Scott Conlon

Remember watching on TV and seeing these huge funky phones? Not only were they huge and heavy, they were extremely expensive. In the early 1990s only about 1 % of the population had a “cellular phone”, remember they were not called cell phones at that time. Well in 2005 about 51% of Americans were carrying a cell phone.

Without suprise a new study about cell phones has hit the news. This time it is not about how many people are using cell phones, it is about how many people are not using home land line phones. It appears that having Cell-Phone only households is becoming the norm in today’s society. But this does not come to us as a surprise.

If you still own a home phone line, how often do you use it? Do you notice yourself always putting down your cell phone number now whenever filling out forms requiring a contact number? With all the unlimited plans, the high minute usage plans, the family plans and Add-a-Line plans available, who would need a land line?

Since it does not suprise you that the number of cell phone only households is on the rise, do you know which state has the highest cell phone only population? Do you think that a state which had more people on the go, a younger population or the most single living people would be on the top of that list? According to a recent study, Oklahoma and Utah have the highest percentage of Cell Phone Only Households. Oklahome has a whopping 26.2% with Utah closely trailing at 25.5%. That is 1 out of 4 people in these states have only a cell phone line and do not have a home land line. As we see more unlimited plans and more people switching to include data plans, I think this number will continue to grow. Out of the 3 other people that have home lines, I wonder how many of those still have long distance charges or if they use services such as Skype or Vonage VOIP phone service.

To see where your state ranks in the list of Cell Phone Only Households check it out on FoxNews.com.