Chart I-5: U.S. Household Telephone Penetration Gap
By Race/Origin

1997 vs. 1998

White non Hispanic

Black non Hispanic

Hispanic

1997

95.9

86.0

86.5

1998

95.7

87.8

89.3

9.4 vs. 6.4 percentage point difference between Whites and Hispanics
9.9 vs. 7.9 percentage point difference between Whites and Blacks