Growth in U.S. Internet Use
from 1997 to 2001
| |
Internet
Use
(Percent of Total U.S. Population) |
| |
Oct.
1997 |
Dec.
1998 |
Aug.
2000 |
Sept.
2001 |
| Total1 |
22.2% |
32.7% |
44.4% |
53.9% |
| Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
Male |
24.3 |
34.2 |
44.6 |
53.9 |
|
Female |
20.2 |
31.4 |
44.2 |
53.8 |
| Race/Origin |
|
|
|
|
|
White |
25.3 |
37.6 |
50.3 |
59.9 |
|
Black |
13.2 |
19.0 |
29.3 |
39.8 |
|
Asian Amer. & Pac. Isl. |
26.4 |
35.8 |
49.4 |
60.4 |
|
Hispanic |
11.0 |
16.6 |
23.7 |
31.6 |
| Employment
Status |
|
|
|
|
|
Employed2 |
28.5 |
42.5 |
56.6 |
65.4 |
|
Not employed2, 3 |
12.4 |
19.5 |
28.9 |
36.9 |
| Family
income |
|
|
|
|
|
Less than $15,000 |
9.2 |
13.7 |
18.9 |
25.0 |
|
$15,000–$24,999 |
11.6 |
18.4 |
25.5 |
33.4 |
|
$25,000–$34,999 |
17.1 |
25.3 |
35.7 |
44.1 |
|
$35,000–$49,999 |
22.8 |
34.7 |
46.5 |
57.1 |
|
$50,000–$74,999 |
32.3 |
45.5 |
57.7 |
67.3 |
|
$75,000 & above |
44.5 |
58.9 |
70.1 |
78.9 |
| Educational
Attainment4 |
|
|
Less than high school |
1.8 |
4.2 |
8.8 |
12.8 |
High school diploma
/GED |
9.7 |
19.2 |
30.6 |
39.8 |
|
Some college |
24.8% |
38.6% |
54.2% |
62.4% |
|
Bachelors degree |
41.4 |
58.4 |
72.5 |
80.8 |
Beyond bachelors
degree |
51.9 |
66.4 |
78.5 |
83.7 |
| Age
Group |
|
|
|
|
|
Age 3–8 |
7.2 |
11.0 |
15.3 |
27.9 |
|
Age 9–17 |
33.2 |
43.0 |
53.4 |
68.6 |
|
Age 18–24 |
31.6 |
44.3 |
56.8 |
65.0 |
|
Age 25–49 |
27.1 |
40.9 |
55.4 |
63.9 |
|
Male |
29.3 |
41.7 |
54.1 |
61.8 |
|
Female |
25.1 |
40.2 |
56.5 |
66.0 |
|
Age 50+ |
11.2 |
19.3 |
29.6 |
37.1 |
|
Male |
14.6 |
22.8 |
32.7 |
39.9 |
|
Female |
8.4 |
16.4 |
26.9 |
34.6 |
| Geographic
Location of Household in which the Individual Lives |
|
Rural |
n.a. |
29.3 |
42.5 |
52.9 |
|
Urban |
n.a. |
33.9 |
45.0 |
54.2 |
Urban not central
city |
n.a. |
36.1 |
47.9 |
57.4 |
|
Urban central city |
n.a. |
30.6 |
40.6 |
49.1 |
| Household
Type in which the Individual Lives |
|
Married couple
w/children
<18
years
old |
26.7 |
37.6 |
50.6 |
62.0 |
Male householder
w/children
<18
years
old |
18.2 |
25.4 |
34.5 |
45.8 |
Female householder
w/children
<18
years
old |
14.8 |
22.3 |
32.9 |
45.3 |
Family household
without
children
18 years
old |
19.6 |
30.0 |
41.4 |
50.5 |
|
Nonfamily household |
21.1 |
32.9 |
42.7 |
47.6 |
1.
U.S. population: 1997: 255,689,000; 1998: 258,453,000;
2000: 262,620,000; 2001: 265,180,000.
3.
Both people who are unemployed and people not in the labor force.
Source:
U.S. Bureau of the Census,
Current Population Survey supplements,
Oct. 1997, Dec. 1998, Aug.
2000, and Sept. 2001.
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