United States Age of Consent Map

What is the legal Age of Consent in the United States?

In the United States, the Age of Consent is the legal age at which an individual is considered mature enough to consent to sex. Sexual relations with someone under the Age of Consent are considered statutory rape, even (in some jurisdictions), if both partners are themselves younger than the Age of Consent.

Age Of Consent:

16 years old

17 years old

18 years old

Age of Consent across the United States

The legal age of consent varies from 16 to 18 years old from state to state across the United States. In some states, a "close in age exemption" exists to decriminalize consensual sex between two individuals who are both under the age of consent.

State	Age Of Consent	Has Close-In-Age Exemption
Alabama	16	Yes
Alaska	16	Yes
Arizona	18	Yes
Arkansas	16	Yes
California	18	No
Colorado	17	Yes
Connecticut	16	Yes
Delaware	18	Yes
District of Columbia	16	Yes
Florida	18	Yes
Georgia	16	No
Hawaii	16	Yes
Idaho	18	No
Illinois	17	No
Indiana	16	Yes
Iowa	16	Yes
Kansas	16	No
Kentucky	16	No
Louisiana	17	No
Maine	16	Yes
Maryland	16	No
Massachusetts	16	No
Michigan	16	No
Minnesota	16	No
Mississippi	16	Yes
Missouri	17	No
Montana	16	No
Nebraska	16	No
Nevada	16	No
New Hampshire	16	Yes
New Jersey	16	Yes
New Mexico	17	Yes
New York	17	No
North Carolina	16	Yes
North Dakota	18	No
Ohio	16	Yes
Oklahoma	16	Yes
Oregon	18	No
Pennsylvania	16	Yes
Rhode Island	16	Yes
South Carolina	16	No
South Dakota	16	No
Tennessee	18	Yes
Texas	17	No
Utah	18	Yes
Vermont	16	Yes
Virginia	18	Yes
Washington	16	No
West Virginia	16	No
Wisconsin	18	No
Wyoming	17	No

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