Nationally the Median Age is 37.7 years. Utah is the youngest state in the union, with a median age of 30.5 years. Here are the top ten youngest states.
Utah residents have a median age of 30.7 years old, younger than any other state in the U.S., according to 2016 data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. Alaska, the District of Columbia and Texas follow closely behind — all with median ages under 35. Nationwide, the median age is 37.9, up from 30 in 1980.
Utah’s high birth rate explains its youth, says Tim Heaton, a sociology professor at Brigham Young University. More than half of adults in Utah are Mormon, according to Pew Research Center, which Heaton believes is driving Utah’s population of young people; the state had the second highest birth rate in the country in 2015, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
| 2019 Rank | State | Median age |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utah | 30.5 |
| 2 | Alaska | 33.3 |
| 3 | District of Columbia | 33.8 |
| 4 | Texas | 34.2 |
| 5 | North Dakota | 34.9 |
| 6 | Idaho | 35.7 |
| 7 | California | 36.0 |
| 8 | Georgia | 36.1 |
| 9 | Kansas | 36.1 |
| 10 | Nebraska | 36.2 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 36.2 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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