CB03-FF.14SE September 24, 2003
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Dialing for Dollars
Telemarketing
3,169
The number of telemarketing establishments in the United States in
1997.
<http://www.census.gov/epcd/ec97/US_56.HTM>
5,250
The number of collection agencies in the United States in 1997. Collection
agencies are another source of pesky, dinnertime calls to people’s
homes.
<http://www.census.gov/epcd/ec97/US_56.HTM>
$8.2 billion
Sales by telemarketing firms, as reported in the 1997 Economic Census, the
most current data available (data from the 2002 Economic Census currently
are being processed.)
<http://www.census.gov/epcd/ec97/US_56.HTM>
236,000
The number of people employed by the telemarketing industry in 1997.
<http://www.census.gov/epcd/ec97/US_56.HTM>
$3.5 billion
The annual payroll for employees in the telemarketing industry in 1997.
<http://www.census.gov/epcd/ec97/US_56.HTM>
112 million
The number of residential telephone access lines in the United States in
2001.
<http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/>,
2003 edition, Table 1149 (unpublished).
Phone Service
103 million
The number of the nation’s households (98 percent) with telephone
service in 2000. They consisted of 69 million homeowners and 34 million
renters.
<http://factfinder.census.gov>,
Census 2000 Summary File 3, Table H43.
99 percent
The proportion of all owner-occupied housing units that had telephone service
in 2000.
<http://factfinder.census.gov>,
Census 2000 Summary File 3, Table QT-H9.
540 billion
The number of interstate long-distance call minutes clocked by carriers
in 2001.
<http://www.census.gov/statab/www/>,
2003 edition, Table 1149 (unpublished).
515 billion
The number of local calls originated in the United States in 2001.
<http://www.census.gov/statab/www/>,
2003 edition, Table 1149 (unpublished).
98 billion
The number of toll calls originated in the United States in 2001.
<http://www.census.gov/statab/www/>,
2003 edition, Table 1149 (unpublished).
$914
The average annual expenditure by consumers on telephones in 2001. Blacks
($1,024) spent much more than the average, while Hispanics ($917) spent
about the average. One-person consumer units spent $620, while those with
five or more people spent $1,194.
<http://www.census.gov/statab/www/>,
2003 edition, Tables 678, 679 (unpublished).
1920
The first available census data on telephones, which showed 35 percent of
households had access to a telephone, either in their homes or outside the
residence (at work or in the home of a neighbor or relative, for example).
The percentage didn’t pass 50 percent until after World War II. The
1980 census was the first time the question on phones specified, “Do
you have a telephone in your living quarters?”
<http://www.census.gov/statab/www/>,
1999 edition, Table 1440.
The following is a list of observances typically covered by the Census Bureau’s
Facts for Features series, which can be found at <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/factsheets.html>:
| African American History Month (February) | Back to School (August) |
| Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14) | Labor Day (Sept. 1) |
| Women’s History Month (March) | Grandparents Day (Sept. 14) |
| St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) | Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) |
| Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) | Halloween (Oct. 31) |
| Older Americans Month (May) | American Indian/Alaska Native Heritage |
| Mother’s Day (May 11) | Month (November) |
| Father’s Day (June 15) | Veterans Day (Nov. 11) |
| The Fourth of July (July 4) | Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 27) |
| Anniversary of Americans With Disabilities Act (July 26) | The Holiday Season (December) |
Editor’s note: Some of the preceding data were collected in surveys and, therefore, are subject to sampling error. Questions or comments should be directed to the Census Bureau’s Public Information Office: telephone: (301) 763-3030; fax: (301) 457-3670; or e-mail: <pio@census.gov>.
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