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Did you think the days of having a landline phone in your home were behind you? Think again.

A new report from Chamber of Commerce, a digital resource for small business owners and entrepreneurs, revealed that about a third of adults in Florida still have a landline phone in their home.

The report was compiled using several factors, like how many adults live in cell phone-only homes, how many adults have landlines in their homes and how many live without phones entirely.

"The result is a snapshot of where America’s relationship with landline phones endures, and where it’s fading fastest," Chamber of Commerce said in its report.

On average, 70% of adults are wireless-only phone users, which means they only use a cell or mobile phone. That's about 183 million Americans across the country.

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New York is considered the "landline capital of the U.S.," according to the report, with more than half of adults living in households with a landline phone. On the flip side, states like Idaho, Oklahoma, Wyoming, New Mexico and Mississippi are least likely to have a landline phone in their home.

"Seniors are the most likely age group to still have a landline phone. Half of Americans 65 and over (50.5%) have a landline phone in their home," the report added.

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In Florida, 33.4% of adults have a landline. That's over 5.5 million people across the state.

Chamber of Commerce said Florida is among a group of states that saw a shift from majority landline to majority mobile phone usage between 2014 and 2016.

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Here's a look at the top 5 landline-using states, and what percentage of adults have a landline phone: