# Average Number of Steps/Miles a Person Walks in a Day

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**Created:** [November 30, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-number-of-steps-miles-a-person-walks-in-a-day/216127 "2003-11-30T22:30:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![JohnW77707](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@JohnW77707](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnW77707)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-number-of-steps-miles-a-person-walks-in-a-day/216127/1 "2003-11-30T22:30:39Z")

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Anyone ever seen a stat like that? Google is unsucessful.  
Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Zardoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a8b319/32.png) [@Zardoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zardoz)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-number-of-steps-miles-a-person-walks-in-a-day/216127/2 "2003-11-30T23:15:51Z")

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Depends. Growing up in a small town in the south, I walked very little; from point a to point b is ususally a long distance that is not very pedestrian-friendly (i.e., no sidewalks). So I drove. Everywhere.

Now living in the big city, I walk **much** more than ever. Parking is usually a problem here in the Emerald City, and I’m able to walk to work from home in about 30 minutes. And I get my exercise! BTW, you don’t see any overweight people walking on a regular basis (hint, hint).

I’d say I walk about 4 miles a day.

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**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-number-of-steps-miles-a-person-walks-in-a-day/216127/3 "2003-12-01T00:02:11Z")

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The health authorities here are trying to get us to aim for 10 000 steps a day so clearly we do less than that usually.

It is not a reliable stat by any means but I did just come across this [here](http://www.shapeup.org/10000steps.html)

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> we learned that in the normal course of events – just living and working – we took anywhere from 900 to 3000 steps in a day and not much more.