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Oklahoma, Arkansas setting cell-phone trend

Estimates by the CDC on the number of households that have just cell phones, no land lines.

Oklahoma: 26.2 percent of households, 25.1 percent of adults

Utah: 25.5 percent of households, 23.9 percent of adults

Nebraska: 23.2 percent of households, 22.4 percent of adults

Arkansas: 22.6 percent of households, 21.2 percent of adults

Iowa: 22.2 percent of households, 18.9 percent of adults

Idaho: 22.1 percent of households, 21.3 percent of adults

Kentucky: 21.4 percent of households, 21.6 percent of adults

New Mexico: 21.1 percent of households, 20.5 percent of adults

Texas: 20.9 percent of households, 19.5 percent of adults

South Carolina: 20.6 percent of households, 19.2 percent of adults

Tennessee: 20.3 percent of households, 20.8 percent of adults

District of Columbia: 20.0 percent of households, 25.4 percent of adults

Mississippi: 19.1 percent of households, 20.3 percent of adults

Arizona: 18.9 percent of households, 17.1 percent of adults

Oregon: 17.7 percent of households, 18.1 percent of adults

Minnesota: 17.4 percent of households, 16.5 percent of adults

North Dakota: 16.9 percent of households, 18.1 percent of adults

Florida: 16.8 percent of households, 15.5 percent of adults

Kansas: 16.8 percent of households, 15.2 percent of adults

Colorado: 16.7 percent of households, 15.2 percent of adults

Georgia: 16.5 percent of households, 15.0 percent of adults

Illinois: 16.5 percent of households, 15.2 percent of adults

Michigan: 16.3 percent of households, 15.3 percent of adults

North Carolina: 16.3 percent of households, 14.8 percent of adults

Washington: 16.3 percent of households, 15.6 percent of adults

Wisconsin: 15.2 percent of households, 13.6 percent of adults

Louisiana: 15.0 percent of households, 13.8 percent of adults

Ohio: 14.0 percent of households, 13.1 percent of adults

Alabama: 13.9 percent of households, 12.2 percent of adults

Indiana: 13.8 percent of households, 13.0 percent of adults

Maine: 13.4 percent of households, 12.0 percent of adults

Alaska: 11.7 percent of households, 13.3 percent of adults

New Hampshire: 11.6 percent of households, 8.9 percent of adults

West Virginia: 11.6 percent of households, 10.6 percent of adults

New York: 11.4 percent of households, 10.6 percent of adults

Wyoming: 11.4 percent of households, 13.0 percent of adults

Maryland: 10.8 percent of households, 9.8 percent of adults

Nevada: 10.8 percent of households, 10.1 percent of adults

Pennsylvania: 10.8 percent of households, 9.2 percent of adults

Virginia: 10.8 percent of households, 10.0 percent of adults

Missouri: 9.9 percent of households, 8.4 percent of adults

Massachusetts: 9.3 percent of households, 8.4 percent of adults

Montana: 9.2 percent of households, 5.4 percent of adults

California: 9.0 percent of households, 8.4 percent of adults

Hawaii: 8.0 percent of households, 8.2 percent of adults

New Jersey: 8.0 percent of households, 6.1 percent of adults

Rhode Island: 7.9 percent of households, 5.3 percent of adults

South Dakota: 6.4 percent of households, 6.8 percent of adults

Delaware: 5.7 percent of households, 4.0 percent of adults

Connecticut: 5.6 percent of households, 4.8 percent of adults

Vermont: 5.1 percent of households, 4.6 percent of adults

Now I'm guessing some of that is due to the rural nature of the states at the top of the list. After all, why ask AT&T or whoever to string telephone lines to your house when you can get a cell signal? But I'm still a little shocked by just how many Okies and Arkansans are doing without a home phone.