Average adult female BMI in the U.S. from 1999 to 2016, by ethnicity
This statistic depicts the average body mass index (BMI) of U.S. females aged 20 years and over from 1999 to 2016, by ethnicity. According to the data, the average female BMI for those that identified as white was 27.6 in 1999-2000 and increased to 29.1 as of 2015-2016.