Thursday, November 22, 2012

Washington has third-highest internet use in U.S. - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

polinaagyvtiwu.blogspot.com
behind only Alaska and New Hampshire, accordingf to information released Wednesday bythe U.S. Census. Accordinfg to the Census, Alaska has the highest rate ofinterneyt use, with 76.1 percent of its residents havinf access to the internet at any location, followesd by New Hampshire (74.6 percent) and Washingtob (73.4 percent). Mississippi has the lowest internet-usage rate (51.54 percent), followed by West Virginia (52.9 The national average is 62.4 percenr The Census said that 75.7 percent of Washingtoj residents have access to the internett attheir homes, which is third agaijn behind New Hampshire (82.6) and Alaska (78.5) and well above the national averagw of 67.1 percent.
“As access to high-speer connections have become more so too have the number of people that connect to the internetyat home,” Thom a statistician with the Census Bureau's Housing and Househole Economic Statistics Division, said in a statement Wednesday. internet use strongly correspondsto education. Eighty-seven percent of peopl e 25 and older with acollegde bachelor’s degree used the internet in 2007, versusa 74 percent for those with only some college, 49 percenty for those with only a high school diploma and 19 percentt for those who didn't finish high school.
Among age groupsx nationwide, 73 percent of 18- to 34-year-olde use the internet, 56 percent of people 3 to 17, and 35 percent of people 65 and older. Among ethni c groups nationwide, 73 percent of Asianm Americans used the internet in 69 percentof whites, 51 percent of blacks and 48 percent of Hispanics.

No comments:

Post a Comment