What state has the tallest men?

The tallest men live in Iowa and Alabama. The tallest states in the United States based on the average height for men (179 centimeters or above) are: Alabama. Iowa.
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What state has the tallest males?

Additionally, men tend to be taller than women on average.
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Top 10 Tallest States
  • Montana – 5'7.7″
  • Utah – 5'7.7″
  • Minnesota – 5'7.5″
  • Oregon – 5'7.5″
  • Alaska – 5'7.5″
  • Iowa – 5'7.5″
  • North Dakota – 5'7.5″
  • South Dakota – 5'7.5″
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What race are the tallest?

Latvian women are the tallest on the planet, with an average height of 170cm. * The top four tallest countries for men are the Netherlands, Belgium, Estonia and Latvia. The top four tallest countries for women are Latvia, the Netherlands, Estonia and the Czech Republic.
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Where are the tallest people on average?

The 10 tallest counties:
  • The Netherlands – 183.78 cm.
  • Montenegro – 183.21 cm.
  • Denmark – 182.60 cm.
  • Norway – 182.39 cm.
  • Serbia – 181.99 cm.
  • Germany – 181.00 cm.
  • Croatia – 180.49 cm.
  • The Czech Republic – 180.26 cm.
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What is the perfect height for a man?

The average for males is considered to be 5.8 feet or 177 cm. Factors that may influence your height include the following: DNA: Your genetic make-up influences your height, growth plates, and hormones.
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How tall is the average Chinese man?

The report says the average height of 19-year-old Chinese males is 175.7 cm, and that of Chinese females is 163.5 cm. Many netizens agreed with the conclusion of the survey results by comparing their height with the younger generations.
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Where do most tall guys live?

The tallest men in the world live in the Netherlands, and the tallest women call Latvia home, according to the largest study ever done on people's heights. The vast project included data from more than 1,400 previous studies that had the heights of more than 18.6 million people in 200 countries.
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How tall are Americans?

The average height in the United States is 5 feet 4 inches (162.56 centimeters) for women and 5 feet 9 inches (175.26 centimeters) for men. This makes the United States the 40th tallest nation in the world. Multiple factors contribute to one's overall height.
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What percentage of Americans are tall?

“In the U.S. population, about 14.5 percent of all men are six feet or taller. Among CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, that number is 58 percent. Even more striking, in the general American population, 3.9 percent of adult men are six foot two or taller.
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What is the smallest race?

With a population that hovers around 2,000, the Toto are today considered one of the world's smallest ethnic groups, and, like their fellow Indigenous peoples from the Amazon to Australia, are experiencing the consequences of extractive industries.
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How tall was Jesus?

He may have stood about 5-ft.-5-in. (166 cm) tall, the average man's height at the time.
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How tall is the average Mexican?

Even though Mexico is not considered to be a part of South America, we would still like to mention its height average. The average male height in Mexico is 5 feet 5.5 inches (170.2 cm) and the average female height in Mexico is 5 feet 1.8 inches (157.9 cm).
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How tall is the average white male?

Race plays a large role in average heights in populations. White men (average height of 5 feet 10 inches) and black men (5 feet 9 inches) tend to be taller than Asian (5 feet 7 inches) and Hispanic (5 feet 7 inches) men.
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What is Japan's average height?

According to Japan's National Health and Nutrition Survey, the average height for a man in Japan was only 160.3 cm (5 feet 2 inches) and the average height for women in Japan was only 148.9 cm (4 feet 9 inches) 70 years ago, which shows that there is approximately 10 cm height increase in Japan over the 70 years.
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How tall is an American girl?

American Girl dolls are 18-inch characters that encourage girls ages 8 and up to express, explore, and find the confidence to be her true self.
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Do you live longer if you are tall?

Findings based on millions of deaths suggest that shorter, smaller bodies have lower death rates and fewer diet-related chronic diseases, especially past middle age. Shorter people also appear to have longer average lifespans.
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How tall is considered tall?

In the US, the average height for men is 5'9″, meaning once a man reaches 5'11”, they are considered tall. Generally, the idea of tall differs from country to country but is around 2-3 inches taller than the average height. Very tall in that case would be around 5-6 inches taller than the average height.
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Why are Europeans so tall?

In a paper published in Nature, the researchers show that northern Europeans seem to have a stronger genetic link to a particularly tall nomadic population from the Eurasian steppe who came to Europe around 4,500 years ago. Because of these genes, northern Europeans are still tall compared to others on the continent.
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How tall is considered short?

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, short stature means an estimated final height below 5 feet 3 inches for boys or 4 feet 11 inches for girls. The average height in the United States is 5 feet 8 inches for men and 5 feet 4 inches for women.
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What is the average male height in Mexico?

The average male height in Mexico is 5 feet 5.5 inches (170.2 cm) and the average female height in Mexico is 5 feet 1.8 inches (157.9 cm).
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What height do girls prefer?

On average, women have a strong preference for tall men. In fact, women care more about dating taller men than men care about dating shorter women. A study on women and men's height preferences found that women are most satisfied when their partner was 8 inches (21cm) taller.
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