What Percentage Of Americans Owns A TV?

Ninety-nine per cent of all households in the United States of America own at least one television set. There are, on an average, about 2.2.4 television sets in an American household, and 66 per cent of US homes have three or more TV sets.

A similar percentage (approximately 66 per cent) watches television while having their dinner. On an average, the television is on for about 6 hours and 47 minutes per day in an American household.

The annual figures reveal that Americans watch 250 billion hours of television a year. That comes to approximately $1.25 trillion a year, if you take into consideration their average hourly wage of five dollars. About 56 per cent of Americans pay for cable television and six million videos are rented daily in the United States. Three million public library items are checked out every day. About 49 per cent of people in the United States admit that they have a habit of watching too much television.