1886	November 17, 1995	109 years, 295 days
Colorado	Frankie Jones	F	W	November 16, 1892	January 31, 2004	111 years, 76 days
Connecticut	Mary Bidwell	F	W	May 19, 1881	April 25, 1996	114 years, 342 days
Delaware	Wally Baker	F	W	January 9, 1898	April 8, 2009	111 years, 89 days
District of Columbia	Corinne Dixon Taylor	F	B	April 2, 1893	February 14, 2007	113 years, 318 days
	Ernest Pusey	M	W	May 5, 1895	November 19, 2006	111 years, 198 days
Florida	Onie Ponder	F	W	September 3, 1898	December 31, 2010	112 years, 119 days
Georgia	Gertrude Baines	F	B	April 6, 1894	September 11, 2009	115 years, 158 days
	Johnson Parks	M	B	October 15, 1884	July 17, 1998	113 years, 275 days
Hawaii
Idaho	Elsie Golcher	F	W	November 29, 1891	March 2, 2003	111 years, 93 days
Illinois	Wilhelmina Kott	F	W	March 7, 1880	September 6, 1994	114 years, 183 days
	Walter Richardson	M	W	November 7, 1885	December 25, 1998	113 years, 48 days
Indiana	Edna Parker	F	W	April 20, 1893	November 26, 2008	115 years, 220 days
	Shelby Harris	M	B	March 31, 1901	July 25, 2012	111 years, 116 days
Iowa	Neva Morris	F	W	August 3, 1895	April 6, 2010	114 years, 246 days
	Earl Brush	M	W	July 17, 1893	January 10, 2005	111 years, 177 days
Kansas	Delma Kollar	F	W	October 31, 1897	January 24, 2012	114 years, 85 days
	Benjamin Holcomb	M	W	July 3, 1889	December 2, 2000	111 years, 152 days
Kentucky	Mary Anna Boone	F	W	February 10, 1887	May 13, 2001	114 years, 92 days
	Benjamin Anglin	M	W	May 27, 1897	July 15, 2007	110 years, 49 days
Louisiana	Eunice Sanborn	F	W	July 20, 1896	January 31, 2011	114 years, 195 days
	George Francis	M	B	June 6, 1896	December 27, 2008	112 years, 204 days
Maine	Fred Hale	M	W	December 1, 1890	November 19, 2004	113 years, 354 days
	Martele Elsie Murphy	F	W	January 5, 1886	June 6, 1998	112 years, 152 days
Maryland	Pearl Bradford	F	W	March 22, 1892	November 20, 2003	111 years, 243 days
	Zachariah Blackistone	M	W	February 16, 1871	April 18, 1982	111 years, 61 days
Massachusetts	Mary Christian	F	W	June 12, 1889	April 20, 2003	113 years, 312 days
Michigan	Maude Farris-Luse	F	W	January 21, 1887	March 18, 2002	115 years, 56 days
	John Ingram McMorran	M	W	June 19, 1889	February 24, 2003	113 years, 250 days
Minnesota	Walter Breuning	M	W	September 21, 1896	April 14, 2011	114 years, 205 days
	Catherine Hagel	F	W	November 28, 1894	December 6, 2008	114 years, 8 days
Mississippi	Bettie Wilson	F	B	September 13, 1890	February 13, 2006	115 years, 153 days
	Moses Hardy	M	B	January 6, 1893 (or 1894)	December 7, 2006	113 (or 112) years, 335 days
Missouri	Nelle Hunt	F	W	July 28, 1887	February 8, 2001	113 years, 195 days
	Garland Adair	M	W	July 30, 1898	December 11, 2009	111 years, 134 days
Montana	Emma Taylor	F	W	September 1, 1891	June 24, 2003	111 years, 282 days
Nebraska	Clara Huhn	F	W	January 28, 1887	December 20, 2000	113 years, 327 days
	Luther Goding	M	W	July 1, 1884	December 5, 1995	111 years, 157 days
Nevada
New Hampshire	Nellie Spencer	F	W	August 24, 1869	November 13, 1982	113 years, 81 days
New Jersey	Alphaeus Philemon Cole	M	W	July 12, 1876	November 25, 1988	112 years, 136 days
	Bertha Cole	F	W	February 28, 1883	August 19, 1994	111 years, 172 days
New Mexico	Anne Olsen	F	W	June 23, 1891	December 16, 2001	110 years, 176 days
New York	Grace Thaxton	F	W	June 18, 1891	July 6, 2005	114 years, 18 days
North Carolina	Maggie Barnes	F	B	March 6, 1882	January 19, 1998	115 years, 319 days
North Dakota	Mary Schumacher	F	W	August 29, 1898	October 29, 2009	111 years, 61 days
Ohio	Myrtle Dorsey	F	W	November 22, 1885	June 25, 2000	114 years, 216 days
	Walter Seward	M	W	October 13, 1896	September 14, 2008	111 years, 337 days
Oklahoma	Margaret Russell	F	W	October 31, 1892	May 29, 2005	112 years, 210 days
	Otis Clark	M	B	February 13, 1903	May 21, 2012	109 years, 98 days
Oregon	Geneva McNicholl	F	W	December 10, 1889	January 22, 2002	112 years, 43 days
Pennsylvania	Sarah Knauss	F	W	September 24, 1880	December 30, 1999	119 years, 97 days
	George Johnson	M	BW	May 1, 1894	August 30, 2006	112 years, 121 days
Rhode Island	Lydia Carvalho	F	W	January 21, 1892	February 15, 2004	112 years, 25 days
South Carolina	Mamie Rearden	F	B	September 7, 1898	Living	126 years, 98 days
South Dakota	Beryl Kapaun	F	W	June 4, 1899	November 7, 2012	113 years, 156 days
Tennessee	Elizabeth Bolden	F	B	August 15, 1890	December 11, 2006	116 years, 118 days
	John Painter	M	W	September 20, 1888	March 1, 2001	112 years, 162 days
Texas	Margaret Skeete	F	W	October 27, 1878	May 7, 1994	115 years, 192 days
	William Fullingim	M	W	July 7, 1855	August 6, 1965	110 years, 30 days
Utah	Cleo Hinckley	F	W	October 13, 1890	September 30, 2002	111 years, 352 days
Vermont	Jessica Swift	F	W	September 17, 1871	January 2, 1982	110 years, 107 days
Virginia	Agatha Mitchell	F	B	March 26, 1887	February 25, 2001	113 years, 336 days
Washington	Bessie Waldern	F	W	October 1, 1887	May 8, 1998	110 years, 219 days
West Virginia	Ettie Mae Greene	F	W	September 8, 1877	February 26, 1992	114 years, 171 days
Wisconsin	Anna Balsiger	F	W	February 11, 1889	September 14, 2001	112 years, 215 days
Wyoming

Territories

Territory	Name	Sex	Race	Birth date	Death date	Age at death
Puerto Rico	Emiliano Mercado del Toro	M	H	August 21, 1891	January 24, 2007	115 years, 156 days
	Ramona Trinidad Iglesias Jordan	F	W	August 31, 1889	May 29, 2004	114 years, 272 days

Chronological list of the oldest living person in the United States since 1973

Those entries color-coded as "verified" have been validated by the GRG. Those color-coded as 'pending' are backed by at least one document reviewed by the GRG supporting the reported age, but not the three necessary for validation by that institution. Those color-coded as 'unverified' are not (yet) backed by documentation supporting the reported age to the standards of the GRG.

  Deceased (Verified)   Living (Verified)   Pending

From	To	Name	Sex	Race	Reported age(s) when oldest	Reported lifespan	State of death
?	May 18, 1974	Clarida Roy	F	W	? – 110	October 19, 1863 – May 18, 1974 110 years, 211 days	Maine
May 18, 1974	August 5, 1976 (2 years, 80 days)	Mary Bittlebrun	F	W	110 – 112	March 19, 1864 – August 6, 1976 112 years, 140 days	Arkansas
August 6, 1976	December 2, 1977 (1 year, 118 days)	Sophia DeMuth	F	W	110 – 111	June 30, 1866 – December 2, 1977 111 years, 155 days	Nebraska
December 2, 1977	January 22, 1981 (3 years, 51 days)	Fannie Thomas	F	W	110 – 113	April 14, 1867 – January 22, 1981 113 years, 283 days	California
January 22, 1981	November 13, 1982 (1 year, 295 days)	Nellie Spencer	F	W	111 – 113	August 24, 1869 – November 13, 1982 113 years, 81 days	New Jersey
November 13, 1982	October 13, 1983 (334 days)	Emma Wilson	F	W	112 – 113	May 12, 1870 – October 13, 1983 113 years, 154 days	Missouri
October 13, 1983	October 21, 1986 (3 years, 8 days)	Augusta Holtz	F	W	113 – 115	August 3, 1871 – October 21, 1986 115 years, 79 days	Missouri
October 21, 1986	February 2, 1987 (104 days)	Mary McKinney	F	W	113	May 30, 1873 – February 2, 1987 113 years, 248 days	California
February 2, 1987	January 11, 1988 (343 days)	Florence Knapp	F	W	113 – 114	October 10, 1873 – January 11, 1988 114 years, 93 days	Pennsylvania
January 11, 1988	March 21, 1993 (5 years, 69 days)	Lucy Hannah	F	B	112 – 117	July 16, 1875 – March 21, 1993 117 years, 248 days	Michigan
March 21, 1993	May 7, 1994 (1 year, 47 days)	Margaret Skeete	F	W	114 – 115	October 27, 1878 – May 7, 1994 115 years, 192 days	Virginia
May 7, 1994	September 6, 1994 (122 days)	Wilhelmina Kott	F	W	114	March 7, 1880 – September 6, 1994 114 years, 183 days	Illinois
September 6, 1994	December 30, 1999 (5 years, 115 days)	Sarah Knauss	F	W	113 – 119	September 24, 1880 – December 30, 1999 119 years, 97 days	Pennsylvania
December 30, 1999	June 25, 2000 (178 days)	Myrtle Dorsey	F	W	114	November 22, 1885 – June 25, 2000 114 years, 216 days	Ohio
June 25, 2000	March 18, 2002 (1 year, 266 days)	Maude Farris-Luse	F	W	113 – 115	January 21, 1887 – March 18, 2002 115 years, 56 days	Michigan
March 18, 2002	May 28, 2002 (71 days)	Grace Clawson	F	W	114	November 15, 1887 – May 28, 2002 114 years, 194 days	Florida
May 28, 2002	August 21, 2002 (85 days)	Adelina Domingues	F	W	114	February 19, 1888 – August 21, 2002 114 years, 183 days	California
August 21, 2002	December 29, 2002 (130 days)	Mae Harrington	F	W	113	January 20, 1889 – December 29, 2002 113 years, 343 days	New York
December 29, 2002	April 20, 2003 (112 days)	Mary Christian	F	W	113	June 12, 1889 – April 20, 2003 113 years, 312 days	California
April 20, 2003	October 5, 2003 (168 days)	Elena Slough	F	W	113 – 114	July 4, 1889 – October 5, 2003 114 years, 93 days	New Jersey
October 5, 2003	May 14, 2004 (222 days)	Charlotte Benkner	F	W	113 – 114	November 16, 1889 – May 14, 2004 114 years, 180 days	Ohio
May 14, 2004	December 1, 2004 (201 days)	Emma Verona Johnston	F	W	113 – 114	August 6, 1890 – December 1, 2004 114 years, 117 days	Ohio
December 1, 2004	December 11, 2006 (2 years, 10 days)	Elizabeth Bolden	F	B	114 – 116	August 15, 1890 – December 11, 2006 116 years, 118 days	Tennessee
December 11, 2006	January 28, 2007 (48 days)	Emma Tillman	F	B	114	November 22, 1892 – January 28, 2007 114 years, 67 days	Connecticut
January 28, 2007	February 14, 2007 (17 days)	Corinne Dixon Taylor	F	B	113	April 2, 1893 – February 14, 2007 113 years, 318 days	District of Columbia
February 14, 2007	November 26, 2008 (1 year, 286 days)	Edna Parker	F	W	113 – 115	April 20, 1893 – November 26, 2008 115 years, 220 days	Indiana
November 26, 2008	September 11, 2009 (289 days)	Gertrude Baines	F	B	114 – 115	April 6, 1894 – September 11, 2009 115 years, 158 days	California
September 11, 2009	March 7, 2010 (177 days)	Mary Josephine Ray	F	W	114	May 17, 1895 – March 7, 2010 114 years, 294 days	New Hampshire
March 7, 2010	April 6, 2010 (30 days)	Neva Morris	F	W	114	August 3, 1895 – April 6, 2010 114 years, 246 days	Iowa
April 6, 2010	January 31, 2011 (300 days)	Eunice Sanborn	F	W	113 – 114	July 20, 1896 – January 31, 2011 114 years, 195 days	Texas
January 31, 2011	Present (13 years, 318 days)	Besse Cooper	F	W	114 – 116*	born August 26, 1896 age 128 years, 110 days	Living in Georgia

Chronological list of the oldest living man in the United States since 1978

Those entries color-coded as "verified" have been validated by the GRG. Those color-coded as 'pending' are backed by at least one document reviewed by the GRG supporting the reported age, but not the three necessary for validation by that institution. Those color-coded as 'unverified' are not (yet) backed by documentation supporting the reported age to the standards of the GRG.

  Deceased (Verified)   Living (Verified)   Pending   Disputed

From	To	Name	Race	Reported age(s) when oldest	Reported lifespan	State of death
?	August 21, 1978	Charlie Nelson	W	? – 110	September 21, 1867 – August 21, 1978 110 years, 334 days	Iowa
August 21, 1978	September 5, 1980 (2 years, 15 days)	Charlie Phillips	B	108 – 110	May 5, 1870 – September 5, 1980 110 years, 123 days	Mississippi
5 September 1980	18 April 1982 (1 year, 225 days)	Zachariah Blackistone	W	109 – 111	16 February 1871 – 18 April 1982 111 years, 61 days	Washington, D.C.
18 April 1982	4 March 1983 (320 days)	James Nash	W	109 – 110	31 July 1872 – 4 March 1983 110 years, 216 days	Kentucky
4 March 1983	11 August 1983 (160 days)	Walter Wilcox	W	110	1 November 1872 – 11 August 1983 110 years, 283 days	California
11 August 1983	22 December 1983 (133 days)	Gregory Pandazes	W	110	15 January 1873 – 22 December 1983 110 years, 341 days	California
22 December 1983	14 December 1986 (2 years, 357 days)	Joe Thomas	B	108 – 111	1 May 1875 – 14 December 1986 111 years, 227 days	Louisiana
December 14, 1986	November 25, 1988 (1 year, 347 days)	Alphaeus Cole	W	110 – 112	July 12, 1876 – November 25, 1988 112 years, 136 days	New York
November 25, 1988	January 21, 1989 (57 days)	Alton Gilbert	W	110	June 11, 1878 – January 21, 1989 110 years, 224 days	New York
January 21, 1989	October 16, 1991 (2 years, 268 days)	James Wiggins	B	109 – 112	October 15, 1879 – October 16, 1991 112 years, 1 day	Arkansas
October 16, 1991	June 14, 1993 (1 year, 241 days)	Frederick Frazier	W	111 – 113	January 27, 1880 – June 14, 1993 113 years, 138 days	Alabama
June 14, 1993	April 25, 1998 (4 years, 315 days)	Christian Mortensen	W	111 – 115	August 16, 1882 – April 25, 1998 115 years, 252 days	California
April 25, 1998	July 17, 1998 (83 days)	Johnson Parks	B	113	October 15, 1884 – July 17, 1998 113 years, 275 days	Florida
July 17, 1998	December 25, 1998 (161 days)	Walter Richardson	W	112 – 113	November 7, 1885 – December 25, 1998 113 years, 48 days	Illinois
December 25, 1998	February 11, 1999 (48 days)	Salvatore Fiore	W	110	September 10, 1888 – February 11, 1999 110 years, 154 days	Connecticut
February 11, 1999	March 1, 2001 (2 years, 18 days)	John Painter	W	110 – 112	September 20, 1888 – March 1, 2001 112 years, 162 days	Tennessee
March 1, 2001	February 24, 2003 (1 year, 360 days)	John McMorran	W	111 – 113	June 19, 1889 – February 24, 2003 113 years, 250 days	Florida
February 24, 2003	November 19, 2004 (1 year, 269 days)	Fred Hale	W	112 – 113	December 1, 1890 – November 19, 2004 113 years, 354 days	New York
November 19, 2004	January 10, 2005 (52 days)	Earl Brush	W	111	July 17, 1893 – January 10, 2005 111 years, 177 days	California
January 10, 2005	December 7, 2006 (1 year, 331 days)	Moses Hardy	B	111 – 112	January 6, 1894 – December 7, 2006 112 years, 335 days	Mississippi
December 7, 2006	January 9, 2007 (33 days)	Thomas Nelson	B	111	July 8, 1895 – January 9, 2007 111 years, 185 days	Texas
January 9, 2007	February 8, 2007 (30 days)	Antonio Pierro	W	110	February 22, 1896 – February 8, 2007 110 years, 351 days	Massachusetts
February 8, 2007	December 27, 2008 (1 year, 323 days)	George Francis	B	110 – 112	June 6, 1896 – December 27, 2008 112 years, 204 days	California
December 27, 2008	April 14, 2011 (2 years, 108 days)	Walter Breuning	W	112 – 114	September 21, 1896 – April 14, 2011 114 years, 205 days	Montana
April 14, 2011	July 25, 2012 (1 year, 102 days)	Shelby Harris	B	110 – 111	March 31, 1901 – July 25, 2012 111 years, 116 days	Illinois
July 25, 2012	Present (4525 days)	James McCoubrey	W	110 – 111*	born September 13, 1901 age 123 years, 92 days	Living in California

People

Ann Pouder

photo of Ann Pouder published in National Geographic Society Magazine June 1919.

Ann Pouder née Ann Alexander (London, United Kingdom April 8, 1807 – Baltimore, Maryland, United States July 10, 1917) was one of the first recognized supercentenarians in the world. Her age at death was 110 years, 93 days. When Pouder was twelve years old her family immigrated to the United States. There she lived the following 98 years of her life in Baltimore, Maryland. She married, although became a widow very early and had no children. Her extreme longevity claim was certified by Alexander Graham Bell. In her last few months, she was bedridden, blind and almost deaf, but her mind remained sharp.

Fannie Thomas

Fannie Leona Thomas (April 14, 1867 – January 22, 1981) was listed in Guinness World Records as the oldest living American supercentenarian. As the Shigechiyo Izumi case was later disputed, Thomas may in fact have been the world's oldest person when she died at 113 years and 283 days. Regardless, she was still the world's oldest living woman at the time of her death.

Florence Homan

Florence Homan (November 18, 1893 – August 13, 2006) was Ohio's oldest person since May 23, 2006, and was listed in Guinness World Records (2007 edition) as one of the top 15 world's oldest living people at the time. Her ranking had been tied for 12th before she died at the age of 112 years and 268 days, which at the time was older than the then oldest living persons in France (112), the United Kingdom (111) and Germany (110). Born Florence Wilker, she married Arthur Homan in 1941. He died in 1988. Due to the late marriage, they had no children. She lived on her own until age 105, when she moved into a nursing home.

Mary McKinney

Mary Elizabeth "Mamie" McKinney born Wallace (May 30, 1873 – February 2, 1987) was briefly recognized by Guinness as the world's oldest person. Following the death of fellow 113-year-old Mamie Eva Keith in September 1986, she became the "world's oldest person" according to the Guinness Book of Records. However, her own death five months later in Sacramento, California, meant that she never appeared in the record book, even though her Guinness recognition made the news. She lived for 113 years and 248 days.

Florence Knapp

Florence Knapp (October 10, 1873 – January 11, 1988) was, for the last two weeks of her life, recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest person in the world.

Born in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, she lived in nearby Montgomery Square much of her life and came from a large and long-lived family, eight of her siblings dying in their 80s and 90s and one sister reaching age 108.

By October 1987, when she was honored by the Pennsylvania legislature, she was recognized by Guinness as the oldest person in the United States, and the death of Anna Eliza Williams on December 27, 1987, meant that Knapp became the oldest verified recognized living person. Her death just 15 days after meant that she never appeared in a Guinness Book as the oldest living person.

Her death caused some confusion as to who her successor was, with Guinness recognition and press publicity alighting first on Orpha Nusbaum (August 1875 – March 1988), who died before the 1989 edition's deadline, then Birdie May Vogt (August 1876 – July 1989), who appeared in the 1989 edition's main text, then Jeanne Calment, mentioned in the addenda section, and finally in November 1988 on Carrie C. White, whose claim to birth in November 1874 was accepted. However, with recent census research calling White's authentication into question, Calment may very well have been Florence Knapp's actual immediate successor.

Knapp is listed as one of the 70 longest lived people ever; her lifespan is tied with that of Elena Slough.

Flossie Elizabeth Page

Flossie Elizabeth Page née Bishop (June 12, 1893 – February 22, 2006) was an American supercentenarian who broke the record for the oldest person of Kansas on record on February 9, 2006, the previous record of 112 years, 241 days having been set by Katherine Jones in 1992, and died exactly two weeks after achieving this feat. She was born in Haven, Kansas, and died in Butler County.

Page ranked as the sixth-oldest person in the U.S. and eleventh in the world when she died, aged 112 years and 255 days.

After graduating from high school, she taught at a one room school house near Lewis, and later worked at the War Risk Insurance Department in Washington, D.C. upon the start of World War I. Page married Fredric William Page in 1926, who died in 1967. She attributed her longevity to living a moral life, and taking no medication whatsoever.

Joe Thomas

Joseph "Joe" Thomas (May 1, 1875 – December 14, 1986) was an American supercentenarian and the oldest recognized living man from February 1986 until his own death. He lived in Louisiana. Following his death, Herman Smith-Johannsen became the world's oldest living man.

(Note: this is a retroactive reconstruction of history. In reality, the Joe Thomas case was not verified until July 2002 by the SSA study, and Guinness did not recuperate the "oldest living man" category until 2000).

Wilhelmina Geringer Kott

Wilhelmina Kott née Geringer (March 7, 1880 – September 6, 1994) was an American supercentenarian recognized by Guinness World Records as the 'oldest living American' in its 1995 edition, following the death of Margaret Skeete. Born in Peru, Illinois, as one of 16 children to George and Sophia Geringer, she moved to Chicago in 1881, where she lived almost her entire life and subsequently died.

Her age was subject to a one-year discrepancy. Guinness recognized her as born in 1879 (based on the 1900 Census), but later research by the SSA study showed that she was listed as two months old in the 1880 Census, making her age more likely 114, not 115.

As of October 2011, Kott is listed as one of the 60 longest lived people ever.

Mary Bidwell

Mary Electa Bidwell née Nobel (May 19, 1881– April 25, 1996) was an American supercentenarian. She died at age 114 years 342 days on April 25, 1996, making her the 34th oldest verified person ever. She was also the oldest person ever to die in Connecticut.

Her parents were Charles Woodruff Bidwell and Alice Beach Nobel. She was a descendant of John Bidwell, one of the founders of Hartford, Connecticut. Bidwell worked as a teacher in a one-room school house for six years. She married Charles Hubbell Bidwell, a distant cousin, in 1906.

Bidwell lived on her own in North Haven, Connecticut, until she was 110. Bidwell died at the Arden House, a nursing home in Hamden, Connecticut. She was the last surviving person documented as born in 1881.

Carrie Lazenby

Carrie Lazenby née Jenkins (February 9, 1882 – September 14, 1996) was an American supercentenarian. She died at age 114 years, 218 days, making her the 45nd oldest person on record (tied with Japanese woman Ura Koyama on April 5, 2005), the sixteenth-oldest American person on record, and the seventh-oldest African American person on record. Lazenby's record as the oldest person ever in Georgia was surpassed by Gertrude Baines, on November 11, 2008.

As of May 2012, Lazenby is listed as one of the 50 longest lived people ever.

Maggie Barnes

Maggie Pauline Barnes née Hinnant (March 6, 1882 – January 19, 1998) was an American supercentenarian. She was a resident of Johnston County, North Carolina. Barnes died from complications following a minor foot infection. Barnes, who was born to a slave and married a tenant farmer, was survived by four children; 11 of her children preceded her in death.

Some dispute exists as to her date of birth. Though the family Bible gives the 1882 date, she is listed as having been born in 1881 by the 1900 US Census, and she is listed as having been born in 1880 on her marriage license. Authenticating to the latter of those dates, Barnes was 115 years, 319 days old when she died.

In that the cases of Carrie C. White and Kamato Hongo are now excluded, Barnes is the 9th oldest person on record. She is also the oldest verified person who has died at age 115.

Johnson Parks

Johnson Parks (October 15, 1884 – July 17, 1998) is the oldest undisputed person to die in Florida and the only black man who indisputably reached age 113. At the time of his death, he was 113 years, 275 days.

Johnson Parks only held the oldest living man title for 85 days, making him one of the shortest tenure of oldest living man, but there are shorter: Herman Smith-Johannsen held it for 22 days and Henry Allingham for 29 days.

At the time of his death, Parks was the second oldest undisputed male ever, behind only Christian Mortensen.

Parks is in the top 10 oldest men ever. Even today, 14 years after his death, Parks still retains his title of the world's oldest undisputed black man ever.

Clara Huhn

Clara Huhn née Herling (January 28, 1887 – December 20, 2000) was an American homemaker and supercentenarian. Born in a home near Clarkson, Nebraska, she lived near Schuyler for most of her life. She remained active, healthy and independent until the last few months of her life, and even answered an interview just before her 113th birthday. At age 113 years, 327 days, she is the oldest person on record born in Nebraska, but she was not the oldest person on record to die in that particular state, since she died in La Mesa, California. The title of the oldest person on record to die in Nebraska belongs to Helen Stetter, who died on June 1, 2007, at age 113 years, 195 days.

Huhn is listed as one of the 100 undisputed longest lived people ever.

Delvina Dahlheimer

Mary Delvina Dahlheimer née Morissette (December 31, 1888 – March 13, 2002) was an American supercentenarian. At the time of her death, aged 113 years and 72 days, she was the last surviving native-born American who was born in 1888 and the oldest person ever in Minnesota, and the fourth-oldest person in the world. After she broke her hip in 2000, she was sent to the Guardian Angels Care Center, where she lived out the rest of her days. Dahlheimer's Minnesota state record title was surpassed by Catherine Hagel on February 9, 2008. Incidentally, Hagel was the sister-in-law of Dahlheimer. Hagel died on December 6, 2008, aged 114, the third-oldest living person in the world at the time.

Mae Harrington

Mae Harrington née Maxwell (January 20, 1889 – December 29, 2002) was an American supercentenarian who became the oldest person in the history of the state of New York, breaking the record held since the 1920s by then world's oldest person Delina Filkins, also 113, but her own record was subsequently broken in 2005 by Grace Thaxton, who was born in the state before moving to and dying in Kentucky. Because her age was not authenticated during her lifetime, the public recognition she was due went to another 113-year-old, Mary Parr (January 29, 1889 – October 29, 2002), who was born nine days after her, dying two months before her, as her age was only validated posthumously.

Harrington is listed as one of the 100 longest lived people ever. At her death, Harrington was the oldest living person in the United States, and may have been the oldest living person (the case of Kamato Hongo remains doubtful). After her death, Mary Christian became the oldest living person in the United States, and if the questionable case of Kamato Hongo is excluded, Yukichi Chuganji would have became the oldest living person, and the first man to hold that title since the disputed Shigechiyo Izumi held the title for nearly a decade.

Elena Slough

Elena Proctor Slough née Rodenbaugh (July 4, 1889 – October 5, 2003) was the oldest recognized person in the United States from the death of Mary Christian on April 20, 2003, until Slough's own death that following October, six months later. After her death, the oldest recognized person in the United States was Charlotte Benkner.

Born in Horsham, Pennsylvania, she married twice and had children by each marriage. Incidentally, her 90-year-old daughter died three days before her at the same Cape May, New Jersey, nursing home.

Some sources date her birth to 1888, but the oldest records state that she was born in 1889.

As of May 2012, Slough is listed as the joint 70th longest lived person ever.

Mary Margaret Smith

Mary Margaret Smith (October 7, 1893 – May 23, 2006) was an American supercentenarian and, at the time of her death at age 112 years and 228 days, Ohio's oldest verified living person. Smith also ranked fifth in the United States and was the 13th oldest person in the world. She was born in Pittsburgh and moved to Ohio in 1898. Smith had two husbands. She lived on her own until age 95 and did not move into a nursing home until the age of 108.

She was listed in the 2007 edition of Guinness World Records as one of the top-15 oldest people in the world, and died in Jefferson, Ohio.

Consuelo Moreno-López

Consuelo Moreno-López (February 5, 1893 – November 13, 2004) was born in Spanish Morocco (then a colony of Spain) to Spanish parents. She later emigrated to the United States in 1960. She died stateside, aged 111 years and 282 days, as the result of an adverse reaction to a flu shot. Moreno-López holds the longevity record for Morocco, which declared its independence in 1956.

Grace Thaxton

Grace Thaxton née Menges (June 18, 1891 – July 6, 2005) was a supercentenarian, the oldest person in Kentucky, the fourth-oldest person in the U.S. and the sixth-oldest documented person in the world at the time of her death at age 114. Grace was the oldest documented person ever born in the state of New York, in Rockland to be precise, and narrowly missed the all-time age record for a Kentucky resident of 114 years and 92 days, set by Mary Anna Boone in 2001, when she died in Winchester from a bout of pneumonia not long after her last birthday.

Moreover, her own mother (Harriet Menges née Hardenburgh) died at 109 (Aug 25, 1860 - Dec 1969), nearly a supercentenarian herself, and Thaxton almost lived to see her son Robert (1915-2011) turn 90 on July 12, 2005. Thaxton is listed as one of the 90 longest lived people ever.

Bettie Wilson

Bettie Antry Wilson née Rutherford (September 13, 1890 – February 13, 2006) became the oldest verified living person in the United States with the death of 114-year-old Emma Verona Johnston on December 1, 2004. She lost this designation when the age of Elizabeth Bolden was verified in April 2005. Both were born in the rural South—where they lived less than 100 miles apart.

Born of freed slaves, Solomon and Delia Rutherford, she is the oldest resident of the state of Mississippi ever recorded (the previous record was 113 years, 12 days set in 1994). Her oldest son, Will Rogers, was said to have been born (October 27, 1909 – October 21, 2008) making him 98 years old himself at the time (although the 1930 census lists him as 19 years old in April 1930, indicating that he was 95 instead). In late April 2005, Wilson moved into a new home funded by donations.

Wilson celebrated her 115th birthday in September 2005, at which time she ranked as the third-oldest living person in the world.

Wilson died at her New Albany home on February 13, 2006, aged 115 years, 153 days. She was survived by the aforementioned son (1909–2008), five grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren, 95 great-great-grandchildren and 38 great-great-great grandchildren.

As of April 2012, Wilson is listed as one of the 20 longest lived people ever.

Marion Higgins

Marion Higgins née Bigelow (New York City, New York, June 26, 1893 – Seal Beach, California, March 2, 2006) was an American supercentenarian. At an early age, she moved to Maine, and later on to California. She attended the University of Puget Sound and later returned to California.

On May 29, 2005, Marion was recognized as California's oldest living person, four weeks shy of 112, following the death of Margaret Russell, aged 112.

Her memory was remarkable for a person her age. She could remember from age one, and recite poems backwards. Moreover, she wrote her first book herself at the 'tender' age of 102.

Marion died from congestive heart failure, aged 112 years and 249 days. She was ranked as sixth-oldest in the U.S. and 11th in the world at the time of her death.

Grace Nelsen Jones

Grace Rebecca Jones née Nelsen (June 4, 1893 – April 24, 2006) was born in Richmond, Virginia, United States to Danish immigrant parents. Grace was their 12th and last child, born when her mother was already 43 years old. She later married Charles Jones and started a family of her own. In 2005, Grace became the Virginia state recordholder for the oldest verified person born over there. She died at the age of 112 years and 324 days. At the time of her death, Jones ranked as the world's 10th-oldest person.

Thomas Nelson, Sr.

Thomas D. Nelson, Sr. (July 8, 1895 – January 9, 2007) was, at age 111, the oldest living man in the United States and the second-oldest man in the world from December 7, 2006 (the death of Moses Hardy), for one month until his own death.

He had been living in Port Arthur, Texas, since the early 1930s. He opened a candy shop in the mid-1930s, and worked there for more than 60 years.

Delphia Spencer Hankins

Delphia Hankins née Spencer (July 23, 1896 – October 17, 2007) was an American supercentenarian. Hankins was the oldest person in Mississippi at the time of her death at age 111.

She was born in Itawamba County, Mississippi. to Henry Jackson Spencer and Samantha Fikes Spencer. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Curtis Hankins; her brothers, Bobby, Kip, Grady, Chester and Curtis Spencer; and a son who died in infancy.

Hankins had been a resident of Aberdeen, Mississippi, from 1942 until 2000. She worked at Aberdeen Hospital and at Dr. Murphree's Clinic, and then a homemaker until she was 104. Afterwards, she moved to West Point, Mississippi, where she spent the last seven years of her life.

Delphia Hankins died at the Dugan Memorial Home in West Point. At the time of her death she was survived by two daughters, Olema Poss of West Point and Kathryn Crump of Aberdeen; a son, W.D. Hankins of Aberdeen; twenty-seven grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.

Elizabeth Stefan

Elizabeth Stefan née Molnar (May 13, 1895 – April 9, 2008) was an American supercentenarian of Hungarian descent.

Born in Hungary, Stefan emigrated to the United States in 1913. She is believed to be the oldest Hungarian ever. Stefan lived in a nursing home in Norwalk, Connecticut, where she celebrated her 112th birthday in May 2007.

Stefan died aged 112 years and 332 days, just five weeks shy of her 113th birthday. At the time of her death, she was the seventh-oldest validated person in the world and the fifth-oldest validated person in the United States. She was survived by a daughter, grandchildren and a great-grandson.

George Francis

George Rene Francis (June 6, 1896 – December 27, 2008) was an American supercentenarian and the joint second-oldest living man in the world, together with Englishman Henry Allingham, until Francis's death aged 112 years, 204 days. He was also the oldest living man in the United States, following the death of Antonio Pierro on February 8, 2007. Francis was from New Orleans, Louisiana, but since 1949 lived in Sacramento, California, where a local newspaper published a poem that Francis enjoyed reciting to friends and the public throughout his life. He credited his longevity to nature, and enjoyed a rich diet of pork, eggs, milk and lard. He gave up smoking cigars at the age of 75.

Francis attempted to join the army in World War I but was rejected for service in 1918 as being too short and small (he weighed only about 100 pounds (45.35 kg)). Despite this, he later was a boxer before becoming a barber and then a chauffeur. Francis claimed to have met Louis Armstrong and Booker T. Washington and to have seen Babe Ruth hit a home run. His wife died in 1964. At the time of his death, Francis was listed as one of the 20 oldest verified men ever.

Olivia Patricia Thomas

Olivia Patricia Thomas née Trevellyan (June 29, 1895 – November 16, 2009) was, at age 114, the world's third oldest verified living person, following the death of Gertrude Baines on September 11, 2009. Thomas was the second oldest American (and the oldest born in the United States, as Mary Josephine Ray was born in Canada). She moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1946 and went on to become the oldest living person in the state of New York.

On October 25, 2009, Thomas became the oldest person born in Iowa, surpassing the 114 years, 117 lifespant of Emma Verona Johnston in 2004. On December 22, 2009, Neva Morris aged 114 years, 141 days surpassed Thomas as the oldest verified Iowan ever.

Thomas is listed as one of the 65 longest-lived people ever.