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U.S. States with Youngest Median Age

Name the ten U.S. states that have the lowest median age.
For the year 2022, according to the American Community Survey
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First submittedMarch 8, 2019
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Age
State
32.1
Utah
35.6
Texas
35.9
Alaska
36.2
North Dakota
37.1
Oklahoma
37.4
Nebraska
37.5
Idaho
37.6
Georgia
37.6
Kansas
37.7
Colorado
mf3
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Level 87
Sep 26, 2019
I understand the various reasons for most of these states, but I'm confused about Nebraska. It doesn't seem to fit any of the other states' patterns.
IsleAuHaulte
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Level 89
Sep 27, 2019
That's the one I couldn't get. It's not booming like Georgia, no oil jobs, no immigration.
geographic
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Level 61
Jan 14, 2020
My thought is states with high percentages of Native Americans.
halpie
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Level 77
Sep 26, 2019
I assume North Dakota makes the list because of the fracking boom.
mf3
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Level 87
Dec 11, 2021
Probably not, since South Dakota has virtually no fracking, and it's right after North Dakota. It's probably related to the Native American population.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Sep 27, 2019
I failed at this pretty abjectly. Only got 4. None of my strategies seemed to be working.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Sep 27, 2019
California and Texas because of immigration. North Dakota and Alaska because young people move there for high-paying work and then get the heck out after a few years. Utah and Idaho because of Mormons. Nebraska, Georgia, and Oklahoma I have no idea.
FinlandForever19
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Level 80
Sep 27, 2019
Georgia's economy is growing rapidly, especially in the Atlanta area as well as high immigration rates. Oklahoma I assume is from fracking and the energy industry. Nebraska makes no sense to me.
jcmeis12
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Level 82
Sep 27, 2019
Going to take a stab at Nebraska (from Iowa here, but plenty of random Nebraska knowledge). It's very low density in terms of population for the overall state, but that population is extremely concentrated in Omaha (surprisingly fun city with plenty of jobs) and Lincoln (University of Nebraska). My only guess is that's why.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Sep 27, 2019
I guessed CA, TX, UT, and ID for the reasons you gave. So I guess more accurately 2 of my strategies worked but then I ran out.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Jan 14, 2020
got everything except for Georgia, this time.
cranbeckh
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Level 68
Jan 14, 2020
I was thinking more along the lines of states with large student populations--like Rhode Island. I failed this quiz miserably, although i did get Utah and Idaho.
jmellor13
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Level 67
Jan 14, 2020
I'd guess that you only count as "living there" for purposes of this quiz if you identify your home in that state. Many students in Rhode Island come from elsewhere in the northeast, probably return home for the summer, and almost certainly retain their citizenship and drivers' licenses from their home states. I went to college in Boston, but all my census information still said I was from New York (where I grew up) at the time. I don't know anyone who calls himself a citizen of a state just because he goes to school there.
Huskers21
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Level 59
Jan 14, 2020
hey hey resident Nebraskan here.... (34 next week) Omaha is where its at. Housing market booming, cool under ground music scene, hip new food joints opening all the time, Great jobs too, the recession never touched Omaha or Lincoln. Maybe that has something to do with it. Also, for those who are not aware Omaha is a pretty diverse city with a large hispanic community and the largest community of sudanese people outside of Africa.
mf3
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Level 87
Dec 11, 2021
I dunno, whenever Nebraska makes the national news, it's some leathery old farmer talking about weather conditions or fertilizer availability.
InterAlia
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Level 75
Mar 9, 2023
Well, if national news is the extent of your understanding of Nebraska (fine if it is), maybe the resident knows something you don't. Why question it?
cornflakesfu
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Level 86
Dec 2, 2021
"Go West, young man."

Apparently, they did.

TheodoreE45
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Level 93
Sep 21, 2023
It's interesting to me that the common political mindset is "old people are more conservative and young people are more liberal," yet 8/10 of the youngest states went Republican in 2020 and 8/10 oldest states went Democrat in 2020. I doubt there's much correlation there, but it is curious (to me at least).
FatSpartanJediLlama
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Level 67
Sep 21, 2023
Just missed Colorado before time ran out
ChaosLord
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Level 74
Jan 19, 2024
You know, I think life expectancy might play a part in this.
Quokka
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Level 58
Jan 19, 2024
I don't know if life expectancy plays that much of a role, as Oklahoma is the only state on here that is in the bottom quartile for life expectancy. Utah, Idaho, Colorado and Nebraska all have pretty high life expectancies, while the other states are average. I think the main reason many of the plains states are listed is that, while many young people do leave, the ones who stay tend to start families and have more children than those in other states. It's just part of the more traditional culture there.
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