Across the U.S., age profiles vary widely by region. This map, via Visual Capitalist’s Niccolo Conte, highlights those differences using the most recent nationwide estimates. The data for this visualization comes from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 1-Year Estimates. It reports the median age for each state and the District of Columbia. The Oldest States Are Concentrated in the Northeast The national median age stands at 39.2 as of 2024. Rank State Median age overall 1 Maine 44.9 2 Vermont 43.9 3 New Hampshire 43.6 4 West Virginia 42.9 5 Florida 42.7 6 Delaware 42.1 7 Hawaii 41.5 8 Montana 41.3 9 Connecticut 41.2 10 Pennsylvania 41.2 11 Rhode Island 41.0 12 Oregon 40.8 13 South Carolina 40.7 14 Wisconsin 40.7 15 Michigan 40.4 16 Wyoming 40.2 17 Massachusetts 40.1 18 New Jersey 40.1 19 New York 40.1 20 New Mexico 39.9 21 Maryland 39.8 22 Ohio 39.8 23 Alabama 39.6 24 Nevada 39.5 25 Arizona 39.4 26 Illinois 39.4 27 Missouri 39.4 28 North Carolina 39.4 29 Virginia 39.4 30 Kentucky …