Mobile phone ownership
% of U.S. adults who say they own a …
 CellphoneSmartphone
10/27/200262% 
11/30/200465% 
2/9/200566% 
12/31/200567% 
3/28/200666% 
4/6/200673% 
9/5/200776% 
12/2/200775% 
1/13/200877% 
5/11/200878% 
8/10/200882% 
12/20/200884% 
1/27/200985% 
4/19/200985% 
9/14/200984% 
12/27/200983% 
1/19/201080% 
5/30/201082% 
9/13/201085% 
11/1/201084% 
11/24/201082% 
11/28/201082% 
12/21/201081% 
3/20/201186% 
5/22/201183%35%
8/26/201184% 
12/21/201187% 
1/8/201288% 
1/15/201287%39%
2/19/201288%45%
4/3/201288%46%
8/5/201287%44%
8/7/201289% 
9/6/201285%45%
9/23/201288%43%
9/30/201289% 
10/14/201288% 
11/4/201289% 
11/10/201284%46%
12/9/201287%45%
12/16/201288% 
1/6/201389%51%
5/19/201391%56%
7/14/201390%53%
7/28/201391%53%
9/16/201389%54%
9/30/201391%55%
10/6/201392%58%
1/5/201492%55%
1/12/201490%58%
1/26/201491%55%
2/18/201490% 
4/27/201492% 
9/21/201491% 
12/21/201489%59%
4/12/201592%67%
7/12/201592%68%
11/15/201591%69%
4/4/201692%72%
5/3/201692%70%
11/6/201695%77%
1/10/201895%77%
2/7/201996%81%
2/8/202197%85%

Note: Respondents who did not give an answer are not shown.

Source: Surveys of U.S. adults conducted 2002-2021.

PEW RESEARCH CENTER