This Is How Much TV People Watch in Your State, According to Data

Television has always been a significant part of both showcasing, as well as influencing, popular culture in the United States. And we've come a long way from three networks and a dial built into a bulky box. With an ever-growing number of streaming services and the countless options available for you to watch what you want, when you want, and where you want, the TV industry is, in many ways, bigger than ever.

However, whether TV is an incredible invention with the capacity to inform, educate, and entertain or a dangerous distraction shortening our attention spans and dampening our ability to think creatively is very much a subject of debate. And some people certainly spend much more time testing those notions than others—leading us to wonder how much TV people watch depending on where they live.

Lucky for us, Verizon Wireless gathered and analyzed the most recent data available on the daily TV habits of people across the U.S. Read on to discover how much TV people watch in your state every day, on average, and see how the numbers align with your own viewing habits. And for the place where people probably make TV time a high priority of their daily lives, This Is the Laziest State in America, According to Data.

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:13:55

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:17:37

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:19:43

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:20:24

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:28:22

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:32:58

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:33:50

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:35:15

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:36:39

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:39:03

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TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:39:09

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:40:22

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:41:03

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:46:23

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:47:26

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:50:50

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:52:06

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:52:31

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:53:23

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:54:03

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:56:30

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:56:36

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:56:41

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:57:36

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:57:52

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 2:59:41

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 3:02:21

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 3:02:22

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 3:02:37

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 3:04:35

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 3:04:35

And for another fascinating fact about the place you call home, This Is How Long You're Likely to Live in Your State, According to Data.

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 3:07:56ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 3:08:03

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 3:13:50

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 3:14:32

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 3:19:40

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 3:19:55

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 3:21:29

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 3:21:39

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TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 3:22:23

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 3:24:52

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 3:26:29

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 3:26:29

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 3:29:20

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 3:34:29

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 3:34:53

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 3:36:34

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 3:41:20

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 3:47:09

TV watched per day (hr:min:s): 4:30:54

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