May 14th, 2007
25% of young Americans do not have a landline
The portion of adults with only cellphones grew by more than 2% in the latter half of in 2006 to nearly 12%. 25% of Americans 18 to 24 had only cellphones, as did 29% of those aged 25 to 29. 15% of Hispanic adults, 13% of black adults, 12% of Asians and 11% of whites had only cellphones. 22% of the poorest adults had only cellphones, double the rate for those who are not poor. 13% of males and 11% of females had cellphones only. Nearly 2% of adults had no phone at all, CDC reports.
Alex is a software engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area. ITFacts is created and updated by a group of statistics-obsessed individuals.
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