Do Buddhists tend to be older?

I'm 26 and have been dabbling in Buddhism and various sanghas for about 5 years now. One of the things I've noticed is that the sanghas I go to tend to be filled with older people. I went to this Zen sangha on and off for several years and I was the only one there that was under 50.

I live in South Florida, so there are a lot of retirees. I'm not sure whether my experience with this is because of my location, or because Buddhist sanghas in general tend to be older (which would make sense, since older people tend to be more religious). Have people in other places notice that their sanghas are older?

I had hoped that I could use a sangha, not just to strengthen my practice but also form social connections with like-minded people, so this has been kind of disappointing. I don't mean to be judgemental towards these people, but I'm just not super stoked about hanging out with people my parent's age all day long.

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