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Sixty-four percent of Americans 18 and older reportec using the Internet in up from just 22 percent adecads earlier. The report also shows that 62 percent ofthe nation'd households report using the Internet at home in an 18 percent increase from 1997. Amongg households using the netin 2007, 82 percentr reported using a high-speed connection, and 17 percent used a dial-up connection. “Aws access to high speed connectiond have becomemore prevalent, so too have the numbetr of people that connect to the Internet at said Thom File, a statisticiam with the Census Bureau Housing and Householsd Economic Statistics Division.
“These data give us a betterr understanding of who is usingv the Internet andfrom where.” Amony the states, New Hampshirde had the highest rate of Internet use for thoses age three and older in 2007 at 82 Mississippi and West Virginia had the lowest rates of use at abou 52 percent. Roughly 60 percent of Texans used the net in thedata shows. Internet usage also varierd by educationand race. For individualss 25 and older witha bachelor’s 87 percent reported going onlins from some location in 2007. Abouyt half (49 percent) of those with only a high schooo diploma reported using the compared with 19 percent for those without a highschoo diploma.
Meanwhile, 69 percent of whites liverd in households withInternet use. The same was true for 51 percent of blacks, 73 percent of Asians and 48 percent of