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Only 710,000 U.S. homes could still not get a digital television signal as of Aug. 30, according to the latest numbers from Nielsen. That means that 99.4% of U.S. homes are now able to receive a digital signal.
More than 572,000 homes have gained DTV access in the last month and 1.8 million since the week of the digital transition June 12.
% Of Homes Completely Unready For DTV
| Date |
Total |
White |
African American |
Hispanic |
Asian |
Under 35 |
Over 55 |
| August 30, 2009 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
0.4 |
1.4 |
0.2 |
| July 26, 2009 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
2.2 |
1.6 |
1.3 |
2.7 |
0.4 |
| July 12, 2009 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
2.6 |
2.2 |
1.9 |
3.2 |
0.5 |
| June 28, 2009 |
1.5 |
1.1 |
3.5 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
3.5 |
0.6 |
| June 21, 2009 |
1.8 |
1.3 |
4.0 |
2.8 |
2.9 |
4.0 |
0.8 |
| June 14, 2009 |
2.2 |
1.6 |
4.6 |
3.6 |
3.2 |
4.4 |
1.1 |
| June 7, 2009 |
2.5 |
1.9 |
5.1 |
4.3 |
3.1 |
4.6 |
1.3 |
| May 24, 2009 |
2.7 |
2.1 |
5.4 |
4.7 |
3.2 |
5.0 |
1.5 |
| May 10, 2009 |
2.9 |
2.3 |
5.7 |
4.9 |
3.4 |
5.4 |
1.6 |
| April 26, 2009 |
3.1 |
2.4 |
5.9 |
5.0 |
4.1 |
5.7 |
1.7 |
| April 12, 2009 |
3.2 |
2.5 |
5.9 |
5.4 |
4.3 |
5.9 |
1.7 |
| March 29, 2009 |
3.4 |
2.7 |
6.2 |
5.6 |
4.4 |
6.3 |
1.8 |
| March 15, 2009 |
3.6 |
2.9 |
6.6 |
6.1 |
4.4 |
6.5 |
2.0 |
| March 1, 2009 |
3.9 |
3.2 |
6.7 |
6.5 |
4.5 |
7.2 |
2.2 |
| February 15, 2009 |
4.4 |
3.6 |
7.5 |
7.4 |
5.1 |
8.1 |
2.6 |
| February 1, 2009 |
5.1 |
4.1 |
8.7 |
8.5 |
6.3 |
8.6 |
3.2 |
| January 18, 2009 |
5.7 |
4.6 |
9.9 |
9.7 |
6.9 |
8.8 |
4.0 |
| December 21, 2008 |
6.8 |
5.6 |
10.8 |
11.5 |
8.1 |
9.9 |
5.2 |
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Source: The Nielsen Company
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The number of DTV unready households continues to decrease across the board, with 1.3% of Hispanic households unready, 1.0% of African-American homes, and 0.5% white.
The number of people over the age of 55 who are unready has dropped to 0.2%, while 1.4% of those under 35 do not have a DTV signal.
Sources: Broadcasting & Cable, 09/08/2009, Nielsen Wire, 09/08/2009
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