Grand Junction Times

Mesa County residents have a median age of 40-years-old as of 2021, 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 Mesa 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	54	36
Asian	37	41
Black or African American	26	41
Hispanic or Latino	27	28
White	41	44
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	22	16
Some other race	33	42
Multiracial	28	26