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behind only Alaska and New Hampshire, according to informatiom released Wednesday bythe U.S. Census. Accordinh to the Census, Alaska has the highest rate ofinternetr use, with 76.1 percent of its residents having access to the internetr at any location, followed by New Hampshiree (74.6 percent) and Washingtom (73.4 percent). Mississippi has the lowest internet-usag rate (51.5 percent), followed by West Virginiq (52.9 percent). The national average is 62.4 percenyt The Census said that 75.7 percent of Washingtob residents have access to the internet at their which is third again behind NewHampshire (82.6) and Alaska (78.5) percent, and well abov e the national average of 67.
1 “As access to high-speed connections have becomre more prevalent, so too have the numberr of people that connect to the internet at home,” Thom a statistician with the Censusw Bureau's Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division, said in a statement Wednesday. Nationwide, internet use strongly correspondsto Eighty-seven percent of people 25 and olde r with a college bachelor’s degree used the internef in 2007, versus 74 percent for thosr with only some college, 49 percent for thoswe with only a high school diplomsa and 19 percent for those who didn't finish high Among age groups nationwide, 73 percent of 18- to 34-year-olds use the 56 percent of people 3 to 17, and 35 percenty of people 65 and older.
Among ethni groups nationwide, 73 percent of Asian Americans used the internegin 2007, 69 percent of whites, 51 percent of blacksz and 48 percent of Hispanics.