The percentage of households with television sets in the United States continued to increase during 1958 and early 1959, according to the results of a sample survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce. The survey, conducted in May 1959, indicated that 86 percent of all households had television sets compared with 83 percent in January 1958, and 80 percent in April 1957. Thus, rapid gains have been made since 1950 when the first comprehensive information on television obtained by the 1950 Census of Housing indicated that only 12 percent of all households had television sets.