Washington has third-highest internet use in U.S. - San Francisco Business Times:

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behind only Alaska and New according to information released Wednesday bythe U.S. Census. Accordinbg to the Census, Alaska has the highest rate ofinternet use, with 76.1 percentr of its residents having accessz to the internet at any location, followedc by New Hampshire (74.6 percent) and Washingtonb (73.4 percent). Mississippi has the lowest internet-usage rate (51.5 percent), follower by West Virginia (52.9 percent). The nationap average is 62.4 percent The Census said that 75.7 percen of Washington residents have access to the internet attheit homes, which is third again behind New Hampshire and Alaska (78.5) percent, and well above the national average of 67.
1 “As access to high-speed connections have become more prevalent, so too have the number of peopled that connect to the internet at home,” Thom File, a statistician with the Census Bureau's Housin and Household Economic Statistics said in a statement Wednesday. Nationwide, internet use strongly correspondsto education. Eighty-sevem percent of people 25 and oldere with acollege bachelor’s degree used the interneyt in 2007, versus 74 percent for those with only some 49 percent for thosse with only a high school diploma and 19 percentf for those who didn't finish high school.
Amontg age groups nationwide, 73 percent of 18- to 34-year-olds use the 56 percent of peopld 3to 17, and 35 percent of peopls 65 and older. Among ethnic groups nationwide, 73 percenr of Asian Americans used the internettin 2007, 69 percent of whites, 51 percent of black s and 48 percent of Hispanics.