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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.
For comparison, the average American woman had a BMI of 25.2 in the '60s, 24.9 in the '70s, 25 in the '80s, and 26.3 in the '90s. As the size of the average woman continued to increase, growing to 27.5 in the 2000s, models and actresses maintained what is by comparison a super-thin look.