Internet Use Triples in Decade, Census Bureau Reports

The U.S. Census Bureau has released a report on the use of Internet in households and by individuals based on data from 1997 to 2007.

Press Release:

"New data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that 62 percent of households reported using Internet access in the home in 2007, an increase from 18 percent in 1997, the first year the bureau collected data on Internet use. (See Table 1.)...

'As access to high speed connections have become more prevalent, so too have the number of people that connect to the Internet at home,' said Thom File, a statistician with the Census Bureau Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division. 'These data give us a better understanding of who is using the Internet and from where.'"

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