AWG - American Wire Gauge and

Circular Mils
American Wire Gauge - AWG - and circular mils

American Wire Gauge (AWG) is a U.S. standard set of wire conductor sizes.
The "gauge" is related to the diameter of the wire.

The AWG standard includes copper, aluminum and other wire materials. Typical
household copper wiring is AWG number 12 or 14. Telephone wire is usually 22, 24,
or 26. The higher the gauge number, the smaller the diameter and the thinner the wire.

The Circular Mil - CM - is a unit of area used especially when denoting the cross-
sectional size of a wire or cable.
American Wire Gauge Circular Mil
Diameter Mil
(AWG) (CM)
0000 460 211,592
000 410 167,800
00 365 133,072
0 325 105,531
1 289 83,690
2 258 66,369
3 229 52,633
4 204 41,740
5 182 33,101
6 162 26,251
7 144 20,818
8 128 16,509
9 114 13,092
10 102 10,383
11 90.7 8,234
12 80.8 6,530
13 72.0 5,178
14 64.1 4,107
15 57.1 3,257
16 50.8 2,583
17 45.3 2,048
20 32.0 1,022
21 28.5 810.1
22 25.3 642.4
23 22.6 509.5
24 20.1 404.0
25 17.9 320.4