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All households

White

Black

American Indian,

Eskimo, or Aleut

Asian or

Pacific Islander

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4%

13%

23%

2%

Hispanic origin 12%

Note: Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.










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Alabama 131,554 12 8.7% 8 18,386 9 5.1% 5

Alaska 15,730 42 8.3% 11 1,209 46 8.2% 1

Arizona 116,408 17 8.5% 10 13,887 15 4.5% 11

Arkansas 97,536 22 10.9% 3 11,922 18 5.0% 6

California 313,140 3 3.0% 45 29,937 4 1.5% 42

Colorado 53,582 28 4.2% 31 4,388 32 2.0% 28

Connecticut 32,316 35 2.6% 47 3,139 36 1.1% 51

Delaware 7,684 51 3.1% 42 807 51 1.5% 42

D.C. 10,529 46 4.2% 31 1,094 47 2.0% 28

Florida 270,242 4 5.3% 23 32,627 3 2.2% 24

Georgia 195,689 5 8.3% 11 20,182 5 4.6% 9

Hawaii 9,394 48 2.6% 47 1,562 43 2.1% 26

Idaho 21,079 40 5.8% 19 1,967 41 2.5% 21

Illinois 192,216 6 4.6% 27 19,525 6 2.1% 26

Indiana 121,752 15 5.9% 18 10,940 20 2.4% 22

Iowa 36,487 34 3.4% 39 3,743 34 1.4% 48

Kansas 41,733 32 4.4% 30 3,764 33 1.7% 38

Kentucky 140,881 9 10.2% 5 16,831 11 5.3% 4

Louisiana 124,455 13 8.3% 11 14,603 14 4.6% 9

Maine 17,382 41 3.7% 35 2,027 40 1.9% 32

Maryland 55,103 27 3.2% 41 5,326 30 1.6% 39

Massachusetts 47,382 31 2.1% 51 6,534 27 1.2% 50

Michigan 139,082 10 4.1% 33 11,696 19 1.6% 39

Minnesota 40,353 33 2.4% 50 5,357 29 1.5% 42

Mississippi 115,130 18 12.6% 1 16,286 12 7.3% 2

Missouri 102,725 21 5.2% 24 10,643 22 2.2% 24

Montana 21,123 39 6.9% 16 2,498 37 3.5% 17

Nebraska 21,682 37 3.6% 36 2,405 38 1.6% 39

Nevada 25,118 36 5.4% 21 3,532 35 4.2% 12

New Hampshire 14,067 44 3.4% 39 1,377 45 1.8% 35

New Jersey 85,851 23 3.1% 42 10,069 23 1.5% 42

New Mexico 67,532 25 12.4% 2 7,859 25 7.2% 3

New York 332,408 2 5.0% 25 36,606 2 2.4% 22

North Carolina 178,690 8 7.1% 14 19,444 7 3.6% 15

North Dakota 8,515 50 3.5% 37 1,084 48 1.8% 35

Ohio 191,994 7 4.7% 26 18,739 8 2.0% 28

Oklahoma 106,381 20 8.8% 7 10,879 21 3.8% 14

Oregon 50,052 30 4.5% 28 5,160 31 2.0% 28

Pennsylvania 116,779 16 2.6% 47 17,770 10 1.5% 42

Rhode Island 11,873 45 3.1% 42 1,437 44 1.5% 42

South Carolina 114,695 19 9.1% 6 12,717 17 4.7% 8

South Dakota 15,518 43 6.0% 17 2,041 39 3.0% 18

Tennessee 132,331 11 7.1% 14 15,073 13 3.6% 15

Texas 523,034 1 8.6% 9 46,445 1 4.1% 13

Utah 21,472 38 4.0% 34 1,767 42 1.8% 35

Vermont 9,392 49 4.5% 28 808 50 1.9% 32

Virginia 123,638 14 5.4% 21 12,920 16 3.0% 18

Washington 64,667 26 3.5% 37 7,197 26 1.9% 32

West Virginia 70,754 24 10.3% 4 9,090 24 4.9% 7

Wisconsin 50,840 29 2.8% 46 5,917 28 1.4% 48

Wyoming 9,487 47 5.6% 20 907 49 2.8% 20

Regions

Northeast 667,450 4 3.5% 4 79,767 4 1.8% 4

Midwest 962,897 2 4.3% 2 95,854 2 1.9% 3

South 2,398,326 1 7.5% 1 264,632 1 3.7% 1

West 788,784 3 4.2% 3 81,870 3 2.2% 2

Where the Phoneless Were

State and regional rankings by households without a telephone in their home: 1990

Households with no phone Elderly householders 

with no phone

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