This statistic shows the percentage of U.S. adults who own a smartphone or another kind of cell phone in 2018, sorted by ethnicity. 80 percent of U.S. adults with a black, non-Hispanic background own a smartphone, while 17 percent of the same group own another kind of cell phone.
Percentage of U.S. Americans owning either a smartphone or another type of cell phone in 2018, by ethnicity
“Smartphone ownership” includes those who say their phone is a smartphone, or who describe their phone as running on the Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Palm or Windows platforms.
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Pew Research Center. (June 12, 2019). Percentage of U.S. Americans owning either a smartphone or another type of cell phone in 2018, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 10, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/195018/share-of-us-adults-owning-a-smartphone-or-a-regular-cell-phone-by-ethnicity/
Pew Research Center. "Percentage of U.S. Americans owning either a smartphone or another type of cell phone in 2018, by ethnicity." Chart. June 12, 2019. Statista. Accessed January 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/195018/share-of-us-adults-owning-a-smartphone-or-a-regular-cell-phone-by-ethnicity/
Pew Research Center. (2019). Percentage of U.S. Americans owning either a smartphone or another type of cell phone in 2018, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/195018/share-of-us-adults-owning-a-smartphone-or-a-regular-cell-phone-by-ethnicity/
Pew Research Center. "Percentage of U.S. Americans Owning Either a Smartphone or Another Type of Cell Phone in 2018, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/195018/share-of-us-adults-owning-a-smartphone-or-a-regular-cell-phone-by-ethnicity/
Pew Research Center, Percentage of U.S. Americans owning either a smartphone or another type of cell phone in 2018, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/195018/share-of-us-adults-owning-a-smartphone-or-a-regular-cell-phone-by-ethnicity/ (last visited January 10, 2025)
Percentage of U.S. Americans owning either a smartphone or another type of cell phone in 2018, by ethnicity [Graph], Pew Research Center, June 12, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/195018/share-of-us-adults-owning-a-smartphone-or-a-regular-cell-phone-by-ethnicity/
