NO WHITE PAGES: California dominates the rest...
NO WHITE PAGES: California dominates the rest of the country in unlisted telephone numbers, and Orange County ranks as high as ninth nationwide: More than half its households have unlisted numbers. One reason, telephone company folks say, is cost: an average of 30 cents a month to be unlisted here, but up to several dollars in most states. . . . Adds one telephone official: “A lot of Californians have just decided they don’t want to be bothered.”
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More than half the households in Orange County have unlisted telephone numbers, ninth highest nation wide: Los Angeles (2): 59.5% Orange County (9): 54.3% San Francisco (11): 52.6% Chicago (17): 36.6% National avg.: 27.8%
Source: Survey Sampling Inc.
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