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Internet Use Triples in Decade

Internet Use Triples in Decade, Census Bureau Reports [from BeSpacific]

"New data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that 62 percent of households reported using Internet access in the home in 2007, an increase from 18 percent in 1997, the first year the bureau collected data on Internet use. Sixty-four percent of individuals 18 and over used the Internet from any location in 2007, while only 22 percent did so in 1997. Among households using the Internet in 2007, 82 percent reported using a high-speed connection, and 17 percent used a dial-up connection."

These figures come from the 2007 Internet and Computer Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey.

Detailed tables

Might be time to update the data views of your population. These are 2007 numbers and it has only grown in two years.

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on June 11, 2009 (boomark / email).