Exhibit 23.1


              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

        As  independent public accountants,  we hereby consent to
   the incorporation  by reference in  this Form 10-K,  of United
   States Cellular  Corporation of  our report dated  February 7,
   1994  (except  with respect  to the  matters discussed  in the
   fifth,  seventh and eighth paragraphs  of Note 3,  as to which
   the date is  October 17, 1994), on the  consolidated financial
   statements   of   United  States   Cellular   Corporation  and
   Subsidiaries  (the "Company") included  in the  Company's 1993
   Annual Report to Shareholders, to  the inclusion in this  Form
   10-K,  of our  report  dated  February  7, 1994  (except  with
   respect  to the  matters discussed  in the fifth,  seventh and
   eighth paragraphs of Note 3,  as to which the date is  October
   17,  1994),  on  the  financial  statement  schedules  of  the
   Company, and to the inclusion of our compilation  report dated
   February  11,  1994  (except   with  respect  to  the  matters
   discussed  in the third, fifth and sixth paragraphs of Note 7,
   as to which  the date is  October 17,  1994), on the  combined
   financial  statements   of  the   Los  Angeles   SMSA  Limited
   Partnership, the Nashville/Clarksville MSA Limited Partnership
   and  the  Baton  Rouge MSA  Limited  Partnership,  and  to the
   incorporation of  such reports  into the Company's  previously
   filed S-4 Registration Statement,  File No. 33-41826, and into
   the  Company's previously  filed S-8  Registration Statements,
   File No. 33-30327,  File No. 33-38129, File No.  33-42558, and
   File No. 33-53940.



                                              ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

   Chicago, Illinois
   November 2, 1994