| Statistic Verification |
| Source: BLS American Time Use Survey, A.C. Nielsen Co. |
| Date Verified: 2.7.2012 |
| Total Use of Television | Data |
| Average time spent watching television (U.S.) | 5:11 hours |
| White | 5:02 |
| Black | 7:12 |
| Hispanic | 4:35 |
| Asian | 3:14 |
| Years the average person will have spent watching TV | 9 years |
| Family Television Statistics | |
| Percentage of households that possess at least one television | 99 % |
| Number of TV sets in the average U.S. household | 2.24 |
| Percentage of U.S. homes with three or more TV sets | 65 % |
| Percentage of Americans that regularly watch television while eating dinner | 67 % |
| Percentage of Americans who pay for cable TV | 56 % |
| Number of videos rented daily in the U.S. | 6 million |
| Percentage of Americans who say they watch too much TV | 49 % |
| Child Television Statistics | |
| Number of minutes per week that the average child watches television | 1,480 |
| Percent of 4-6 year-olds who, when asked to choose between watching TV and spending time with their fathers, preferred television | 54 % |
| Hours per year the average American youth spends in school | 900 hours |
| Hours per year the average American youth watches television | 1,200 |
| Number of violent acts seen on TV by age 18 | 150,000 |
| Number of 30 second TV commercials seen in a year by an average child | 16,000 |
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