# US states by median age, 2024

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `median_age`
- Unit: years
- Definition: Age that divides the resident population into two halves of equal size. Spain and the EU: on 1 January. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B01002: median age, total population (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b01002.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B01002: median age, total population. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b01002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-age/us-states
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/median-age/us-states.csv

| Rank | Place | years |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Maine | 44.8 |
| 2 | New Hampshire | 43.3 |
| 3 | Vermont | 43.1 |
| 4 | West Virginia | 42.7 |
| 5 | Florida | 42.6 |
| 6 | Delaware | 41.6 |
| 7 | Connecticut | 41.1 |
| 8 | Hawaii | 40.9 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | 40.9 |
| 10 | Rhode Island | 40.6 |
| 11 | Montana | 40.4 |
| 11 | Oregon | 40.4 |
| 13 | Michigan | 40.2 |
| 13 | South Carolina | 40.2 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | 40.2 |
| 16 | New Jersey | 40.1 |
| 17 | Massachusetts | 40 |
| 18 | New York | 39.8 |
| 19 | Ohio | 39.7 |
| 20 | Maryland | 39.4 |
| 20 | New Mexico | 39.4 |
| 22 | Alabama | 39.3 |
| 23 | Kentucky | 39.1 |
| 23 | Nevada | 39.1 |
| 23 | North Carolina | 39.1 |
| 23 | Wyoming | 39.1 |
| 27 | Arizona | 39 |
| 27 | Illinois | 39 |
| 27 | Missouri | 39 |
| 27 | Virginia | 39 |
| 31 | Tennessee | 38.9 |
| 32 | Minnesota | 38.8 |
| 33 | Iowa | 38.6 |
| 33 | Mississippi | 38.6 |
| 35 | Arkansas | 38.5 |
| 36 | Washington | 38.3 |
| 37 | Indiana | 38.1 |
| 38 | Louisiana | 38 |
| 38 | South Dakota | 38 |
| 40 | California | 37.9 |
| 41 | Colorado | 37.7 |
| 42 | Georgia | 37.6 |
| 43 | Kansas | 37.4 |
| 44 | Idaho | 37.3 |
| 45 | Nebraska | 37.2 |
| 46 | Oklahoma | 37 |
| 47 | North Dakota | 35.9 |
| 48 | Alaska | 35.8 |
| 49 | Texas | 35.6 |
| 50 | District of Columbia | 34.9 |
| 51 | Utah | 32 |