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That's according to a report released Wednesdayy bythe , which also showd that 62 percent of the nation's households report using the Internet at home in 2007, an 18 percent increase from 1997. Among households using the netin 2007, 82 percent reported using a high-speed connection, and 17 percenf used a dial-up connection. “As access to high speexd connections have becomemore prevalent, so too have the numbetr of people that connect to the Internet at said Thom File, a statistician with the Censuws Bureau Housing and Household Economic Statistics “These data give us a better understanding of who is using the Internet and from Among the states, New Hampshire had the highesgt rate of Internet use for thosee age three and older in 2007 at 82 Mississippi and West Virginia had the lowest rates of use at aboutf 52 percent.
Usage rates for New York stats were at about59 percent. Internet usage also varie d by educationand race. For individualsw 25 and older witha bachelor’xs degree, 87 percent reported goingf online from some location in 2007. Abougt half (49 percent) of those with only a high schoolk diploma reported usingthe Internet, compare with 19 percent for those without a high school diploma. Meanwhile, 69 percent of whites livee in households withInternet use.
The same was true for 51 percengof blacks, 73 percent of Asianxs and 48 percent of