# US states by average household size, 2024

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_household_size`
- Unit: persons per household
- Definition: Average number of persons per private household. EU countries: EU-SILC. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate of people in households divided by occupied housing units, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-household-size/us-states

| Rank | Place | persons per household |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Utah | 3 |
| 2 | Hawaii | 2.9 |
| 3 | California | 2.8 |
| 4 | Texas | 2.7 |
| 5 | Idaho | 2.6 |
| 6 | Georgia | 2.6 |
| 6 | Nevada | 2.6 |
| 6 | New Jersey | 2.6 |
| 9 | Alaska | 2.6 |
| 10 | Maryland | 2.6 |
| 11 | Arizona | 2.5 |
| 12 | Virginia | 2.5 |
| 13 | Florida | 2.5 |
| 14 | Oklahoma | 2.5 |
| 14 | Washington | 2.5 |
| 16 | Louisiana | 2.5 |
| 16 | Mississippi | 2.5 |
| 16 | New York | 2.5 |
| 19 | Alabama | 2.5 |
| 19 | Delaware | 2.5 |
| 19 | New Mexico | 2.5 |
| 22 | Arkansas | 2.5 |
| 22 | Connecticut | 2.5 |
| 22 | Illinois | 2.5 |
| 22 | Indiana | 2.5 |
| 26 | Tennessee | 2.5 |
| 27 | Kansas | 2.4 |
| 27 | Massachusetts | 2.4 |
| 27 | New Hampshire | 2.4 |
| 27 | North Carolina | 2.4 |
| 27 | South Carolina | 2.4 |
| 32 | Kentucky | 2.4 |
| 32 | Minnesota | 2.4 |
| 34 | Colorado | 2.4 |
| 34 | Michigan | 2.4 |
| 34 | Nebraska | 2.4 |
| 34 | Oregon | 2.4 |
| 38 | Missouri | 2.4 |
| 39 | Pennsylvania | 2.4 |
| 39 | Rhode Island | 2.4 |
| 39 | South Dakota | 2.4 |
| 42 | Montana | 2.4 |
| 42 | Ohio | 2.4 |
| 42 | West Virginia | 2.4 |
| 45 | Iowa | 2.4 |
| 46 | Wyoming | 2.3 |
| 47 | Wisconsin | 2.3 |
| 48 | North Dakota | 2.3 |
| 48 | Vermont | 2.3 |
| 50 | Maine | 2.3 |
| 51 | District of Columbia | 2 |