Standard Annealed Bare Copper Wire Basic Reference Data
Size AWG
Diameter Inches
Area
Weight Inches
Resistance (68ºF.)
Size AWG
Min.
Nom.
Max.
Nom. Cir. Mils
Lbs. Per M Feet
Feet Per Lb.
Ohms Per M Feet
Ohms Per Lb.
14
.0635
.0641
.0647
4109
12.44
80.39
2.524
.2029
14
15
.0565
.0571
.0577
3260
9.87
101.32
3.181
.3223
15
16
.0503
.0508
.0513
2581
7.812
128.0
4.018
.5143
16
17
.0448
.0453
.0457
2052
6.213
161.0
5.054
.8135
17
18
.0399
.0403
.0407
1624
4.914
203.5
6.386
1.2996
18
19
.0355
.0359
.0363
1289
3.900
256.4
8.046
2.0631
19
20
.0317
.0320
.0323
1024
3.099
322.7
10.13
3.2682
20
21
.0282
.0285
.0288
812.2
2.459
406.7
12.77
5.193
21
22
.0250
.0253
.0256
640.1
1.937
516.3
16.20
8.363
22
23
.0224
.0226
.0228
510.8
1.546
646.8
20.30
13.131
23
24
.0199
.0201
.0203
404.0
1.223
817.7
25.67
20.989
24
25
.0177
.0179
.0181
320.4
.9699
1031
32.37
33.371
25
26
.0157
.0159
.0161
252.8
.7650
1307
41.02
53.62
26
27
.0141
.0142
.0143
201.6
.6101
1639
51.44
84.38
27
28
.0125
.0126
.0127
158.8
.4806
2081
65.31
135.89
28
29
.0112
.0113
.0114
127.7
.3866
2587
81.21
210.06
29
30
.0099
.0100
.0101
100.0
.3025
3306
103.7
342.84
30
31
.0088
.0089
.0090
79.21
.2398
4170
130.9
545.9
31
32
.0079
.0080
.0081
64.00
.1937
5163
162.0
836.3
32
33
.0070
.0071
.0072
50.41
.1526
6553
205.7
1348.1
33
34
.0062
.0063
.0064
39.69
.1201
8326
261.3
2175.7
34
35
.0055
.0056
.0057
31.36
.0949
10537
330.7
3484.7
35
36
.0049
.0050
.0051
25.00
.07569
13212
414.8
5480
36
37
.0044
.0045
.0046
20.25
.06128
16319
512.1
8357
37
38
.0039
.0040
.0041
16.00
.04844
20644
648.2
13381
38
39
.0034
.0035
.0036
12.25
.03708
26969
846.6
22832
39
40
.0030
.0031
.0032
9.61
.02910
34364
1079
37086
40
41
.0027
.0028
.0029
7.84
.02374
42123
1323
55729
41
42
.0024
.0025
.0026
6.25
.01892
52854
1659
87685
42
43
.0021
.0022
.0023
4.84
.01465
68259
2143
146280
43
44
.0019
.0020
.0021
4.00
.01210
82645
2593
214298
44
45
.00169
.00176
.00183
3.10
.0096
104000
3348
348750
45
46
.00151
.00157
.00164
2.47
.0076
132000
4207
553553
46
47
.00135
.00140
.00146
1.96
.0061
162000
5291
867377
47
48
.00119
.00124
.00129
1.54
.0048
205000
6745
1405208
48
49
.00107
.00111
.00116
1.23
.0038
258000
8417
2215000
49
50
.00095
.00099
.00103
.980
.0030
312000
10580
3526667
50
The bare copper wire used in the manufacture of Bridgeport Magnet Wire complies with the American Standards Association (ASA) specification for soft or annealed copper wire C 7.1-1951 or latest revision