Chart A-1: Percent of U.S. Households with a Telephone
By U.S., Rural, Urban, and Central City Areas

1989-1998 (Selected Years)

Area

1989

1994

1997

1998

Rural

92.4

93.9

94.3

94.0

Urban

93.1

93.8

93.6

94.1

Central City

89.8

92.0

92.1

92.9