Question: What is the Average Height for an Adult Woman?
Answer: According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the average height for an adult female in the United States is:
- 63.8 inches, or
- 5 feet 3.8 inches
How well is your child growing? Is he above or below average?
Use our Kids Growth Chart Percentiles Calculator to see what percentile your child is growing on.
To figure out what the 'average' height is for children, just check our Growth Charts and see what height is equal to the 50th percentile.
