List of current United States governors by age explained

The following is a list of current United States governors by age. This list includes the 50 state governors, the five territorial governors, as well as the mayor of Washington, D.C. in office as of .

State governors

table-layout="fixed"	width=1050	State	Governor	Date of birth	Date of inauguration	Age at inauguration	Time in office	Current age	Party
Alabama	Ivey, KayKay Ivey	1944-10-1515 October 1944	2017-04-10	72-177				Republican
Alaska	Dunleavy, MikeMike Dunleavy	1961-05-055 May 1961	2018-12-03	57-212				Republican
Arizona	Hobbs, KatieKatie Hobbs	1969-12-2828 December 1969	2023-01-02	53-005				Democratic
Arkansas	Sanders, Sarah HuckabeeSarah Huckabee Sanders	1982-08-1313 August 1982	2023-01-10	40-150				Republican
California	Newsom, GavinGavin Newsom	1967-10-1010 October 1967	2019-01-07	51-89				Democratic
Colorado	Polis, JaredJared Polis	1975-05-1212 May 1975	2019-01-08	43-241				Democratic
Connecticut	Lamont, NedNed Lamont	1954-01-033 January 1954	2019-01-09	65-006				Democratic
Delaware	Carney, JohnJohn Carney	1956-05-2020 May 1956	2017-01-17	60-242				Democratic
Florida	DeSantis, RonRon DeSantis	1978-09-1414 September 1978	2019-01-08	40-116				Republican
Georgia	Kemp, BrianBrian Kemp	1963-11-022 November 1963	2019-01-14	55-073				Republican
Hawaii	Green, JoshJosh Green	1970-02-1111 February 1970	2022-12-05	52-297				Democratic
Idaho	Little, BradBrad Little	1954-02-1515 February 1954	2019-01-06	64-325				Republican
Illinois	Pritzker, J. B.J. B. Pritzker	1965-01-1919 January 1965	2019-01-14	53-360				Democratic
Indiana	Holcomb, EricEric Holcomb	1968-05-022 May 1968	2017-01-09	48-252				Republican
Iowa	Reynolds, KimKim Reynolds	1959-08-044 August 1959	2017-05-24	57-293				Republican
Kansas	Kelly, LauraLaura Kelly	1950-01-2424 January 1950	2019-01-14	68-355				Democratic
Kentucky	Beshear, AndyAndy Beshear	1977-11-2929 November 1977	2019-12-10	42-11				Democratic
Louisiana	Landry, JeffJeff Landry	1970-12-2323 December 1970	2024-01-08	49-117				Republican
Maine	Mills, JanetJanet Mills	1947-12-3030 December 1947	2019-01-02	71-003				Democratic
Maryland	Moore, WesWes Moore	1978-10-1515 October 1978	2023-01-18	44-95				Democratic
Massachusetts	Healey, MauraMaura Healey	1971-02-088 February 1971	2023-01-05	51-331				Democratic
Michigan	Whitmer, GretchenGretchen Whitmer	1971-08-2323 August 1971	2019-01-01	47-131				Democratic
Minnesota	Walz, TimTim Walz	1964-04-066 April 1964	2019-01-07	54-276				Democratic (DFL)
Mississippi	Reeves, TateTate Reeves	1974-06-055 June 1974	2020-01-14	45-223				Republican
Missouri	Parson, MikeMike Parson	1955-09-1717 September 1955	2018-06-01	62-257				Republican
Montana	Gianforte, GregGreg Gianforte	1961-04-1717 April 1961	2021-01-04	59-262				Republican
Nebraska	Pillen, JimJim Pillen	1955-12-3131 December 1955	2023-01-05	50-142				Republican
Nevada	Lombardo, JoeJoe Lombardo	1962-11-088 November 1962	2023-01-02	60-055				Republican
New Hampshire	Sununu, ChrisChris Sununu	1974-11-055 November 1974	2017-01-05	42-061				Republican
New Jersey	Murphy, PhilPhil Murphy	1957-08-1616 August 1957	2018-01-16	60-153				Democratic
New Mexico	Lujan Grisham, MichelleMichelle Lujan Grisham	1959-10-2424 October 1959	2019-01-01	59-069				Democratic
New York	Hochul, KathyKathy Hochul	1958-08-2727 August 1958	2021-08-24	62-362				Democratic
North Carolina	Cooper, RoyRoy Cooper	1957-06-1313 June 1957	2017-01-01	59-202				Democratic
North Dakota	Burgum, DougDoug Burgum	1956-08-011 August 1956	2016-12-15	60-136				Republican
Ohio	DeWine, MikeMike DeWine	1947-01-055 January 1947	2019-01-14	72-009				Republican
Oklahoma	Stitt, KevinKevin Stitt	1972-12-2828 December 1972	2019-01-14	46-017				Republican
Oregon	Kotek, TinaTina Kotek	1966-09-3030 September 1966	2023-01-09	56-101				Democratic
Pennsylvania	Shapiro, JoshJosh Shapiro	1973-06-2020 June 1973	2023-01-17	49-211				Democratic
Rhode Island	McKee, DanDan McKee	1951-06-1616 June 1951	2021-03-02	69-259				Democratic
South Carolina	McMaster, HenryHenry McMaster	1947-05-2727 May 1947	2017-01-24	69-242				Republican
South Dakota	Noem, KristiKristi Noem	1971-11-3030 November 1971	2019-01-05	47-036				Republican
Tennessee	Lee, BillBill Lee	1959-10-099 October 1959	2019-01-19	59-102				Republican
Texas	Abbott, GreggGreg Abbott	1957-11-1313 November 1957	2015-01-20	57-068				Republican
Utah	Cox, SpencerSpencer Cox	1975-07-1111 July 1975	2021-01-04	45-177				Republican
Vermont	Scott, PhilPhil Scott	1958-08-044 August 1958	2017-01-05	58-154				Republican
Virginia	Northam, RalphGlenn Youngkin	1966-12-099 December 1966	2022-01-15	55-037				Republican
Washington	Inslee, JayJay Inslee	1951-02-099 February 1951	2013-01-16	61-342				Democratic
West Virginia	Justice, JimJim Justice	1951-04-2727 April 1951	2017-01-16	65-264				Republican
Wisconsin	Evers, TonyTony Evers	1951-11-055 November 1951	2019-01-07	67-063				Democratic
Wyoming	Gordon, MarkMark Gordon	1957-03-1414 March 1957	2019-01-07	61-299				Republican

Territorial governors

table-layout="fixed"	width=1050	Territory	Governor	Date of birth	Date of inauguration	Age at inauguration	Time in office	Current age	Party
American Samoa		^[1]						Democratic
Guam								Democratic
Northern Mariana Islands		^[2]						Independent
Puerto Rico								New Progressive, Democratic
United States Virgin Islands								Democratic

Mayors of federal districts

table-layout="fixed"	width=1050	District	Mayor	Date of birth	Date of inauguration	Age at inauguration	Time in office	Current age	Party
Columbia	Muriel Bowser	August 2, 1972	January 2, 2015					Democratic

Demographics of state governors

Note: The following information for currently serving state governors is correct as of 2021.

• Statistics (not counting territorial governors):
  • The median age is .
  • The median age at inauguration is .
  • The median term length is .
  • The average age among Republicans is .
  • The average age among Democrats is .
• Age Ranges:
  • 10 governors are in their 70s;
  • 21 governors are in their 60s;
  • 12 governors are in their 50s; and
  • 7 governors are in their 40s.
• Political Party:
  • 28 Republicans (56%)
  • 22 Democrats (44%)
• Sex:
  • 41 Males (82%)
  • 9 Females (18%)

See also

• List of current United States lieutenant governors by age
• List of current United States governors

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga . National Governors Association . January 13, 2021.
2. Web site: Arnold Palacios . National Governors Association . January 31, 2023.