I’m totally not surprised by this.
BOISE – Idaho continues to be one of the youngest states in the nation with a median age of 36.8 years, ranking seventh according to recently released results from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2017-2021 American Community Survey.
This is an increase of 3.1% from the previous Census demographic survey, which covered the 2012-2016 population of the 50 states, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
Nationally, the median age was 38.4 years, up slightly from its 37.7 years median age in 2012-2016. Utah retained its ranking as the youngest state in the nation with a median age of 31.3 years. Except for North Dakota, all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico experienced an increase in the median age.
The states and territories with the oldest populations were concentrated on the eastern side of the U.S. These territories, ranked in median age from greatest to least, were Maine (44.7 years), Puerto Rico (43.1 years), New Hampshire (43 years), Vermont (42.7 years) and West Virginia (42.6 years).