List of American supercentenarians

American supercentenarians are citizens or residents of the United States who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. By January 2015, the Gerontology Research Group had validated the longevity claims of 782 American supercentenarians. The oldest living American is Naomi Whitehead, aged. The longest-lived American ever was Sarah Knauss, of Hollywood, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, who died on December 30, 1999, aged 119 years and 97 days.

100 oldest known Americans

Below is a list of the 100 longest-lived American supercentenarians, according to the GRG and reliable sourcing.

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Death date	Age	Birthplace	Place of death or residence
1	Sarah Knauss	F	September 24, 1880	December 30, 1999		Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania
2	Maria Branyas	F	March 4, 1907	August 19, 2024		California	Spain
3	Delphia Welford	F	September 9, 1875	November 14, 1992		Mississippi	Tennessee
4	Susannah Mushatt Jones	F	July 6, 1899	May 12, 2016		Alabama	New York
5	Gertrude Weaver	F	July 4, 1898	April 6, 2015		Arkansas	Arkansas
6	Elizabeth Bolden	F	August 15, 1890	December 11, 2006		Tennessee	Tennessee
7	Besse Cooper	F	August 26, 1896	December 4, 2012		Tennessee	Georgia
8	Easter Wiggins	F	June 1, 1874	July 7, 1990		Mississippi	Mississippi
9	Jeralean Talley	F	May 23, 1899	June 17, 2015		Georgia	Michigan
10	Edith Ceccarelli	F	February 5, 1908	February 22, 2024		California	California
11	Ella Miller	F	December 6, 1884	November 21, 2000		Tennessee	Virginia
12	Maggie Barnes	F	March 6, 1882	January 19, 1998		North Carolina	North Carolina
13	Dina Manfredini	F	April 4, 1897	December 17, 2012		Italy	Iowa
14	Christian Mortensen	M	August 16, 1882	April 25, 1998		Denmark	California
15	Hester Ford	F	August 15, 1905	April 17, 2021		South Carolina	North Carolina
16	Edna Parker	F	April 20, 1893	November 26, 2008		Indiana	Indiana
17	Margaret Skeete	F	October 27, 1878	May 7, 1994		Texas	Virginia
18	Bernice Madigan	F	July 24, 1899	January 3, 2015		Massachusetts	Massachusetts
19	Gertrude Baines	F	April 6, 1894	September 11, 2009		Georgia	California
20	Bettie Wilson	F	September 13, 1890	February 13, 2006		Mississippi	Mississippi
21	Iris Westman	F	August 28, 1905	January 3, 2021		North Dakota	North Dakota
21	Naomi Whitehead	F	September 26, 1910	Living		Georgia	Pennsylvania
23	Marie-Josephine Gaudette	F	March 25, 1902	July 13, 2017		New Hampshire	Italy
24	Susie Gibson	F	October 31, 1890	February 16, 2006		Mississippi	Alabama
24	Thelma Sutcliffe	F	October 1, 1906	January 17, 2022		Nebraska	Nebraska
26	Edna Kern	F	October 14, 1900	January 20, 2016		California	Nevada
27	Elizabeth Francis	F	July 25, 1909	October 22, 2024		Louisiana	Texas
28	Augusta Holtz	F	August 3, 1871	October 21, 1986		Prussia	Missouri
29	Bessie Hendricks	F	November 7, 1907	January 3, 2023		Iowa	Iowa
30	Katie Hatton	F	December 18, 1876	January 24, 1992		Texas	Texas
31	Maud Farris-Luse	F	February 21, 1887	March 18, 2002		Michigan	Michigan
32	Antonia Gerena Rivera	F	May 19, 1900	June 2, 2015		Puerto Rico	Florida
33	Mary Bidwell	F	May 9, 1881	April 25, 1996		Connecticut	Connecticut
34	Hazel Plummer	F	June 19, 1908	May 25, 2023		Massachusetts	Massachusetts
35	Ophelia Burks	F	October 25, 1903	September 27, 2018		Louisiana	Louisiana
36	Eliza Underwood	F	March 15, 1866	January 27, 1981		North Carolina	District of Columbia
37	Mary Josephine Ray	F	May 17, 1895	March 7, 2010		Canada	New Hampshire
38	Goldie Steinberg	F	October 30, 1900	August 16, 2015		Moldova	New York
39	Delphine Gibson	F	August 17, 1903	May 9, 2018		South Carolina	Pennsylvania
40	Mary Royster	F	April 15, 1875	December 28, 1989		Virginia	North Carolina
41	Neva Morris	F	August 3, 1895	April 6, 2010		Iowa	Iowa
42	Mary Ana Long	F	February 18, 1905	October 16, 2019		Kentucky	Kentucky
43	Blanche Cobb	F	September 8, 1900	May 1, 2015		Georgia	Florida
44	Mila Mangold	F	November 14, 1907	July 2, 2022		Nebraska	California
45	Myrtle Dorsey	F	November 20, 1885	June 25, 2000		Ohio	Ohio
46	Bonita Gibson	F	July 4, 1911	Living		Kansas	Michigan
47	Carrie Lazenby	F	February 9, 1882	September 4, 1996		Georgia	Illinois
48	Walter Breuning	M	September 21, 1896	April 14, 2011		Minnesota	Montana
49	Eunice Sanborn	F	July 20, 1896	January 31, 2011		Louisiana	Texas
50	Grace Clawson	F	November 15, 1887	May 28, 2002		United Kingdom	Florida
51	Wilhelmina Kott	F	March 7, 1880	September 6, 1994		Illinois	Illinois
51	Adelina Domingues	F	February 19, 1888	August 21, 2002		Cape Verde	California
53	Lucy Mirigian	F	August 15, 1906	February 12, 2021		Armenia	California
54	Charlotte Benkner	F	November 16, 1889	May 14, 2004		Germany	Ohio
55	Ettie Mae Greene	F	September 19, 1877	February 26, 1992		West Virginia	West Virginia
56	Dominga Velasco	F	May 12, 1901	October 11, 2015		Mexico	California
57	Irene Frank	F	October 1, 1881	February 28, 1996		Texas	Missouri
58	Georgia Ella Jordan	F	September 18, 1880	February 9, 1995		Georgia	Virginia
59	Olivia Patricia Thomas	F	June 29, 1895	November 16, 2009		Iowa	New York
59	Alelia Murphy	F	July 6, 1905	November 23, 2019		North Carolina	New York
61	Irene Dunham	F	December 16, 1907	May 1, 2022		Michigan	Michigan
62	Nina Willis	F	January 14, 1909	May 17, 2023		Georgia	Georgia
62	Pearl Berg	F	October 1, 1909	February 1, 2024		Indiana	California
64	Anna Henderson	F	March 5, 1900	July 1, 2014		Georgia	Pennsylvania
65	Emma Verona Johnston	F	August 6, 1890	December 1, 2004		Iowa	Ohio
65	Mamie Rearden	F	September 7, 1898	January 2, 2013		South Carolina	Georgia
65	Erna Zahn	F	April 14, 1908	August 9, 2022		Wisconsin	Minnesota
68	Bettie Chatmon	F	April 30, 1884	August 16, 1998		Louisiana	Texas
68	Lessie Brown	F	September 22, 1904	January 8, 2019		Georgia	Ohio
70	Odie Matthews	F	December 28, 1878	April 14, 1993		Texas	Arizona
71	Mary Harris	F	May 13, 1911	August 22, 2025		New York	Tennessee
72	Florence Knapp	F	October 10, 1873	January 11, 1988		Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania
72	Elena Slough	F	July 4, 1889	October 5, 2003		Pennsylvania	New Jersey
74	Mary Anna Boone	F	February 10, 1887	May 13, 2001		Kentucky	Kentucky
75	Minnie Whicker	F	July 24, 1906	October 22, 2020		Arkansas	California
76	Delma Kollar	F	October 31, 1897	January 24, 2012		Kansas	Oregon
77	Ila Jones	F	August 21, 1903	November 10, 2017		Georgia	Georgia
78	Maggie Renfro	F	November 14, 1895	January 22, 2010		Louisiana	Louisiana
79	Emma Tillman	F	November 22, 1892	January 28, 2007		North Carolina	Connecticut
79	Anna Stoehr	F	October 15, 1900	December 21, 2014		Iowa	Minnesota
81	Leila Denmark	F	February 1, 1898	April 1, 2012		Georgia	Georgia
82	Adele Dunlap	F	December 12, 1902	February 5, 2017		New Jersey	New Jersey
83	Naomi Conner	F	August 30, 1899	October 18, 2013		Texas	Texas
83	Ora Holland	F	December 24, 1900	February 11, 2015		Missouri	Oklahoma
85	Winnie Felps	F	October 10, 1911	November 20, 2025		Texas	Texas
86	Ellen Goodwill	F	February 2, 1907	March 2, 2021		Kentucky	Michigan
87	Grace Thaxton	F	June 18, 1891	July 6, 2005		New York	Kentucky
88	Soledad Mexia	F	August 13, 1899	August 30, 2013		Mexico	California
89	Minnie Ward	F	November 19, 1885	December 2, 1999		Tennessee	Massachusetts
90	Arbella Ewing	F	March 13, 1894	March 22, 2008		Texas	Texas
91	Catherine Hagel	F	November 28, 1894	December 6, 2008		Minnesota	Minnesota
92	Emma Otis	F	October 22, 1901	October 25, 2015		Washington	Washington
93	Ellen Jurick	F	July 15, 1895	July 13, 2009		Pennsylvania	Michigan
94	Fred Harold Hale	M	December 1, 1890	November 19, 2004		Maine	New York
95	Miriam Carpelan	F	July 8, 1882	June 22, 1996		United Kingdom	California
95	Elsie Thompson	F	April 5, 1899	March 21, 2013		Pennsylvania	Florida
97	Bertha Fry	F	December 1, 1893	November 14, 2007		Indiana	Indiana
98	Mae Harrington	F	January 20, 1889	December 29, 2002		New York	New York
99	Ellen Thomas	F	December 25, 1877	December 2, 1991		Tennessee	Michigan
99	Daisey Bailey	F	March 30, 1896	March 7, 2010		Tennessee	Michigan