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The percent of homes without a telephone dropped to only 2.4 percent in 2000, compared with 5.2 percent in 1990. Increased cell phone usage probably played a major role in this dramatic change. In 1960, about 1-in-5 households had no telephone available. Two decades later in 1980, the rate of households without a phone had dropped to single digits, at 7 percent.
It was a different picture for several southern states in 1960, when over 40 percent of their homes had no telephone available; for example, Mississippi recorded a rate of 55 percent. By 2000, those rates had dropped to less than 10 percent, with Mississippi now at 6.5 percent.
When examining the relevant tables, bear in mind that in 2000, the decennial census collected information on the extent to which households had access to telephone service. In 1980 and 1990, the data refer to the presence of a telephone in the housing unit; 1970 and 1960 data refer to telephone available (it did not have to be in the actual unit), which is less restrictive.
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No telephone in unit |
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Number |
Percent |
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United States |
102,909,396 |
2,570,705 |
2.4% |
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Alabama |
1,663,523 |
73,557 |
4.2% |
Alaska |
214,916 |
6,684 |
3.0% |
Arizona |
1,831,006 |
70,321 |
3.7% |
Arkansas |
985,949 |
56,747 |
5.4% |
California |
11,334,841 |
168,029 |
1.5% |
Colorado |
1,635,361 |
22,877 |
1.4% |
Connecticut |
1,287,275 |
14,395 |
1.1% |
Delaware |
294,689 |
4,047 |
1.4% |
District of Columbia |
242,054 |
6,284 |
2.5% |
Florida |
6,198,038 |
139,891 |
2.2% |
Georgia |
2,910,229 |
96,140 |
3.2% |
Hawaii |
394,980 |
8,260 |
2.0% |
Idaho |
460,548 |
9,097 |
1.9% |
Illinois |
4,452,851 |
138,928 |
3.0% |
Indiana |
2,267,731 |
68,575 |
2.9% |
Iowa |
1,129,539 |
19,737 |
1.7% |
Kansas |
1,008,615 |
29,276 |
2.8% |
Kentucky |
1,516,035 |
74,612 |
4.7% |
Louisiana |
1,586,565 |
69,488 |
4.2% |
Maine |
511,364 |
6,836 |
1.3% |
Maryland |
1,948,858 |
32,001 |
1.6% |
Massachusetts |
2,420,599 |
22,981 |
0.9% |
Michigan |
3,685,914 |
99,747 |
2.6% |
Minnesota |
1,873,486 |
21,641 |
1.1% |
Mississippi |
977,902 |
68,532 |
6.5% |
Missouri |
2,130,480 |
64,114 |
2.9% |
Montana |
348,521 |
10,146 |
2.8% |
Nebraska |
653,346 |
12,838 |
1.9% |
Nevada |
734,088 |
17,077 |
2.3% |
New Hampshire |
469,343 |
5,263 |
1.1% |
New Jersey |
3,008,443 |
56,202 |
1.8% |
New Mexico |
639,008 |
38,963 |
5.7% |
New York |
6,924,156 |
132,704 |
1.9% |
North Carolina |
3,037,076 |
94,937 |
3.0% |
North Dakota |
252,533 |
4,619 |
1.8% |
Ohio |
4,348,056 |
97,717 |
2.2% |
Oklahoma |
1,280,278 |
62,015 |
4.6% |
Oregon |
1,311,914 |
21,809 |
1.6% |
Pennsylvania |
4,711,323 |
65,680 |
1.4% |
Rhode Island |
402,487 |
5,937 |
1.5% |
South Carolina |
1,470,079 |
63,775 |
4.2% |
South Dakota |
281,789 |
8,456 |
2.9% |
Tennessee |
2,166,476 |
66,429 |
3.0% |
Texas |
7,158,445 |
234,909 |
3.2% |
Utah |
690,479 |
10,802 |
1.5% |
Vermont |
236,999 |
3,635 |
1.5% |
Virginia |
2,641,517 |
57,656 |
2.1% |
Washington |
2,240,288 |
31,110 |
1.4% |
West Virginia |
701,695 |
34,786 |
4.7% |
Wisconsin |
2,050,336 |
34,208 |
1.6% |
Wyoming |
187,373 |
6,235 |
3.2% |
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Telephone Telephone
in unit Number Percent in unit Number Percent
US 87,129,953 4,817,457 5.2% 74,719,996 5,669,677 7.1%
AL 1,375,236 131,554 8.7% 1,168,631 173,225 12.9%
AK 173,185 15,730 8.3% 109,507 21,956 16.7%
AZ 1,252,435 116,408 8.5% 853,557 103,475 10.8%
AR 793,643 97,536 10.9% 713,697 102,368 12.5%
CA 10,068,066 313,140 3.0% 8,174,972 454,894 5.3%
CO 1,228,907 53,582 4.2% 994,689 66,560 6.3%
CT 1,198,163 32,316 2.6% 1,056,371 37,307 3.4%
DE 239,813 7,684 3.1% 196,909 10,172 4.9%
DC 239,105 10,529 4.2% 241,032 12,111 4.8%
FL 4,864,627 270,242 5.3% 3,376,613 367,641 9.8%
GA 2,170,926 195,689 8.3% 1,651,116 220,536 11.8%
HI 346,873 9,394 2.6% 279,557 14,495 4.9%
ID 339,644 21,079 5.8% 301,052 23,055 7.1%
IL 4,010,024 192,216 4.6% 3,834,056 211,318 5.2%
IN 1,943,603 121,752 5.9% 1,799,517 127,533 6.6%
IA 1,027,838 36,487 3.4% 1,012,728 40,305 3.8%
KS 902,993 41,733 4.4% 828,047 44,192 5.1%
KY 1,238,901 140,881 10.2% 1,113,514 149,841 11.9%
LA 1,374,814 124,455 8.3% 1,258,433 153,355 10.9%
ME 447,930 17,382 3.7% 365,813 29,371 7.4%
MD 1,693,888 55,103 3.2% 1,399,144 61,721 4.2%
MA 2,199,728 47,382 2.1% 1,945,944 86,773 4.3%
MI 3,280,249 139,082 4.1% 3,064,173 131,040 4.1%
MN 1,607,500 40,353 2.4% 1,395,981 49,241 3.4%
MS 796,244 115,130 12.6% 689,605 137,564 16.6%
MO 1,858,481 102,725 5.2% 1,695,833 97,566 5.4%
MT 285,040 21,123 6.9% 261,413 22,329 7.9%
NE 580,681 21,682 3.6% 549,694 21,706 3.8%
NV 441,179 25,118 5.4% 274,661 29,666 9.7%
NH 397,119 14,067 3.4% 304,692 18,801 5.8%
NJ 2,708,860 85,851 3.1% 2,427,891 120,703 4.7%
NM 475,177 67,532 12.4% 379,742 61,724 14.0%
NY 6,306,914 332,408 5.0% 5,865,797 474,632 7.5%
NC 2,338,336 178,690 7.1% 1,819,379 223,912 11.0%
ND 232,363 8,515 3.5% 218,100 9,564 4.2%
OH 3,895,552 191,994 4.7% 3,607,319 226,509 5.9%
OK 1,099,754 106,381 8.8% 1,029,940 88,621 7.9%
OR 1,053,261 50,052 4.5% 926,855 64,738 6.5%
PA 4,379,187 116,779 2.6% 4,044,249 175,357 4.2%
RI 366,104 11,873 3.1% 322,502 16,088 4.8%
SC 1,143,349 114,695 9.1% 900,550 129,431 12.6%
SD 243,516 15,518 6.0% 227,137 15,386 6.3%
TN 1,721,394 132,331 7.1% 1,458,614 159,891 9.9%
TX 5,547,903 523,034 8.6% 4,465,923 463,344 9.4%
UT 515,801 21,472 4.0% 424,315 24,288 5.4%
VT 201,258 9,392 4.5% 166,292 12,033 6.7%
VA 2,168,192 123,638 5.4% 1,709,016 154,057 8.3%
WA 1,807,764 64,667 3.5% 1,452,870 87,640 5.7%
WV 617,803 70,754 10.3% 613,033 73,278 10.7%
WI 1,771,278 50,840 2.8% 1,597,741 54,520 3.3%
WY 159,352 9,487 5.6% 151,780 13,844 8.4%
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available available
Telephone Telephone
available Number Percent available Number Percent
US 55,176,700 8,273,047 13.0% 41,618,040 11,405,835 21.5%
AL 808,353 225,760 21.8% 523,166 360,950 40.8%
AK 57,602 21,457 27.1% 34,368 22,882 40.0%
AZ 426,191 112,966 21.0% 237,086 129,544 35.3%
AR 463,208 152,216 24.7% 268,867 254,685 48.6%
CA 5,871,481 702,380 10.7% 4,130,218 851,890 17.1%
CO 616,911 74,017 10.7% 445,380 84,039 15.9%
CT 873,698 59,571 6.4% 688,136 64,600 8.6%
DE 148,888 15,916 9.7% 107,676 20,906 16.3%
DC 228,878 33,660 12.8% 209,042 43,024 17.1%
FL 1,859,031 425,755 18.6% 1,055,151 495,263 31.9%
GA 1,092,890 276,335 20.2% 660,042 410,283 38.3%
HI 184,250 18,838 9.3% 125,009 28,055 18.3%
ID 185,079 33,881 15.5% 147,294 46,545 24.0%
IL 3,124,620 377,518 10.8% 2,622,022 462,949 15.0%
IN 1,420,380 189,114 11.7% 1,125,890 261,988 18.9%
IA 834,283 62,028 6.9% 750,230 91,127 10.8%
KS 655,260 72,104 9.9% 573,120 99,779 14.8%
KY 768,357 215,308 21.9% 523,494 328,373 38.5%
LA 860,070 191,968 18.2% 619,655 272,689 30.6%
ME 258,443 44,480 14.7% 202,775 77,580 27.7%
MD 1,049,851 125,222 10.7% 690,968 172,033 19.9%
MA 1,623,653 136,039 7.7% 1,340,000 194,985 12.7%
MI 2,422,272 230,787 8.7% 1,928,267 310,812 13.9%
MN 1,079,718 74,228 6.4% 866,159 125,822 12.7%
MS 429,338 207,386 32.6% 257,273 310,797 54.7%
MO 1,333,934 186,633 12.3% 1,058,409 301,645 22.2%
MT 186,632 30,672 14.1% 159,478 42,762 21.1%
NE 434,354 39,367 8.3% 366,855 66,593 15.4%
NV 129,790 30,262 18.9% 63,676 27,844 30.4%
NH 199,923 25,455 11.3% 139,758 40,262 22.4%
NJ 2,007,048 211,134 9.5% 1,536,962 269,477 14.9%
NM 220,275 69,114 23.9% 160,239 90,970 36.2%
NY 5,185,144 728,717 12.3% 4,320,483 928,227 17.7%
NC 1,168,419 341,145 22.6% 704,153 500,562 41.6%
ND 164,304 17,309 9.5% 134,510 38,852 22.4%
OH 2,982,472 306,960 9.3% 2,418,525 434,032 15.2%
OK 718,399 132,404 15.6% 548,020 186,573 25.4%
OR 615,041 76,590 11.1% 461,440 96,774 17.3%
PA 3,385,893 319,517 8.6% 2,864,941 485,898 14.5%
RI 265,576 26,389 9.0% 208,573 48,762 18.9%
SC 554,928 179,445 24.4% 334,004 269,547 44.7%
SD 175,751 25,056 12.5% 150,875 43,946 22.6%
TN 979,967 233,220 19.2% 683,353 319,948 31.9%
TX 2,824,900 609,096 17.7% 1,961,636 816,480 29.4%
UT 271,470 26,464 8.9% 210,378 31,154 12.9%
VT 116,511 15,587 11.8% 84,774 25,958 23.4%
VA 1,164,345 226,291 16.3% 743,811 329,029 30.7%
WA 990,573 115,014 10.4% 759,064 135,104 15.1%
WV 435,638 111,576 20.4% 350,280 170,862 32.8%
WI 1,232,317 96,487 7.3% 985,422 160,920 14.0%
WY 90,391 14,209 13.6% 77,133 22,054 22.2%
