Men and women across the states

Male to female ratio by state, ranked

The sex ratio is the number of males for every 100 females. Equal numbers of each give a ratio of one hundred; anything lower means women and girls outnumber men and boys. In the Census Bureau's population estimates for July 1, 2025, the national ratio was 96.4, and the states ran from 87.5 in the District of Columbia to 108.7 in Alaska. Half the states were above 97.2¹.

Alaska108.7

North Dakota104.9

Wyoming102.8

South Dakota101.8

Utah101.4

Colorado100.9

Montana100.9

Idaho100.4

Nevada99.8

Nebraska99.7

Washington99.7

Iowa99.3

Kansas99.0

Wisconsin99.0

Hawaii98.9

Minnesota98.7

New Hampshire98.4

West Virginia98.2

Oklahoma98.0

Arizona97.8

Texas97.8

New Mexico97.5

Oregon97.5

California97.4

Indiana97.4

Michigan97.2

Vermont97.0

Kentucky96.8

United States96.4

Missouri96.3

Illinois96.3

Ohio96.2

Arkansas96.2

Maine96.1

Pennsylvania96.0

Virginia95.6

New Jersey95.2

Tennessee94.9

Florida94.8

Rhode Island94.5

Connecticut94.4

Louisiana94.1

North Carolina93.9

Massachusetts93.9

New York93.8

Georgia93.5

South Carolina93.1

Alabama93.0

Mississippi93.0

Maryland92.7

Delaware92.2

District of Columbia87.5

Source: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025. Period: July 1, 2025.

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State	Males per 100 females
Alaska	108.7
North Dakota	104.9
Wyoming	102.8
South Dakota	101.8
Utah	101.4
Colorado	100.9
Montana	100.9
Idaho	100.4
Nevada	99.8
Nebraska	99.7
Washington	99.7
Iowa	99.3
Kansas	99.0
Wisconsin	99.0
Hawaii	98.9
Minnesota	98.7
New Hampshire	98.4
West Virginia	98.2
Oklahoma	98.0
Arizona	97.8
Texas	97.8
New Mexico	97.5
Oregon	97.5
California	97.4
Indiana	97.4
Michigan	97.2
Vermont	97.0
Kentucky	96.8
United States	96.4
Missouri	96.3
Illinois	96.3
Ohio	96.2
Arkansas	96.2
Maine	96.1
Pennsylvania	96.0
Virginia	95.6
New Jersey	95.2
Tennessee	94.9
Florida	94.8
Rhode Island	94.5
Connecticut	94.4
Louisiana	94.1
North Carolina	93.9
Massachusetts	93.9
New York	93.8
Georgia	93.5
South Carolina	93.1
Alabama	93.0
Mississippi	93.0
Maryland	92.7
Delaware	92.2
District of Columbia	87.5

The top of the list belongs to Alaska, the northern Plains and the Mountain West: Alaska, North Dakota (104.9), Wyoming (102.8), South Dakota (101.8) and Utah (101.4). The bottom is on the East Coast and in the Deep South: after the District come Delaware (92.2), Maryland (92.7), then Mississippi and Alabama, both at 93.0¹.

The same ranking can be read as a share. Males were 49.1% of US residents. The highest male share was in Alaska (52.1%) and the lowest in the District of Columbia (46.7%¹). Shares stay close to one half everywhere, so the ratio, which spreads the differences out, is the more common way to compare places.

The states where men outnumber women

In most states women outnumber men. The exceptions, each with more males than females in the July 2025 estimates, are Alaska, North Dakota, Wyoming, South Dakota, Utah, Colorado (100.9), Montana (100.9) and Idaho (100.4). Nevada is just short of equal at 99.8¹. All of them are in the Mountain West, the northern Plains or Alaska.

The 2025 American Community Survey, which counts men and women separately with margins of error, confirms a surplus of men in most of these states but not in all. Alaska had 385,099 males and 352,171 females; the table below shows that difference as −32,928 (±4,261), negative because men outnumber women. Utah (−29,734, ±4,847) and Colorado (−29,733, ±8,000) had surpluses of men of similar size, on populations several times larger. In South Dakota the survey's difference, −1,196 (±4,414), is smaller than its margin of error: 468,145 males and 466,949² females cannot be told apart, although the population estimates put the state's ratio at 101.8¹.

How many men and women live in each state

People searching for a state's "population by gender" usually want the two counts. The table gives them from the 2025 survey, with the difference and the ratio from the population estimates. Sort it by any column.

Counts and ratios rank states differently. The largest surpluses of women in number are in large states: Florida (649,308, ±16,518), New York (633,513) and California (513,411). California's ratio is 1% above the US figure (96.4), yet its size makes its surplus of women the third largest. Texas is the same case: its ratio of 97.8 is 1% above the US figure (96.4)¹, and the survey still counted 351,000 more women than men. The District of Columbia has the lowest ratio in the country but, with a small population, a surplus of 45,000².

West against East

The map divides along a rough line through the middle of the country. Every state in the Census West region has a ratio above the national figure; the lowest of them is California at 97.4. In the South the highest is West Virginia (98.2), and in the Northeast New Hampshire (98.4); no state in either region has more men than women in the estimates. The Midwest spans both patterns, from North Dakota (104.9) to Ohio (96.2¹).

Bordering states can differ too. Mississippi's ratio is lower than every bordering state (Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee); the District's is lower than every bordering state (Maryland and Virginia). South Dakota's is higher than Iowa, Minnesota, Montana and Nebraska; lower than North Dakota and Wyoming¹.

Two sources, two slightly different rankings

This page uses two Census Bureau sources for the ratio, and they do not give identical answers.

• Population estimates (Vintage 2025). Counts of residents by sex and single year of age on July 1, 2025, carried forward from the 2020 Census with births, deaths and migration. They have no margin of error and are used for the ranking, the map and the male share above.
• American Community Survey (2025, 1-year). A survey of households and group quarters across the calendar year. It publishes the ratio with a 90% margin of error and the counts of males and females used in the table. Its national ratio, 96.4 (±0.1⁴), matches the estimates.

At the extremes the two agree: Alaska is highest in the survey too (109.4, ±1.8) and the District lowest (87.8, ±0.6). Between them the order shifts. In the survey, Delaware, Maryland and Mississippi all stand at 92.5. The margins of error leave Delaware and Mississippi anywhere between 46th and 50th and Maryland between 48th and 50th, so the survey cannot say which of the three is second lowest. Measured against the national figure with the Census Bureau's significance test, 26 states have a significantly higher ratio and 18⁴, counting DC, a significantly lower one; the rest cannot be distinguished from the US.

United States96.4 ±0.1

Georgia93.5 ±0.4

Alabama93.3 ±0.6

South Carolina93.2 ±0.5

Delaware92.5 ±0.8

Maryland92.5 ±0.3

Mississippi92.5 ±0.9

District of Columbia87.8 ±0.6

Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, 2025, table S0101. Whiskers show the 90% margin of error. Period: 2025.

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State	Males per 100 females (survey)	MOE
United States	96.4	±0.1
Georgia	93.5	±0.4
Alabama	93.3	±0.6
South Carolina	93.2	±0.5
Delaware	92.5	±0.8
Maryland	92.5	±0.3
Mississippi	92.5	±0.9
District of Columbia	87.8	±0.6

Arizona shows how much the choice can matter for a mid-table state: 97.8¹ in the estimates, 98.3 (±0.2) in the survey, which places it between 15th and 19th⁴. For a state's single best figure, use the population estimates; for counts with a stated uncertainty, use the survey.

Older women, younger men

Women's median age is higher than men's. In the 2025 survey the median age of women in the US was 40.8 years (±0.1 years) and of men 38.2 years (±0.1 years). Several states with low ratios have a wide gap between the two: in Delaware women's median age was 44.0 years and men's 40.3 years; in Florida, 44.6 years and 41.5 years. Alaska and North Dakota, near the top of the ratio ranking, are younger than the US for both sexes. In Alaska the median age was 37.9 years for women (2.9 years below the US figure (40.8 years)) and 36.2 years for men; in North Dakota, 38.4 years and 36.5 years⁵. The age hub covers median age in every state.

MenWomenUnited States

MenWomen

85+

80–84

75–79

70–74

65–69

60–64

55–59

50–54

45–49

40–44

35–39

30–34

25–29

20–24

15–19

10–14

5–9

0–4

Source: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025. Share of the total population in each age group. Vertical ticks: the United States.

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Age	Men (%)	Women (%)	US men (%)	US women (%)
0-4	3.13	2.94	2.76	2.65
5-9	3.28	3.15	2.96	2.83
10-14	3.43	3.30	3.08	2.95
15-19	3.47	3.03	3.31	3.16
20-24	3.89	2.90	3.43	3.28
25-29	3.97	3.40	3.46	3.37
30-34	3.95	3.53	3.41	3.38
35-39	4.04	3.67	3.38	3.40
40-44	3.66	3.34	3.21	3.27
45-49	3.00	2.71	2.93	3.03
50-54	2.77	2.54	2.83	2.96
55-59	2.78	2.61	2.86	3.02
60-64	2.96	2.79	2.96	3.21
65-69	2.75	2.72	2.75	3.08
70-74	2.27	2.28	2.26	2.64
75-79	1.52	1.50	1.71	2.08
80-84	0.75	0.85	1.00	1.32
85+	0.46	0.66	0.78	1.28

Women also live longer. Life expectancy at birth in 2022 was 80.2 years for women and 74.8 years for men, according to CDC state life tables. Sex ratio and men's life expectancy do not line up neatly, though. Mississippi combines one of the lowest ratios with men's life expectancy tied for shortest in the country (69.5 years). Maryland's ratio is lower still, while its men's life expectancy, 75.1 years, is 0.3 years above the US figure (74.8 years). Alaska has the most men relative to women even though its men's life expectancy, 73.7 years, is 1.1 years below the US figure (74.8 years)⁶. Life expectancy for both sexes in every state is on the health and vital statistics hub.

Reading these figures

• Sex, not gender identity. Both sources classify each person as male or female. Neither publishes state counts by gender identity, so "gender ratio" and "sex ratio" refer to the same figures here.
• All ages. The ratio covers everyone from newborns to the oldest residents. Within one state it differs a great deal by age, as the pyramid shows; a state-wide ratio says nothing on its own about adults of a particular age.
• Small differences. A ratio close to one hundred means near-equal numbers. Where the survey's margin of error is wider than the gap, as in South Dakota, men and women are best described as about equal in number.
• Revisions. Vintage 2026 population estimates by age and sex are due in June 2027 and will revise the 2025 values.