1998
Telephone
Households	
Percent
with Phone	1998
Non‑Telephone
Households	
Percent
no Phone	1998
Total
Households	

							
	REGION						
							
	Northeast	18914415	95.43	906600	4.57	19821015	
	Midwest	23003568	94.82	1256084	5.18	24259652	
	South	33965853	92.81	2630780	7.19	36596633	
	West	20658859	94.30	1248059	5.70	21906918	
							
	Total U.S.	96542695	94.11	6041523	5.89	102584218	
							
	DIVISION						
							
	New England	4975291	94.26	303113	5.74	5278404	
	Mid Atlantic	13939124	95.85	603487	4.15	14542611	
	East North Central	16084544	94.44	947611	5.56	17032155	
	West North Central	6919024	95.73	308473	4.27	7227497	
	South Atlantic	17731684	93.29	1275692	6.71	19007376	
	East South Central	6022965	93.11	445343	6.89	6468308	
	West South Central	10211204	91.82	909746	8.18	11120949	
	Mountain	5800257	92.80	449944	7.20	6250201	
	Pacific	14858603	94.90	798115	5.10	15656717	
							
	Total U.S.	96542695	94.11	6041523	5.89	102584218	

	STATE						
							
	Alabama	1615404	93.61	110217	6.39	1725621	
	Alaska	215117	92.83	16619	7.17	231736	
	Arizona	1548349	91.53	143275	8.47	1691624	
	Arkansas	869895	86.41	136758	13.59	1006653	
	California	10913607	94.89	588251	5.11	11501858	
	Colorado	1466840	94.16	91039	5.84	1557879	
	Connecticut	1177958	92.71	92685	7.29	1270644	
	Delaware	264834	97.44	6967	2.56	271801	
	District of Columbia	210882	91.67	19167	8.33	230049	
	Florida	5616541	93.33	401564	6.67	6018105	
	Georgia	2587967	90.30	278108	9.70	2866075	
	Hawaii	393358	94.96	20868	5.04	414226	
	Idaho	423544	92.52	34218	7.48	457762	
	Illinois	4140225	92.55	333134	7.45	4473359	
	Indiana	2123539	93.87	138662	6.13	2262200	
	Iowa	1094738	96.61	38409	3.39	1133147	
	Kansas	973348	95.23	48777	4.77	1022125	
	Kentucky	1437800	94.10	90132	5.90	1527932	
	Louisiana	1538915	93.46	107691	6.54	1646606	
	Maine	493864	95.92	20998	4.08	514863	
	Maryland	1867315	96.10	75871	3.90	1943186	
	Massachusetts	2252321	94.05	142415	5.95	2394735	
	Michigan	3581795	95.10	184491	4.90	3766286	
	Minnesota	1735300	97.29	48287	2.71	1783587	
	Mississippi	922132	89.26	110953	10.74	1033085	
	Missouri	2002346	95.00	105297	5.00	2107644	
	Montana	331788	93.24	24040	6.76	355827	
	Nebraska	615229	95.72	27521	4.28	642750	
	Nevada	624359	92.53	50410	7.47	674769	
	New Hampshire	430503	95.36	20928	4.64	451431	
	New Jersey	2785060	95.70	125134	4.30	2910194	
	New Mexico	570284	87.76	79562	12.24	649846	
	New York	6634748	95.19	335501	4.81	6970248	
	North Carolina	2690785	93.06	200592	6.94	2891377	
	North Dakota	244066	96.49	8882	3.51	252948	
	Ohio	4245676	95.83	184908	4.17	4430584	
	Oklahoma	1198907	90.56	124991	9.44	1323898	
	Oregon	1222007	95.25	60924	4.75	1282930	
	Pennsylvania	4519317	96.94	142852	3.06	4662169	
	Rhode Island	386708	96.18	15357	3.82	402064	
	South Carolina	1337038	92.06	115296	7.94	1452335	
	South Dakota	253996	89.03	31301	10.97	285297	
	Tennessee	2047629	93.86	134041	6.14	2181670	
	Texas	6603486	92.44	540305	7.56	7143791	
	Utah	662195	98.00	13520	2.00	675714	
	Vermont	233937	95.61	10730	4.39	244667	
	Virginia	2459923	94.95	130805	5.05	2590728	
	Washington	2114514	94.99	111453	5.01	2225967	
	West Virginia	696399	93.64	47321	6.36	743720	
	Wisconsin	1993309	94.93	106417	5.07	2099726	
	Wyoming	172898	92.57	13881	7.43	186779	
							
	Total U.S.	96542695	94.11	6041523	5.89	102584218	

							
	AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER						
							
	Under 18	103015	71.01	42058	28.99	145074	
	18 to 24	4611867	86.70	707259	13.30	5319125	
	25 to 34	17547452	92.16	1493404	7.84	19040856	
	35 to 44	22482808	93.86	1469932	6.14	23952740	
	45 to 54	18596207	95.13	951571	4.87	19547778	
	55 to 64	12525052	95.75	556154	4.25	13081207	
	65 to 74	10856852	96.32	414834	3.68	11271687	
	75 and older	9819441	96.03	406311	3.97	10225752	
							
	RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER						
							
	White Non‑Hispanic	74643042	95.73	3326183	4.27	77969225	
	Black Non‑Hispanic	10804458	88.51	1403249	11.49	12207707	
	American Indian Non‑Hispanic	620261	84.88	110481	15.12	730742	
	Asian Non‑Hispanic	2930159	95.31	144152	4.69	3074311	
	Hispanic Origin	7544774	87.71	1057459	12.29	8602233	
							
	HISPANIC ORIGIN OF HOUSEHOLDER						
							
	Mexican	4357593	85.51	738208	14.49	5095801	
	Puerto Rican	910169	86.47	142404	13.53	1052572	
	Cuban	469285	94.18	28993	5.82	498278	
	Other Spanish	1807727	97.18	147854	7.95	1860100	
							
	HOUSEHOLD INCOME						
							
	Less than $10,000	9359673	82.72	1955148	17.28	11314821	
	$10,000 to $14,999	7393877	88.66	945252	11.34	8339129	
	$15,000 to $24,999	14134323	92.67	1117286	7.33	15251609	
	$25,000 to $34,999	12905311	94.97	683341	5.03	13588652	
	$35,000 to $44,999	11311032	96.14	454483	3.86	11765515	
	$45,000 to $59,999	13246083	97.33	363594	2.67	13609677	
	$60,000 to $74,999	9533351	97.82	212215	2.18	9745565	
	$75,000 to $99,999	8962144	98.26	158299	1.74	9120443	
	$100,000 or more	9696901	98.46	151905	1.54	9848806	
							
	MSA STATUS						
							
	Central City of MSA	24322755	92.62	1938465	7.38	26261220	
	Remainder of MSA	53678174	96.92	2442433	4.41	55383242	
	Non‑MSA	18541766	91.78	1660625	8.22	20202391	
							
	TENURE						
							
	Owned	65822884	96.97	2057898	3.03	67880782	
	Rented	30719811	88.52	3983624	11.48	34703436	
							
	Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, March 1998.						

	Updated for format consistency 10/18/99