Feb 4, 2026
age of consent in the US
The legal age of sexual consent is set by states and territories and therefore varies: most states set it between 16 and 18 years old, with the lowest statutory age commonly cited as 16 and the highes...
Legislative Changes to Age of Consent
Examples of legislative changes to the age of consent include Wyoming and New Mexico's adjustments upward between 2018 and 2019.