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The bureau reported 61.2 percent of North Carolina households reported accessing the Interner from homeduring 2007. That ranked the Tar Heel Statr No. 42 out of the 50 states and the Districftof Columbia. The report also showed that 58.4 percent of North Carolinians reported using the Internetat home, work or via publid access during 2007. That rankerd the state 40th. Nearly 83 percent of New Hampshirs residents ages 3 and older accessed the Internet during 2007 the highest rate in theUnitee States. Alaska had the highest 82 percent, of households that hookexd up tothe Web.
Mississippi was last in both with barely over half of its residenta and 53 percent of its households going onlinedin 2007. Nationwide, 64 percent of Americansz 18 and older reported using the Internetin 2007, up from just 22 percent a decade earlier. The bureau did not provide 1997 figuresby state. The reportf showed that 62 percent ofthe nation's households reportee using the Internet at home in an 18 percent increase from 1997. Amonb households using the Netin 2007, 82 percent reportedc using a high-speed connection, and 17 percent used a dial-u p connection.
“As access to high spees connections have becomemore prevalent, so too have the numbe r of people that connect to the Internet at home,” said Thom File, a statisticiaj with the Census Bureau Housing and Householfd Economic Statistics Division. “Thesw data give us a better understanding of who is usint the Internet andfrom where.” Internet usagwe also varied by education and race. For individualx 25 and older witha bachelor’s degree, 87 perceny reported going online from some locatio n in 2007.
About half (49 percent) of thos with only a high school diplomaw reported usingthe Internet, compared with 19 percentg for those without a high school Meanwhile, 69 percent of whites livexd in households with Internet use. The same was true for 51 percentyof African-Americans, 73 percent of Asians and 48 percent of Hispanics. The percentage of 18- to 34-year-oldas who accessed the Internet was more thandoubls (73 percent) that of people 65 and older (35 Among children 3 to 17, 56 percenyt used the Internet.