Updated April 12, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
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Find data about internet access and usage in the U.S. by age, education level, employment status, profession type, and more.
| Have Internet access | Used the Internet in past 30 days | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total adults |
Home/ work/ other |
Home | Work | Other place | Home/ work/ other |
Home | Work | Other place | |
| Total adults (thousands) | 220,847 | 183,851 | 148,590 | 83727 | 71,346 | 148,763 | 128,923 | 70,784 | 29,416 |
| Percent | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Men | 48.2% | 48.4% | 49.0% | 49.7% | 46.6% | 48.1% | 48.2% | 49.7% | 48.2% |
| Women | 51.8 | 51.6 | 51.0 | 50.3 | 53.4 | 51.9 | 51.8 | 50.3 | 51.8 |
| Education | |||||||||
| Graduated college plus | 25.5 | 29.8 | 34.4 | 44.7 | 27.9 | 34.8 | 37.6 | 48.1 | 34.4 |
| Attended college | 27.5 | 30.4 | 31.5 | 32.0 | 30.6 | 33.2 | 32.9 | 31.9 | 36.0 |
| Did not attend college | 47.0 | 39.8 | 34.1 | 23.3 | 41.5 | 32.0 | 29.5 | 20.0 | 29.6 |
| Age | |||||||||
| 18–34 | 30.7 | 33.1 | 31.6 | 33.1 | 41.3 | 36.4 | 34.0 | 33.3 | 58.1 |
| 35–54 | 39.1 | 41.4 | 43.7 | 50.9 | 35.8 | 43.0 | 44.4 | 51.6 | 30.2 |
| 55+ | 30.2 | 25.5 | 24.7 | 16 | 22.9 | 20.6 | 21.6 | 15.1 | 11.7 |
| Employment | |||||||||
| Full time | 53.6 | 58.6 | 60.9 | 86.8 | 50.7 | 63.4 | 63.0 | 88.4 | 52.7 |
| Part-time | 11.6 | 12.5 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 16.1 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 11.1 | 19.1 |
| Occupation | |||||||||
| Professional | 13.6 | 16.1 | 18.3 | 29.5 | 16.1 | 19.1 | 20.2 | 30.4 | 19.4 |
| Mgmt./Bus./Finan. Ops. | 9.8 | 11.4 | 13.0 | 20.5 | 9.6 | 13.2 | 13.9 | 22.5 | 11.3 |
| Sales/Office | 15.8 | 18.2 | 18.7 | 28.7 | 16.1 | 20.6 | 19.9 | 29.4 | 18.2 |
| Nat. Res./Constr./Maint. | 7.3 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
| Other | 18.8 | 18.5 | 17.0 | 15.3 | 19.2 | 17.3 | 16.1 | 12.5 | 18.7 |
| Household income | |||||||||
| $150,000 or more | 8.7 | 10.3 | 12.3 | 16.0 | 9.3 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 17.3 | 12.1 |
| $75,000–149,999 | 26.1 | 30.2 | 34.8 | 40.8 | 25.6 | 33.8 | 36.3 | 42.1 | 26.3 |
| $50,000–74,999 | 19.8 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 22.3 | 18.6 | 22.2 | 22.3 | 21.5 | 18.8 |
| Less than $50,000 | 45.4 | 38.1 | 30.4 | 21.0 | 46.6 | 32.1 | 28.3 | 19.1 | 42.8 |
Source: MRI CyberStats, Fall 2007.
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