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