The Golden State has the largest number of residents living well into their golden years, according to a new U.S. Census report issued Sept. 22.
California reported 10,623 residents over 100 years old, followed by New York (6,921), Florida (6,580), and Texas (4,435) as the top states with the highest population of centenarians.
Alaska recorded only 94 centenarians, which was the fewest, followed by Wyoming (126), Vermont (167), and Delaware (197), with each having fewer than 200 centenarians statewide, according to the census report.
The new report “Centenarians: 2020” examined living arrangements and other details of the 80,139 people living in the U.S. who were 100 years old or older in 2020.
“Living to the age of 100 is extremely rare,” the census wrote in the report….