Wireless Only Phone Users

Most American adults rely solely on wireless phones. The principal exception are those 65 and older, as shown in this 100% stacked bar chart. Overall 62% of US adults say they are wireless only, according to the CDC National Health Interview Survey, January-June 2020. Only 4% rely solely on landlines. Almost all of the rest have both wireless and landlines.

The percentage of wireless only adults increase from 73% to 80% and then 83% in the 18-24, 25-29, and 30-34 age groups. It then declines to 75% in 35-44 year old, to 59% in 45-64, and to 35% in 65 and over. There are much smaller differences in wireless only usage by education and income.

Wireless Only Phone Users in a 100% Stacked Bar Charts with Data Row

How I Made this Wireless Only Phone Users 100% Stacked Bar Charts

Here is the data I used to create the 100% stacked bar chart:

Here's how I made the chart:

create a 100% stacked bar chart in PowerPoint
copy the phone usage data from CDC National Health Interview Survey, January-June 2020 into the Mekko Graphics Data Editor
show calculated percentage labels in all bars
show groupings labels as data row
add bar gaps to separate the groupings
hide labels in smaller segments
adjust the colors to focus attention on wireless only segments
hide y axis and x axis line
adjust internal chart margins