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Highest median age by state

Median age.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

Half the population is older than this, half younger. Neither direction is better — a low median often means families and college towns, a high one means retirees and places young people have left. Read it alongside population trend.

  1. 1Maine44.9 yrs
  2. 2Vermont43.9 yrs
  3. 3New Hampshire43.6 yrs
  4. 4West Virginia42.9 yrs
  5. 5Florida42.7 yrs
  6. 6Delaware42.1 yrs
  7. 7Hawaii41.5 yrs
  8. 8Montana41.3 yrs
  9. 9Connecticut41.2 yrs
  10. 10Pennsylvania41.2 yrs
  11. 11Rhode Island41.0 yrs
  12. 12Oregon40.8 yrs
  13. 13South Carolina40.7 yrs
  14. 14Wisconsin40.7 yrs
  15. 15Michigan40.4 yrs
  16. 16Wyoming40.2 yrs
  17. 17Massachusetts40.1 yrs
  18. 18New Jersey40.1 yrs
  19. 19New York40.1 yrs
  20. 20New Mexico39.9 yrs
  21. 21Maryland39.8 yrs
  22. 22Ohio39.8 yrs
  23. 23Alabama39.6 yrs
  24. 24Nevada39.5 yrs
  25. 25Arizona39.4 yrs
  26. 26Illinois39.4 yrs
  27. 27Missouri39.4 yrs
  28. 28North Carolina39.4 yrs
  29. 29Virginia39.4 yrs
  30. 30Kentucky39.3 yrs
  31. 31Mississippi39.3 yrs
  32. 32Minnesota39.2 yrs
  33. 33Arkansas39.1 yrs
  34. 34Tennessee39.1 yrs
  35. 35Iowa39.0 yrs
  36. 36Louisiana38.7 yrs
  37. 37South Dakota38.7 yrs
  38. 38Washington38.7 yrs
  39. 39California38.4 yrs
  40. 40Indiana38.3 yrs
  41. 41Colorado38.0 yrs
  42. 42Georgia38.0 yrs
  43. 43Kansas38.0 yrs
  44. 44Idaho37.8 yrs
  45. 45Nebraska37.4 yrs
  46. 46Oklahoma37.4 yrs
  47. 47North Dakota36.7 yrs
  48. 48Alaska36.3 yrs
  49. 49Texas35.9 yrs
  50. 50District of Columbia34.9 yrs
  51. 51Utah32.5 yrs
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS. · How this is built