# Whats the average age of us dopers

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 19, 2005, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846 "2005-11-19T21:57:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/81 "2005-11-22T20:25:22Z")

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Based on what I’ve seen at Dopefests, I’d put the median Doper age in the mid-30s.

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**Author:** ![gfloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gfloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gfloyd)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/82 "2005-11-23T02:08:11Z")

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**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/83 "2005-11-23T02:12:53Z")

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50 here. I’d had the idea that the mean would be around 40’s.

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**Author:** ![Corporate\_Hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@Corporate\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corporate_Hippie)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/84 "2005-11-23T02:23:42Z")

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21

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**Author:** ![Grey\_area](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/85 "2005-11-23T04:04:58Z")

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20, turning 21 in august.

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**Author:** ![ms.deanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@ms.deanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ms.deanna)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/86 "2005-11-23T04:44:08Z")

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42 with a bullet.

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