Survey: 73% Of Americans No Longer Have A Landline

The Washington Post reports:

About 73 percent of American adults lived in a household without a landline at the end of last year — a figure that has tripled since 2010.

The latest survey shows that landlines are far more common among homeowners (34 percent have them) than among renters (15 percent), while Hispanic Americans (20 percent) are less likely to have them than their White or Black friends (30.5 percent).

Only 2 percent of U.S. adults use only landlines. Another 3 percent mostly rely on landlines and 1 percent don’t have phones at all. The largest group of holdouts, of course, are folks 65 and older. That’s the only demographic for which households with landlines still outnumber wireless-only households.

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Barely a quarter of Americans still have landlines. Who are they? https://t.co/86sTkkWY6C I still have a landline. Its primary use? Calling my mobile phone when I can’t find it.

— Derek McGinty (@mcgintyman) June 26, 2023