AT A GLANCE: Numbers - Phones, Calls

  • There are currently more than 129,400,000 telephone lines in the United States.
    There are currently more than 129,400,000 telephone lines in the United States.

             THE SYSTEM:

    • There are currently more than 129,400,000 telephone lines in the United States.

    • There are 335 area codes used in in the U.S.

      SHEER VOLUME:

    • It is estimated that 240 million
      calls are made to 911 each year.More than 80% are from a wireless device.

    • Americans received 30 billion robocalls last year.

      DID YOU KNOW?

    • There are an estimated 100,000 pay phones in the U.S. currently, 20% of them are located in NewYork.

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