What is the legal age of majority in the United States? 18 or 2 1?

18 is the legal age of majority and the lowest age for military service and employment in the United States. But 2 1 is the real adult age in the United States, because there are many laws in the United States that restrict citizens under 2 1.

For example, the United States is not allowed to sell cigarettes and alcohol to young people under the age of 265,438+0, and many adult places and clubs must be over the age of 265,438+0 to enter. Many laws in Korea also have different standards for the age of adults. For example, according to South Korea's Juvenile Protection Law, Korean men and women over the age of 19 are regarded as adults. However, according to the Korean Criminal Law, all Koreans over 14 years old are regarded as adults, and if they commit crimes, they will be punished by the judicial organs. Therefore, adjusting the age of majority will cause a series of problems, such as whether the age of military service in South Korea is also reduced to 19, which needs to be further solved.