How many men are 6 feet tall?
Height odds for men and women · Last updated: September 22, 2026
About 1 in 6 American men is 6 feet or taller: 15.9% of the men the CDC actually measured. Set a 6-foot minimum and you’ve ruled out roughly 84% of men before any other standard comes into it.
Height by height
Share of U.S. adults (20 and over) at or above each height, measured without shoes:
| Minimum height | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 5′0″ or taller | over 99% | 89% |
| 5′2″ or taller | 98% | 70% |
| 5′4″ or taller | 95% | 43% (about 1 in 2) |
| 5′6″ or taller | 85% | 19% (about 1 in 5) |
| 5′7″ or taller | 74% | 11% (about 1 in 9) |
| 5′8″ or taller | 63% | 4.9% (about 1 in 20) |
| 5′9″ or taller | 50% | 2.0% (about 1 in 50) |
| 5′10″ or taller | 35% (about 1 in 3) | 0.9% (about 1 in 110) |
| 5′11″ or taller | 24% (about 1 in 4) | 0.3%* (about 1 in 300) |
| 6′0″ or taller | 16% (about 1 in 6) | 0.1%* (about 1 in 900) |
| 6′1″ or taller | 8.5% (about 1 in 12) | 0.03%* (about 1 in 3,000) |
| 6′2″ or taller | 4.1% (about 1 in 24) | 0.01%* (about 1 in 10,000) |
| 6′3″ or taller | 2.3% (about 1 in 45) | under 0.01%* (fewer than 1 in 10,000) |
| 6′4″ or taller | 0.9% (about 1 in 110) | under 0.01%* (fewer than 1 in 10,000) |
| 6′6″ or taller | 0.1%* (about 1 in 750) | under 0.01%* (fewer than 1 in 10,000) |
* Too few people this tall were measured for a reliable count, so these come from the bell curve that fits everyone else (see below).
What stands out
- 5′9″ is the middle. Half of men are 5′9″ or taller and half are shorter, so any minimum above 5′9″ rules out most men.
- From 6 feet up, each inch roughly halves the pool. 16% of men are 6′0″ or taller, 8.5% are 6′1″ or taller, 4.1% are 6′2″ and 2.3% are 6′3″.
- 6′4″ is about 1 man in 110.
- Younger men are taller. About 19% of men aged 18–44 are 6′0″ or taller, against 9% of men 65 and over. That is why the calculator uses the figure for the ages you pick.
- For women, 5′8″ is already uncommon. About 1 woman in 20 is 5′8″ or taller, and a 6-foot woman is closer to 1 in 900.
How these numbers are worked out
The table is a count: the share of the roughly 6,000 adults the CDC’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES, 2021–2023) measured, weighted to represent the U.S. Men average 5′8.9″ and women 5′3.5″.
The calculator itself uses a bell curve fitted to those same measurements for each age group, because a search is always for a particular age range. The curve and the count agree to within about one percentage point at every height in the table.
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