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Average household size in United States

2021 – 2024 · 4 data points section.updated Oct 21, 2026
people · United States

section.source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2021 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 2.53per household −0.01 section.change_since ± 0.01 · margin of error
First value · 2021 2.60
Average household size, 2021 – 2024 people per household

section.source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2021 – 2024

The series at a glance United States · 2021 – 2024
Latest value 2.53 · 2024
First value 2.60 · 2021
Highest 2.60 · 2021
Lowest 2.53 · 2024
Data points 4

By year

section.all_years · 2021 – 2024

YearUnited States±Change
2024section.estimate 2.53 0.01 −0.01
2023section.estimate 2.54 0.01 −0.03
2022section.estimate 2.57 0.01 −0.03
2021section.estimate 2.60 0.01

section.source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2021 – 2024

section.what

How many people share an average home.

section.how

Residents of households divided by the number of households.