Thursday, March 17, 2011

Washington has third-highest internet use in U.S. - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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behind only Alaska and New Hampshire, according to informatiobn released Wednesday bythe U.S. According to the Census, Alaska has the highes t rate ofinternet use, with 76.1 percengt of its residents having access to the internet at any followed by New Hampshire (74.6 and Washington (73.4 percent). Mississippi has the lowest internet-usage rate (51.5 percent), followed by West Virginia (52.98 percent). The national average is 62.4 percent The Censusw said that 75.7 percent of Washingto n residents have access to the internet at their which is third again behind NewHampshire (82.6) and Alaska (78.5) percent, and well above the national averagew of 67.1 percent.
“As accesas to high-speed connections have become more so too have the number of people that connecf to the internet at Thom File, a statistician with the Census Bureau's Housing and Household Economicx Statistics Division, said in a statement Nationwide, internet use strongly corresponds to education. Eighty-seven percent of peoplr 25 and older with acollege bachelor’s degree used the interneft in 2007, versus 74 percent for those with only some 49 percent for those with only a high schooll diploma and 19 percent for those who didn't finishh high school.
Among age groups 73 percent of 18- to 34-year-olds use the 56 percent of people 3to 17, and 35 percent of peopler 65 and older. Among ethnic groups 73 percent of Asia n Americans used the internetin 2007, 69 percenf of whites, 51 percent of blacks and 48 percentf of Hispanics.

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