The table shows the median ages of residents for the 10 oldest states and the 10 youngest states of the United States including Washington, D.C. Explain why the median is used instead of the mean.

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Rank 1 2 3 34 4 56 7 78 9 10 10 Oldest State West Virginia Florida Maine Pennsylvania Vermont Montana Connecticut New Hampshire New Jersey Rhode Island Median age 38.9 38.7 38.6 38.0 37.7 37.5 37.4 37.1 36.7 36.7 Rank 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 10 Youngest State Utah Texas Alaska Idaho California Georgia Mississippi Louisiana Arizona Colorado Median age 27.1 32.3 32.4 33.2 33.3 33.4 33.8 34.0 34.2 34.3