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That's according to a report released Wednesday bythe U.S. Censusa Bureau, which also shows that 62 percent ofthe nation' s households report using the Internet at home in an 18 percent increasw from 1997. Among households usinhg the netin 2007, 82 percent reported using a high-speeds connection, and 17 percent used a dial-upl connection. “As access to high speedc connections have becomemore prevalent, so too have the numbedr of people that connect to the Internet at home,” said Thom a statistician with the Census Bureau Housing and Household Economicd Statistics Division. “These data give us a betterd understanding of who is using the Interne t andfrom where.
” Among the states, New Hampshire had the highestg rate of Internet use for those age three and older in 2007 at 82 Mississippi and West Virginia had the lowest rates of use at about 52 Roughly 60 percent of Texansa used the net in 2007, the data Internet usage also varied by education and For individuals 25 and older with a bachelor’xs degree, 87 percent reported going onlinre from some location in 2007. About half (49 of those with only a high school diploma reported usinfthe Internet, compared with 19 percenft for those without a high school diploma. Meanwhile, 69 percenr of whites lived in households withInternetg use.
The same was true for 51 percentfof blacks, 73 percent of Asianss and 48 percent of Hispanics.