Hawaii
The Decline of Pay Phones in Every State
From over 2 million in 1999 to near obsolescence today, pay phones are a fading relic thanks to cell phone dominance, though they still see use in areas with spotty service and for budget-minded tourists in Hawaii.
There were over 2.1 million pay phones in the U.S. at their peak in 1999, but now the technology is mostly relegated to nostalgia. Few wall-mounted pay phones linger in strip malls, and the silver and blue phone booths are mostly gone from the busy s... [2271 chars]