<Li> States where the age of consent is 16 (31): Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia . </Li> <Li> States where the age of consent is 17 (8): Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Texas, and Wyoming . </Li> <Li> States where the age of consent is 18 (11): Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, North Dakota, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin . </Li> <P> These state laws are discussed in detail below . Most of these state laws refer to statutory rape using other names instead of "statutory rape" in particular . Such laws may refer to: "carnal knowledge of a minor," "child molestation," "corruption of a minor," "sexual misconduct," or "unlawful carnal knowledge ." The laws of Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, Mississippi, and Tennessee specifically refer to "statutory rape", with each state defining it differently . Nevada criminalizes "statutory sexual seduction" while Pennsylvania criminalizes "statutory sexual assault". </P>

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