Chart I-4a: Percent of U.S. Households with a Telephone
By Race/Origin
By U.S. Rural, Urban, and Central City Areas

1998

U.S.

Rural

Urban

Central City

White non Hispanic

95.7

95.1

95.9

95.4

Black non Hispanic

87.8

85.4

88.1

87.5

Other non Hispanic

93.2

80.6

94.7

94.8

Hispanic

89.3

84.6

89.8

89.7