How Many Feet in an Acre

Dec 27, 2019 Dec 27, 2019

When we are talking about how many feet are in one acre¹, of course, we mean square feet², because acres and square feet are units of area and a foot is a length unit. Everybody can imagine an area of a square foot, but it is not so easy to visualize an acre. A good example comes from sport. As a rule, a common football field is about one acre.

But how many feet does one acre consists of? The answer is following:

One acre has 43,560 square feet

The table below will help you if you need to convert square feet and acres into some other units of area.

One acre

One square foot

Square Centimeters

404,687

929

Square Meters

About 4,047

About 0.09

Square Feet

43,560

Square Yards

4,840

1/9

Acres are usually used in the US customary system and in the imperial system for measuring land in forestry and agriculture. Square feet are widely spread in architecture, real estate, etc.

You can come across other types of acres, which are used in various countries: Roman acre (1260 m²), Irish acre (7843 yd²), Cheshire acre (10240 yd²), etc. But they are not as popular as international acres.

The acre is a US customary and imperial unit of area, which is also used in many other systems. The international acre is the most common variant, and it is equal to approximately 4,046.85 square meters, or 0.404 hectare.
The square foot (abbr. sq ft or ft2) is a US customary and imperial unit of area, which is used in the USA, Canada, United Kingdom, and other countries. It is a square area with sides of one foot (12 inches, or about 0,304 meters).

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