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Which state has the biggest share of kids? 🧒

1Guess
Which states have the biggest share of people under 18? Tap them most-to-least.

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… California — it has the most people of any state!
2Answer
The real order is…
    Utah wins: more than 1 in 4 people there is under 18, while nationwide it's closer to 1 in 5.
    📚 Background Utah is America's youngest state: more than 1 in 4 people there is under 18, while across the whole country it's closer to 1 in 5. At the other end, Maine has the smallest share — under 18%. (This is a share, not a head count: a bigger state can have more children in total and still sit lower on this list.) (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2023)
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    I bet… California — it has the most people of any state!
    3Compare
    Share of people under 18 (%, ACS 2023)
    🇺🇸 United States (national)21.7 %
    Utah #1 27.3 %
    Highest: Utah (27.3 %); lowest: Maine (17.6 %).

    Note: this is a share, not a count — out of every 100 people, how many are under 18. A big state can have more kids in total even with a smaller share.

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    : 2023 (ACS 1-year estimates)
    U.S. Census Bureau: American Community Survey 2023 1-year profile DP05_0019PE (share of people under 18) (2026-08-02) — Official published survey estimates (the committed raw file is the API response, unchanged).
    ↳ On data.census.gov, open profile table “DP05” for 2023 and read DP05_0019PE (share of people under 18) by state.