FCC Releases Telephone Subscribership Report

As of July 2011…

• The telephone subscribership penetration rate in the U.S. was 95.6%, a decrease of 0.4% over the rate from July 2010. This decrease is not considered statistically significant.
• The telephone penetration rate for households in income categories below $20,000 was at or below 94.7%, while the rate for households in income categories over $75,000 was at least 98.9%.
• Among the states, the penetration rates ranged from a low of 91.4% to a high of 98.5%.
• Penetration rates ranged from 93.8% for households headed by a person under 25 to at least 95.9% for households headed by a person over 55.
• Households with one person had a penetration rate of 93.5%, compared to a rate of 96.5% for households with four or five persons.
• The penetration rate for unemployed adults was 95.1%, while the rate for employed adults was 96.7%.