Youngest States

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The median age of people in each of the states tells us that 50% of the population of that state is younger than that number, and 50% is older than that number. The lowest the median is, the youngest the population will be. In the United States, the median age within each state ranges from 31.1 years old – 43 years old. 

It has often been said that young people drive innovation, so a prevalence of young people marked by a lower median age in a state might be a marker for that area’s present and future growth. Young people have families, for instance, in contrast to older people who have already had families of their own. 

As time progresses, it is likely that the median age of all of the states will continue to increase in the coming years, as less and less people are having children, and those who do tend to have them later than previous generations did. What that means, practically, is that as time goes by, U.S. demographics will gradually change to an increasingly older average population. 

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#StatePopulation Under 18 Years OldMedian AgePopulation Over 65 Years Old
1Utah28.3%3111.7%
2Texas25.3%13.2%
3Idaho24.7%3716.7%
4Nebraska24.6%3716.5%
5South Dakota24.6%3717.6%
6Alaska24.5%3513.1%
7Oklahoma24%3716.4%
8Kansas23.9%3716.8%
9North Dakota23.6%3516.1%
10Mississippi23.5%3816.9%
11Georgia23.4%3714.7%
12Louisiana23.4%3716.4%
13Arkansas23.3%3817.7%
14Indiana23.3%3816.5%
15Iowa23.1%3817.9%
16Minnesota22.9%3816.8%
17Wyoming22.7%3817.8%
18Kentucky22.5%3917.2%
19California22.4%3715.2%
20Missouri22.4%3917.7%
21New Mexico22.3%3818.5%
22Alabama22.2%3917.8%
23Arizona22.2%3818.5%
24Nevada22.2%3816.5%
25Illinois22.1%3816.6%
26Maryland22.1%3916.3%
27Ohio22.1%4017.9%
28Tennessee22%3917.1%
29New Jersey21.8%4017%
30North Carolina21.8%3917.1%
31Virginia21.8%3816.3%
32Washington21.7%3816.2%
33Wisconsin21.6%4018%
34South Carolina21.5%4018.7%
35Colorado21.4%3715.1%
36Michigan21.4%4018.2%
37Montana21.3%4019.7%
38Hawaii21.1%3919.6%
39Delaware20.8%4120%
40New York20.7%3917.4%
41Pennsylvania20.6%4119.1%
42West Virginia20.3%4320.9%
43Connecticut20.2%4118.2%
44Oregon20.2%4018.6%
45Florida19.7%4221.3%
46Massachusetts19.5%4017.4%
47Rhode Island19%4018.2%
48District of Columbia18.8%34
49New Hampshire18.4%4319.3%
50Maine18.2%4521.8%
51Vermont18.1%4320.6%

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Alabama

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22.2%

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#22

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#18

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#20

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Alaska

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24.5%

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#6

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#47

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#49

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Arizona

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22.2%

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#23

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#26

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#12

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Arkansas

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23.3%

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#13

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#27

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#22

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California

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22.4%

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#19

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#38

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#45

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Colorado

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21.4%

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#39

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#46

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Connecticut

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20.2%

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#43

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#6

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#14

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Delaware

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20.8%

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#39

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#7

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#5

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District of Columbia

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18.8%

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#48

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#49

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Florida

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19.7%

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#45

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#5

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#2

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Georgia

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23.4%

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#11

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#40

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#47

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Hawaii

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21.1%

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#38

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#19

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#7

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Idaho

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24.7%

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#3

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#41

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#34

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Illinois

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22.1%

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#25

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#28

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#35

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Indiana

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23.3%

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#14

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#29

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#36

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Iowa

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23.1%

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#15

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#30

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#18

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Kansas

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23.9%

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#8

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#42

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#32

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Kentucky

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22.5%

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#18

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#20

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#27

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Louisiana

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23.4%

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#12

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#43

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#39

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Maine

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18.2%

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#50

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#1

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#1

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Maryland

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22.1%

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#26

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#21

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#41

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Massachusetts

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19.5%

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#46

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#9

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#25

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Michigan

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21.4%

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#36

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#10

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#15

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Minnesota

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22.9%

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#16

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#31

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#33

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Mississippi

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23.5%

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#10

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#32

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#31

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Missouri

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22.4%

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#20

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#22

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#23

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Montana

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21.3%

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#37

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#11

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#6

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Nebraska

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24.6%

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#4

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#44

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#37

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Nevada

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22.2%

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#24

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#33

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#38

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New Hampshire

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18.4%

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#49

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#2

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#8

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New Jersey

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21.8%

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#29

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#12

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#30

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New Mexico

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22.3%

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#21

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#34

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#13

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New York

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20.7%

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#40

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#23

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#26

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North Carolina

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21.8%

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#30

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#24

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#28

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North Dakota

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23.6%

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#9

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#48

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#44

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Ohio

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22.1%

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#27

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#13

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#19

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Oklahoma

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24%

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#7

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#45

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#40

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Oregon

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20.2%

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#44

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#14

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#11

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Pennsylvania

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20.6%

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#41

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#8

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#9

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Rhode Island

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19%

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#47

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#15

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#16

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South Carolina

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21.5%

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#34

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#16

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#10

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South Dakota

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24.6%

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#5

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#46

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#24

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Tennessee

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22%

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#28

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#25

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#29

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Texas

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25.3%

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#2

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#48

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Utah

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28.3%

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#1

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#50

Ranked in the US

#50

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Vermont

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18.1%

Ranked in the US

#51

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#3

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#4

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Virginia

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21.8%

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#31

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#35

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#42

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Washington

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21.7%

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#32

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#36

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#43

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West Virginia

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20.3%

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#42

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#4

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#3

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Wisconsin

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21.6%

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#33

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#17

Ranked in the US

#17

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Wyoming

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22.7%

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#17

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#37

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#21

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