The average age of consent across states is from 12 to 14 , while in the state of Nayarit , the minimum age for consensual sexual activity is puberty .
`` At state level , the minimum ages of consent vary between 12 ( and puberty in one state , Nayarit ) and 14 , while the age at which there are no restrictions for consensual sexual activities vary from 16 to 18 ( most common 18 ) .  ''
Ages of consent in North America