Lifeline Participation

USAC estimates the Lifeline participation based on the 2017 U.S. Census American Community Survey (ACS). The total number of subscribers in the estimate is based on the numbers reported to USAC via the National Lifeline Accountability Database (NLAD) in 2018.

State	2018 Subscribers Average	2017 ACS Lifeline Eligible Households1	2018 Lifeline Participation Rate
ALABAMA	128,619	644,619	20%
ALASKA	26,729	73,647	36%
ARIZONA	193,398	816,953	24%
ARKANSAS	84,215	456,488	18%
CALIFORNIA	1,636,310	4,276,105	38%
COLORADO	67,286	580,089	12%
CONNECTICUT	85,516	414,344	21%
DELAWARE	25,975	108,232	24%
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	21,302	120,909	18%
FLORIDA	705,881	2,354,617	30%
GEORGIA	344,758	1,198,379	29%
HAWAII	8,544	133,081	6%
IDAHO	15,022	177,696	8%
ILLINOIS	265,907	1,414,788	19%
INDIANA	158,600	793,616	20%
IOWA	53,492	383,374	14%
KANSAS	45,750	317,191	14%
KENTUCKY	164,329	682,736	24%
LOUISIANA	199,310	716,758	28%
MAINE	24,884	168,949	15%
MARYLAND	163,003	548,485	30%
MASSACHUSETTS	167,806	925,131	18%
MICHIGAN	387,708	1,236,098	31%
MINNESOTA	79,016	573,020	14%
MISSISSIPPI	93,358	455,949	20%
MISSOURI	115,632	722,488	16%
MONTANA	4,825	135,849	4%
NEBRASKA	5,752	200,217	3%
NEVADA	88,357	298,258	30%
NEW HAMPSHIRE	11,618	128,894	9%
NEW JERSEY	205,191	829,388	25%
NEW MEXICO	90,368	312,409	29%
NEW YORK	771,259	2,664,348	29%
NORTH CAROLINA	237,201	1,251,732	19%
NORTH DAKOTA	5,582	92,071	6%
OHIO	408,106	1,485,383	27%
OKLAHOMA	167,526	486,491	34%
OREGON	49,806	504,385	10%
PENNSYLVANIA	428,025	1,621,386	26%
PUERTO RICO	479,140	809,315	59%
RHODE ISLAND	36,163	152,931	24%
SOUTH CAROLINA	131,803	650,419	20%
SOUTH DAKOTA	7,696	105,021	7%
TENNESSEE	224,165	864,125	26%
TEXAS	483,480	2,907,144	17%
UTAH	26,145	223,427	12%
VERMONT	11,158	96,119	12%
VIRGINIA	116,994	791,983	15%
WASHINGTON	139,137	741,566	19%
WEST VIRGINIA	67,205	284,689	24%
WISCONSIN	145,167	654,538	22%
WYOMING	2,023	59,637	3%
TOTAL	9,606,238	38,645,467	25%

*This information is updated annually and is available in Excel format here .

Lifeline Disbursement Data

The Lifeline Program’s Funding Disbursement tool enables companies to use various search methods to locate payment data for any month beginning in January 2004.