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People aged 18 to 24: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: People aged 18 to 24. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Educational attainment of young adults 18–24 by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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Data last updated
2026-11-03
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National value: 31,716,680 (United States).

Washington: 682,121Idaho: 201,559Montana: 99,509North Dakota: 86,822Minnesota: 527,760Michigan: 927,527Ohio: 1,071,356Pennsylvania: 1,176,127New York: 1,834,477Vermont: 58,831New Hampshire: 120,561Maine: 111,434Arizona: 738,254California: 3,674,631New Mexico: 206,809Texas: 3,117,790Louisiana: 424,137Mississippi: 284,409Alabama: 504,550Florida: 1,928,422Georgia: 1,088,134South Carolina: 496,224North Carolina: 1,062,342Virginia: 829,505District of Columbia: 68,542Maryland: 547,457Delaware: 91,633New Jersey: 831,736Connecticut: 349,366Rhode Island: 112,047Massachusetts: 707,589Oregon: 365,640Utah: 430,333Wyoming: 55,554Nevada: 269,832Colorado: 552,278South Dakota: 86,589Nebraska: 202,794Kansas: 298,277Oklahoma: 418,950Iowa: 319,591Missouri: 585,921Wisconsin: 560,026Illinois: 1,182,750Kentucky: 425,646Arkansas: 296,503Tennessee: 675,407West Virginia: 158,961Indiana: 685,507Alaska: 68,201Hawaii: 116,259

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 55,554 to 116,259
  • Group 2: 116,259 to 319,591
  • Group 3: 319,591 to 547,457
  • Group 4: 547,457 to 831,736
  • Highest: 831,736 to 3,674,631
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

1California3,674,631
2Texas3,117,790
3Florida1,928,422
4New York1,834,477
5Illinois1,182,750
6Pennsylvania1,176,127
7Georgia1,088,134
8Ohio1,071,356
9North Carolina1,062,342
10Michigan927,527
11New Jersey831,736
12Virginia829,505
13Arizona738,254
14Massachusetts707,589
15Indiana685,507
16Washington682,121
17Tennessee675,407
18Missouri585,921
19Wisconsin560,026
20Colorado552,278
21Maryland547,457
22Minnesota527,760
23Alabama504,550
24South Carolina496,224
25Utah430,333
26Kentucky425,646
27Louisiana424,137
28Oklahoma418,950
29Oregon365,640
30Connecticut349,366
31Iowa319,591
32Kansas298,277
33Arkansas296,503
34Mississippi284,409
35Nevada269,832
36New Mexico206,809
37Nebraska202,794
38Idaho201,559
39West Virginia158,961
40New Hampshire120,561
41Hawaii116,259
42Rhode Island112,047
43Maine111,434
44Montana99,509
45Delaware91,633
46North Dakota86,822
47South Dakota86,589
48District of Columbia68,542
49Alaska68,201
50Vermont58,831
51Wyoming55,554

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S1501: Educational Attainment. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by people aged 18 to 24 (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S1501; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-people-aged-18-to-24/

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