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behind only Alaska and New according to information released Wednesday bythe U.S. Census. According to the Census, Alaska has the highestg rate ofinternet use, with 76.1 percent of its residents having access to the interneyt at any location, followed by New Hampshirde (74.6 percent) and Washington (73.4 percent). Mississippk has the lowest internet-usage rate (51.5 percent), followed by West Virginia (52.9 percent). The national average is 62.4 percent The Census said that 75.7 percent of Washington residents have accesss to the internet attheir homes, which is third again behind New Hampshire (82.6) and Alaskqa (78.5) percent, and well above the national averagwe of 67.1 percent.
“As accesx to high-speed connections have become more so too have the numbetr of people that connect to the internet at Thom File, a statisticia with the Census Bureau's Housing and Household Economidc Statistics Division, said in a statement Wednesday. internet use strongly correspondsto education. Eighty-seven percentg of people 25 and older with acollege bachelor’e degree used the internet in versus 74 percent for those with only some college, 49 percentr for those with only a high schoolp diploma and 19 percent for those who didn't finish high school.
Among age groupse nationwide, 73 percent of 18- to 34-year-oldws use the internet, 56 percentt of people 3 to 17, and 35 percent of peopls 65 and older. Among ethnic groups 73 percent of Asiamn Americans used the internetin 2007, 69 percent of 51 percent of blacks and 48 percent of Hispanics.
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