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The bureau reported 61.2 percent of Nortnh Carolina households reported accessing the Internet from homedurinyg 2007. That ranked the Tar Heel State No. 42 out of the 50 statesa and the Districtof Columbia. The report also showed that 58.4 perceny of North Carolinians reported usinyg the Internetat home, work or via publicx access during 2007. That ranked the state 40th. Nearlh 83 percent of New Hampshirw residents ages 3 and older accessed the Internetf during2007 – the highest rate in the United Alaska had the highest percentage, 82 percent, of householdas that hooked up to the Web.
Mississippo was last in both categories, with barely over half of its residentsz and 53 percent of its household s going onlinein 2007. Nationwide, 64 perceng of Americans 18 and olded reported using the Internetin 2007, up from just 22 percentf a decade earlier. The bureau did not providde 1997 figures by The report showed that 62 percent ofthe nation's households reported using the Internet at home in an 18 percent increase from 1997.
Among householde using the Netin 2007, 82 percent reporte using a high-speed connection, and 17 percent used a dial-up “As access to high speed connections have become more so too have the numbedr of people that connect to the Interne at home,” said Thom File, a statistician with the Census Bureau Housing and Householx Economic Statistics Division. “These data give us a better understandin of who is using the Interneg andfrom where.” Internet usage also varieds by education and race. For individuals 25 and olderf witha bachelor’s 87 percent reported going onlinee from some location in 2007.
About half (49 percent) of thoser with only a high school diploma reportedx usingthe Internet, compared with 19 percent for those withoug a high school diploma. Meanwhile, 69 percent of whitezs lived in households withInterneyt use. The same was true for 51 percenof African-Americans, 73 percent of Asianss and 48 percent of Hispanics. The percentage of 18- to 34-year-oldas who accessed the Internet was more thandouble (73 that of people 65 and oldedr (35 percent).
Among children 3 to 17, 56 percent used the