Thursday, September 27, 2012

Washington has third-highest internet use in U.S. - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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behind only Alaska and New Hampshire, accordingy to information released Wednesday bythe U.S. Census. Accordin to the Census, Alaskaa has the highest rate ofinternet use, with 76.1 percentr of its residents having access to the internef at any location, followed by New Hampshire (74.6 and Washington (73.4 percent). Mississippi has the lowesg internet-usage rate (51.5 percent), followed by West Virginiaw (52.9 percent). The national average is 62.4 percen t The Census said that 75.7 percent of Washington residents have access to the internet at their which is third agaih behind NewHampshire (82.6) and Alaska percent, and well above the national averagwe of 67.1 percent.
“As access to high-speedr connections have becomemore prevalent, so too have the numbet of people that connect to the internet at Thom File, a statistician with the Censuse Bureau's Housing and Household Economic Statisticws Division, said in a statementt Wednesday. Nationwide, internet use strongl correspondsto education. Eighty-seven percent of peoplwe 25 and older with acollegr bachelor’s degree used the interneyt in 2007, versus 74 percent for those with only some 49 percent for those with only a high schoolo diploma and 19 percent for those who didn't finish high school.
Among age groups 73 percent of 18- to 34-year-olds use the 56 percent of people 3to 17, and 35 percentf of people 65 and Among ethnic groups nationwide, 73 percentg of Asian Americans used the internet in 2007, 69 percent of whites, 51 perceng of blacks and 48 percent of Hispanics.

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