Average Home Size In US States vs Western European Countries

Map created by Hunter

The map above compares the average home size in square feet in each US state with those found in selected European countries. And the difference is quite staggering.

Hawaii is the only state with an average home size smaller than any European country. And Utah homes are 3.5x the size of the typical British one.

Here’s a full list by State and country in both sq feet and sq metres.

State/Country	Avg. square feet	Average Square Meter
Utah	2,800	260.13
Colorado	2,464	228.91
Idaho	2,311	214.70
Australia	2,303	213.96
Wyoming	2,285	212.28
Delaware	2,277	211.54
Georgia	2,262	210.15
Maryland	2,207	205.04
Montana	2,200	204.39
North Dakota	2,190	203.46
Washington	2,185	202.99
New Zealand	2,174	201.97
Texas	2,170	201.60
United States	2,164	201.04
Connecticut	2,158	200.48
Tennessee	2,157	200.39
North Carolina	2,152	199.93
Alabama	2,146	199.37
South Carolina	2,123	197.23
Virginia	2,105	195.56
New Mexico	2,087	193.89
Mississippi	2,065	191.84
Nevada	2,060	191.38
Arizona	2,049	190.36
Pennsylvania	2,045	189.99
Minnesota	2,026	188.22
Kansas	2,020	187.66
Nebraska	2,016	187.29
Indiana	2,011	186.83
Vermont	2,000	185.81
Florida	1,960	182.09
Louisiana	1,955	181.63
Kentucky	1,953	181.44
Canada	1,948	180.98
Oregon	1,946	180.79
Oklahoma	1,941	180.32
New Hampshire	1,934	179.67
South Dakota	1,915	177.91
Rhode Island	1,913	177.72
Alaska	1,910	177.44
California	1,860	172.80
Arkansas	1,860	172.80
Missouri	1,848	171.68
Wisconsin	1,822	169.27
Ohio	1,803	167.50
Massachusetts	1,800	167.23
New Jersey	1,753	162.86
West Virginia	1,752	162.77
Michigan	1,726	160.35
Illinois	1,700	157.94
Maine	1,680	156.08
Iowa	1,623	150.78
New York	1,490	138.43
Denmark	1,475	137.03
Luxembourg	1,359	126.26
Greece	1,356	125.98
Belgium	1,293	120.12
Netherlands	1,261	117.15
France	1,206	112.04
Germany	1,173	108.98
Hawaii	1,164	108.14
Spain	1,044	96.99
Austria	1,043	96.90
Japan	1,023	95.04
Ireland	957	88.91
Portugal	902	83.80
Sweden	893	82.96
Finland	880	81.75
Italy	872	81.01
United Kingdom	818	75.99
China	646	60.02
Russia	614	57.04
India	504	46.82
Hong Kong	484	44.97

The table above also includes some other countries not found in the maps above (e.g. Canada, Australia, India, Russia, Japan, etc.) for comparisons sake.

The data for the US seems to come from the American Home Size Index and the data for all other countries comes from Shrinkthatfootprint.com.

Which state or country surprised you the most?