US Counties With the Highest Median Ages

3,221 US counties ranked by median age, from highest to lowest. First are Loving County, TX (68.9 years), Sumter County, FL (68.4 years) and Kenedy County, TX (65.5 years). The middle one of the 3,221 has 41.5 years.

What this measures

The middle age of the county: half the residents are older and half are younger. The typical county is 41.5, and four in five are between 36 and 49. The extremes come from one big group of residents, such as retirees or students: 68.9 in Loving County, Texas and 68.4 in Sumter County, Florida, against 21.4 in Madison County, Idaho, where a university sets the middle age. Since it is a middle value, county figures cannot be averaged into a state figure. Source: Census ACS 5-year.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

The 100 highest counties

Rank	County	years
1	Loving County, TX	68.9 years
2	Sumter County, FL	68.4 years
3	Kenedy County, TX	65.5 years
4	Catron County, NM	62.6 years
5	Terrell County, TX	60.9 years
6	Charlotte County, FL	60 years
7	Meagher County, MT	59.9 years
8	Wheeler County, NE	59.9 years
9	Alcona County, MI	59.7 years
10	La Paz County, AZ	59.7 years
11	Custer County, ID	59.5 years
12	Northumberland County, VA	59.5 years
13	Jefferson County, WA	59.5 years
14	Quitman County, GA	59.4 years
15	Ontonagon County, MI	59.4 years
16	Lancaster County, VA	59.1 years
17	McCormick County, SC	58.7 years
18	Jeff Davis County, TX	58.7 years
19	Custer County, CO	58.6 years
20	Mora County, NM	58.5 years
21	Menard County, TX	58 years
22	Kent County, TX	57.6 years
23	Llano County, TX	57.5 years
24	Roscommon County, MI	57.4 years
25	Sarasota County, FL	57.3 years
26	Sierra County, NM	57.3 years
27	Wheeler County, OR	57.3 years
28	Hamilton County, NY	57.2 years
29	Curry County, OR	57.2 years
30	Custer County, SD	57.2 years
31	Dolores County, CO	57.2 years
32	Highland County, VA	57.1 years
33	Citrus County, FL	56.9 years
34	Towns County, GA	56.9 years
35	Blaine County, NE	56.8 years
36	Storey County, NV	56.8 years
37	Keweenaw County, MI	56.7 years
38	Montmorency County, MI	56.7 years
39	Carter County, MT	56.7 years
40	San Juan County, WA	56.7 years
41	Banner County, NE	56.6 years
42	Aitkin County, MN	56.5 years
43	Real County, TX	56.5 years
44	Presque Isle County, MI	56.2 years
45	Brunswick County, NC	56.1 years
46	Sullivan County, PA	56.1 years
47	Sierra County, CA	56 years
48	Union County, GA	55.9 years
49	Iron County, WI	55.9 years
50	Esmeralda County, NV	55.8 years
51	Ouray County, CO	55.6 years
52	Middlesex County, VA	55.5 years
53	Adams County, WI	55.5 years
54	Vilas County, WI	55.5 years
55	Leelanau County, MI	55.3 years
56	Hickory County, MO	55.2 years
57	Burnett County, WI	55.2 years
58	Barnstable County, MA	55.1 years
59	Huerfano County, CO	55.1 years
60	Indian River County, FL	55 years
61	Hardin County, IL	55 years
62	Yavapai County, AZ	55 years
63	Boyd County, NE	54.9 years
64	Pacific County, WA	54.9 years
65	Golden Valley County, MT	54.8 years
66	Wahkiakum County, WA	54.8 years
67	Florence County, WI	54.8 years
68	Trinity County, CA	54.8 years
69	Hinsdale County, CO	54.8 years
70	Sanders County, MT	54.6 years
71	Clay County, NC	54.5 years
72	Fall River County, SD	54.5 years
73	Benton County, MO	54.4 years
74	Stone County, MO	54.4 years
75	Polk County, NC	54.4 years
76	Adams County, ID	54.3 years
77	Sabine County, TX	54.3 years
78	Highlands County, FL	54.2 years
79	Douglas County, NV	54.2 years
80	Carroll County, NH	54.2 years
81	Slope County, ND	54.2 years
82	Madison County, MT	54.1 years
83	Garden County, NE	54.1 years
84	Pamlico County, NC	54.1 years
85	Bayfield County, WI	54.1 years
86	Door County, WI	54.1 years
87	Fannin County, GA	54 years
88	Granite County, MT	53.9 years
89	McIntosh County, ND	53.8 years
90	Mathews County, VA	53.8 years
91	Mineral County, CO	53.7 years
92	Boise County, ID	53.5 years
93	Iosco County, MI	53.5 years
94	Treasure County, MT	53.4 years
95	Bandera County, TX	53.4 years
96	Mackinac County, MI	53.3 years
97	Cherokee County, NC	53.3 years
98	Martin County, FL	53.2 years
99	Iron County, MI	53.2 years
100	Yakutat City and Borough, AK	53.2 years

Every state, highest first

Each state’s own published figure, not an average of its counties.

Rank	State	years
1	Maine	44.8 years
2	Puerto Rico	44.2 years
3	New Hampshire	43.2 years
4	Vermont	43 years
5	West Virginia	42.7 years
6	Florida	42.6 years
7	Delaware	41.5 years
8	Connecticut	41.2 years
9	Pennsylvania	40.9 years
10	Hawaii	40.6 years
11	Rhode Island	40.5 years
12	Montana	40.2 years
13	Michigan	40.1 years
14	New Jersey	40.1 years
15	Oregon	40.1 years
16	South Carolina	40.1 years
17	Wisconsin	40.1 years
18	Massachusetts	40 years
19	New York	39.6 years
20	Ohio	39.6 years
21	Maryland	39.3 years
22	Alabama	39.3 years
23	New Mexico	39.2 years
24	Kentucky	39.1 years
25	North Carolina	39.1 years
26	Illinois	38.9 years
27	Missouri	38.9 years
28	Nevada	38.9 years
29	Tennessee	38.9 years
30	Virginia	38.8 years
31	Wyoming	38.8 years
32	Arizona	38.8 years
33	Iowa	38.6 years
34	Minnesota	38.6 years
35	Mississippi	38.4 years
36	Arkansas	38.4 years
37	Washington	38.2 years
38	Indiana	38 years
39	Louisiana	37.8 years
40	South Dakota	37.7 years
41	California	37.6 years
42	Colorado	37.5 years
43	Georgia	37.4 years
44	Kansas	37.2 years
45	Idaho	37.1 years
46	Nebraska	37.1 years
47	Oklahoma	36.9 years
48	North Dakota	35.7 years
49	Alaska	35.6 years
50	Texas	35.5 years
51	District of Columbia	34.9 years
52	Utah	31.7 years

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