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For the first time, more than half of all households in the U.S. contain a cellphone but not a landline telephone, according to a new survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>. The growing prevalence of cellphones comes as the typical American household now contains a wide range of connected devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some 84% of American households contain at least one smartphone, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in fall 2016. Desktop and laptop computers are nearly as common \u2013 80% of households contain at least one of these devices. Tablet computer ownership is somewhat less widespread, with 68% of households containing at least one tablet. And 39% of households contain at least one streaming media device, such as an Apple TV, Roku or Google Chromecast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many American households have multiple devices \u2013 especially smartphones. A third of American households have three or more smartphones, compared with 23% that have three or more desktops, 17% that have three or more tablets and only 7% that have three or more streaming media devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Taken together, 90% of U.S. households contain at least one of these devices (smartphone, desktop\/laptop computer, tablet or streaming media device), with the typical (median) American household containing five of them. And nearly one-in-five American households (18%) are \u201chyper-connected\u201d \u2013 meaning they contain 10 or more of these devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Younger adults and relatively affluent Americans tend to live in households with large numbers of connected devices, and this is especially true when it comes to smartphones. Some 96% of 18- <\/span>to 29<\/span>-year-olds live <\/span>in a household with at least one smartphone, and 51% of young adults indicate that their home contains three or more smartphones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even so, many older adults also reside in households with multiple mobile devices. Nearly four-in-ten 30- to 49-year-olds (39%) and 29% of 50- to 64-year-olds say<\/span> their home contains three or more smartphones. In total, the typical (median) 18- to 29-year-old lives in a household with six of these connected devices \u2013 a figure that is comparable to the median figure among those ages 30-49 (six) and 50-64 (five).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Higher-income Americans are about twice as likely as those who are lower income to say their household has three or more smartphones (45% vs. 25%). But affluent Americans also stand out in comparison with lower-income households when it comes to traditional computers and tablets. Four-in-ten Americans with an annual household income of $75,000 or more (41%) say they have three or more computers in their home, compared with 9% of those whose household income is $30,000 or less. And 26% of these higher-income Americans say their home contains three or more tablets, compared with 9% of those earning $30,000 a year or less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: View full topline results<\/a> and methodology<\/a> (PDF).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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