Madison Reporter

Dane County residents have a median age of 35-years-old as of 2020, according to US Census Data.

Median ages divide a population into two equally sized groups, rather than the average which takes all the ages of Dane County residents and divides it by the number of residents.

OurWorldinData.org, an online project tracking global data and trends, says cities, states, countries and continents with higher median ages typically do better economically and residents earn higher wages than developing countries.

The median age of a United States resident has risen from 29.5-years-old in 1960 to 38.4-years-old in 2019. It has risen fairly consistently by two years every decade since the 1970’s.

Ethnicity	Median Age - Male	Median Age - Female
American Indian and Alaska Native	35	32
Asian	27	29
Black or African American	29	29
Hispanic or Latino	25	25
White	37	39
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	28	56
Some other race	27	38
Multiracial	18	19