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Early reports of the average height of women in the United States include that: 1  Pilgrim women probably averaged about 60 1/2 inches (1620) 2  United States women averaged 62.4 inches (1900 to 1908) 3  United States women averaged 63.7 inches (1948 to 1950)  United States women averaged 64.3 inches in 1955.
The average woman is very close to 5'5 in the United States (164 cm), but tall women are usually considered to start at 5'9 and up (175 cm) because this is the standard for supermodels. And though it seems like a very common height for any woman in every day society, only less than 5% of women are 5'9 and up.