The average number of people living together in a house or apartment.
Used to calculate:households
Varies by: lifestyle
| Used | lifestyle | Reference | Location: Ecosystem (study period) |
Value | Units | Notes |
|---|
| * | Average American | US Census 2011 US Census CPS Household Size Table hh6.xls | US: All (1940-2011) | 2.58 | persons / household | |
| * | Average Earthling | U.N. Statistics Division 1995- Compendium on Human Settlements Statistics 1995 | global: household () | 4.201235 | persons / household | |
| * | Average New Yorker | US Census 2011 US Census CPS Household Size Table hh6.xls | US: All (1940-2011) | 2.57 | persons / household | |
| * | Eco-conscious | U.S. Census Bureau 2011- Census Bureau Releases 2010 Census Demographic Profiles for Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Puerto Rico and Wisconsin | New York State: All (2010) | 2.57 | persons / household | We estimate this value to be the same as the average New Yorker. |
| * | Lenape Person | Becker 1989- Lenape Population at the Time of European Contact: Estimating Native Numbers in the Lower Delaware Valley | US: Mannahatta () | 27.5 | persons / household | This value represents the average size of a Lenape band, which is the organizational structure that Lenape people are thought to have grouped together in. |