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Phone ownership in the U.S.

Landline Phones Are a Dying Breed

As smartphones have become a constant companion for most people in the United States, landline phones are rapidly losing their relevance. In 2004, more than 90 percent of U.S. adults lived in households that had an operational landline phone - now it’s little more than 20 percent. That’s according to data provided by the , which has been tracking phone ownership in the U.S. as a by-product of its biannual National Health Interview Survey since 2004.

If the trend continues, and there’s little reason to believe it won’t, landline phones could soon become an endangered species, much like the VCR and other technological relics before it.

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This chart shows how landline phones are gradually losing relevance in the United States.

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