Who Owns a Smartphone in the US?

Q: Who Owns a Smartphone in the US?

91% of US adults. Highest: 18 to 29 at 97%. Lowest: 65 and over at 78%. Source: Mobile Fact Sheet, n=5,022, margin of error ±1.9 points. Fieldwork 2025-02-05 to 2025-06-18.

AgingCollected 2025-02-05 to 2025-06-18 · 15 months oldVerified against the source 2026-09-09

91% of US adults. It runs from 78% among those aged 65 and over to 97% among those aged 18 to 29, a spread of 19 points. Ownership is close to saturated. What separates groups is whether the phone is their only connection.

By age

18 to 2997%+6n=480 ±5.6

30 to 4996%+5n=1,399 ±3.4

50 to 6490%n=1,274 ±3.6

65 and over78%-13n=1,813 ±3

By race and ethnicity

White91%n=3,304 ±2.3

Black85%-6n=512 ±6

Hispanic93%n=757 ±5

Asian96%+5n=211 ±8.9

By household income

Under $30K82%-9n=939 ±4.5

$30K to $70K89%n=1,533 ±3.6

$70K to $100K96%+5n=692 ±5.1

$100K and over97%+6n=1,629 ±3.1

By education

High school or less84%-7n=1,175 ±3.8

Some college93%n=1,587 ±3.4

College graduate96%+5n=2,215 ±2.7

By gender

Men90%n=2,194 ±3

Women91%n=2,758 ±2.5

By community type

Urban91%n=1,394 ±3.6

Suburban93%n=2,334 ±2.8

Rural87%-4n=1,235 ±3.8

By party

Rep / lean Rep91%n=2,234 ±2.8

Dem / lean Dem92%n=2,446 ±2.8

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Source: Mobile Fact Sheet, published 2025-11-20. Survey of 5,022 US adults, margin of error ±1.9 points overall. Subgroup margins are shown on each row. % who own a smartphone.

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