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Median age: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Median age. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Median age by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-29

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National value: 39.5 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 35 years
RI 41.2 years
DE 42.2 years
CT 41.6 years
NJ 40.2 years
MD 39.9 years
MA 40.4 years
VT 44.6 years
NH 44.2 years

Lowest: 32.6 to 38.4 years
Group 2: 38.4 to 39.5 years
Group 3: 39.5 to 40.2 years
Group 4: 40.2 to 41.3 years
Highest: 41.3 to 45.1 years

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Maine	45.1
2	Vermont	44.6
3	New Hampshire	44.2
4	West Virginia	43.5
5	Florida	43.1
6	Hawaii	42.4
7	Delaware	42.2
8	Connecticut	41.6
9	Wyoming	41.5
10	Pennsylvania	41.4
11	Oregon	41.3
11	South Carolina	41.3
11	Wisconsin	41.3
14	Rhode Island	41.2
15	Montana	41
16	Michigan	40.9
17	New Mexico	40.6
18	Massachusetts	40.4
19	Ohio	40.3
20	Mississippi	40.2
20	New Jersey	40.2
22	Alabama	40
23	Maryland	39.9
24	Kentucky	39.8
24	Missouri	39.8
24	New York	39.8
27	Illinois	39.7
28	Nevada	39.6
28	North Carolina	39.6
30	Arizona	39.5
30	Minnesota	39.5
30	Tennessee	39.5
30	Virginia	39.5
34	Iowa	39.4
34	Louisiana	39.4
36	Arkansas	39.3
37	Washington	38.9
38	California	38.7
38	Indiana	38.7
40	South Dakota	38.5
41	Kansas	38.4
42	Georgia	38.3
43	Colorado	38.1
44	Idaho	37.9
44	Nebraska	37.9
46	Oklahoma	37.8
47	North Dakota	37.4
48	Alaska	37
49	Texas	36.2
50	District of Columbia	35
51	Utah	32.6

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table B01002: Median Age by Sex. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by median age (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table B01002; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-median-age/

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