| Though Delaware is not an overwhelmingly large state, | | | | among the highest in the country. In fact, the 2006 |
| and it has only a very moderate population, it still has a | | | | percentage is about 10 to 20 percent higher than most |
| large per capita cell phone use percentage. For | | | | of the other states across the nation. |
| example, back in the year 2000, the population of | | | | Most of the Delaware cell phone service subscribers |
| Delaware was 783,600 according to the U.S. Census | | | | reside in the state's three largest cities: Wilmington, |
| from that year. In that same year, there were 275,219 | | | | Dover, and Newark. As these cities contribute the |
| cell phone subscribers in Delaware. But then when you | | | | most to the state's total population, it only makes |
| consider the statistics from 2006, there is a notable | | | | sense that they would also contribute the most to the |
| growth. That year, the population of Delaware was | | | | overall number of cellular phone subscribers in the |
| 853,476 - an 8.9 percent growth from the year 2000 - | | | | state. |
| but there were 790,189 cell phone service subscribers | | | | The state depends very heavily on cellular phone use |
| - a 65.1 percent growth from the year 2000. | | | | in order to communicate. To improve this ability to |
| What these statistics show is that the number of cell | | | | continue with mobile phones, it would make sense to |
| phone service subscribers in Delaware has grown | | | | have a state-wide cellular phone number directory, or |
| from 35 percent in 2000 all the way to over 92 | | | | at least cellular phone number directories for the three |
| percent of the Delaware population subscribing to | | | | main cities of Dover, Wilmington, and Newark. |
| cellular phone services in the year 2006. This is a | | | | However, as of yet, such a state-wide or city-wide |
| staggeringly large growth, and the 2006 figure is | | | | directory does not yet exist. |