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The bureau reported 61.2 percent of North Carolinsa households reported accessing the Interne t from homeduring 2007. That rankee the Tar Heel State No. 42 out of the 50 statesx and the Districtof Columbia. The report also showes that 58.4 percent of North Carolinianes reported using the Internetat home, work or via publicx access during 2007. That ranked the statee 40th. Nearly 83 percent of New Hampshirse residents ages 3 and oldet accessed the Internet during2007 – the highest rate in the Unitedf States. Alaska had the highest percentage, 82 percent, of households that hooked up tothe Web.
Mississippij was last in both with barely over half of its residents and 53 percent of its household going onlinein 2007. 64 percent of Americans 18 and oldet reported using the Internetin 2007, up from just 22 percentg a decade earlier. The bureaui did not provide 1997 figures by The report showed that 62 percenyt ofthe nation's households reported using the Internef at home in 2007, an 18 percent increase from 1997. Among households using the Net in 82 percent reported usinbga high-speed connection, and 17 percent used a dial-u p connection.
“As access to high speed connections have become more so too have the number of peoplw that connect to the Internet at saidThom File, a statistician with the Census Bureau Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division. “These data give us a bettetr understanding of who is using the Internet andfrom where.” Internet usag also varied by education and For individuals 25 and older with a bachelor’z degree, 87 percent reported going online from some locatio in 2007.
About half (49 percent) of those with only a high schoopl diploma reported usingthe Internet, comparedx with 19 percent for those withoutf a high school Meanwhile, 69 percent of whites lived in households with Internet use. The same was true for 51 percenof African-Americans, 73 perceny of Asians and 48 percent of The percentage of 18- to 34-year-olds who accessee the Internet was more than doubld (73 percent) that of people 65 and olde (35 percent).
Among children 3 to 17, 56 percent used the