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Household Size
Household size · Asked in 14 waves, 2014–2025 · 130,846 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Version of pphhsize first asked in 2014: wording or answer options differ from shed:PPHHSIZE.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Showing the first 8 of 13 answers.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Groups with an effective sample under 50 in a wave are left out of that wave.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2025 | 2025-10-17 to 2025-10-28 | web | 12,934 | 12,934 |
| SHED 2024 | 2024-10-18 to 2024-10-31 | web | 12,295 | 12,295 |
| SHED 2023 | 2023-10-20 to 2023-11-05 | web | 11,400 | 11,400 |
| SHED 2022 | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 11,667 |
| SHED 2021 | 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30 | web | 11,874 | 11,874 |
| SHED 2020 | 2020-11-01 to 2020-11-30 | web | 11,648 | 11,648 |
| SHED supplemental survey, July 2020 | 2020-07-01 to 2020-07-31 | web | 4,174 | 4,174 |
| SHED supplemental survey, April 2020 | 2020-04-01 to 2020-04-30 | web | 1,030 | 1,030 |
| SHED 2019 | 2019-10-01 to 2019-10-31 | web | 12,173 | 12,173 |
| SHED 2018 | 2018-10-01 to 2018-11-30 | web |
| Group | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 16% | 36% | 19% | 15% | 7% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | – | 12934 | ±0.9 | |
| Northeast | 19% | 36% | 20% | 16% | 6% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | – | – | – | 2227 | ±2 | |
| Midwest | 17% | 38% | 18% | 14% | 7% | 4% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | – | 0% | – | 2941 | ±2 | |
| South | 17% | 36% | 19% | 15% | 8% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | – | – | 4869 | ±1 | |
| West | 15% | 36% | 18% | 16% | 8% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | – | – | – | 2897 | ±2 |
SHED 2025 · US adults 18+. Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.
| 11,316 |
| 11,316 |
| SHED 2017 | 2017-11-01 to 2017-12-31 | web | 12,187 | 12,187 |
| SHED 2016 | 2016-10-01 to 2016-10-31 | web | 6,610 | 6,610 |
| SHED 2015 | 2015-10-01 to 2015-11-30 | web | 5,642 | 5,642 |
| SHED 2014 | 2014-10-01 to 2014-10-31 | web | 5,896 | 5,896 |