Median age of the whole population from the American Community Survey, youngest first.
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Maine Is the Oldest of Any State (2026)
Maine has the oldest population of the 50 states we rank, with a median age of 44.8 (Census ACS, 2020-2024). New Hampshire is next, with a median age of 43.3.
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44.8 yrsMaine leads on the list, the highest reading of all 50 states
The top five states
No. 1Maine44.8 yrsmedian age
No. 2New Hampshire43.3 yrsmedian age
No. 3Vermont43.1 yrsmedian age
No. 4West Virginia42.7 yrsmedian age
No. 5Florida42.6 yrsmedian age
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The full ranking
| Place | median age | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maine | 44.8 yrs |
| 2 | New Hampshire | 43.3 yrs |
| 3 | Vermont | 43.1 yrs |
| 4 | West Virginia | 42.7 yrs |
| 5 | Florida | 42.6 yrs |
| 6 | Delaware | 41.6 yrs |
| 7 | Connecticut | 41.1 yrs |
| 8 | Hawaii | 40.9 yrs |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | 40.9 yrs |
| 10 | Rhode Island | 40.6 yrs |
| 11 | Montana | 40.4 yrs |
| 11 | Oregon | 40.4 yrs |
| 13 | Michigan | 40.2 yrs |
| 13 | South Carolina | 40.2 yrs |
| 13 | Wisconsin | 40.2 yrs |
| 16 | New Jersey | 40.1 yrs |
| 17 | Massachusetts | 40 yrs |
| 18 | New York | 39.8 yrs |
| 19 | Ohio | 39.7 yrs |
| 20 | Maryland | 39.4 yrs |
| 20 | New Mexico | 39.4 yrs |
| 22 | Alabama | 39.3 yrs |
| 23 | Kentucky | 39.1 yrs |
| 23 | Nevada | 39.1 yrs |
| 23 | North Carolina | 39.1 yrs |
| 23 | Wyoming | 39.1 yrs |
| 27 | Arizona | 39 yrs |
| 27 | Illinois | 39 yrs |
| 27 | Missouri | 39 yrs |
| 27 | Virginia | 39 yrs |
| 31 | Tennessee | 38.9 yrs |
| 32 | Minnesota | 38.8 yrs |
| 33 | Iowa | 38.6 yrs |
| 33 | Mississippi | 38.6 yrs |
| 35 | Arkansas | 38.5 yrs |
| 36 | Washington | 38.3 yrs |
| 37 | Indiana | 38.1 yrs |
| 38 | Louisiana | 38 yrs |
| 38 | South Dakota | 38 yrs |
| 40 | California | 37.9 yrs |
| 41 | Colorado | 37.7 yrs |
| 42 | Georgia | 37.6 yrs |
| 43 | Kansas | 37.4 yrs |
| 44 | Idaho | 37.3 yrs |
| 45 | Nebraska | 37.2 yrs |
| 46 | Oklahoma | 37 yrs |
| 47 | North Dakota | 35.9 yrs |
| 48 | Alaska | 35.8 yrs |
| 49 | Texas | 35.6 yrs |
| 50 | Utah | 32 yrs |
Sources and method
How we got this. Median age comes from tape_readings, which src/tape/acs-more.ts reads from the ACS 5-year table-based Summary File, table B01002. Cities and states each rank on their own list, youngest first; a retiree reads the list from the bottom. It refreshes annual.
Rankings by The Honest Local from public data, one page per list, refreshed on each source’s own cycle. Places with no reading are left out rather than estimated. Every value on this page carries its source in the page’s structured data.
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