Profile of U.S. Online Population |
|
Online
Adults |
All
Adults |
Age |
18 to 29 |
28% |
22% |
30 to 39 |
23% |
22% |
40 to 49 |
23% |
20% |
50 to 64 |
18% |
18% |
65+ |
7% |
16% |
Gender |
Men |
51% |
48% |
Women |
49% |
52% |
Race/Ethnicity |
White |
76% |
76% |
Black |
10% |
12% |
Hispanic |
10% |
10% |
Education |
High school or less |
38% |
52% |
Some College |
30% |
26% |
College grad/post grad |
32% |
22% |
Household Income |
$25,000 or less |
19% |
25% |
$25,001 to $50,000 |
23% |
29% |
$50,001 and over |
45% |
32% |
Source: Harris Interactive |
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"More than half of U.S. adults go online from home, up from 49 percent in
2000. More than one-quarter (28 percent) are online at work and 19 percent go
online from other locations. The survey also found computer use is becoming
synonymous with Internet access. Nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of all
adults are using a computer at home, work or at another location, virtually
identical to last year's 74 percent. Eighty-eight percent of all those who use a
computer are online, 12 percent are not.2"
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Footnotes:
1. Social Implications of the Internet, Paul DiMaggio, Eszter Hargittai, W. Russell
Neuman, and John P. Robinson, Annual Review of Sociology 2001. 27:307-336.
2. Copyright,2001,
INT Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission from
http://www.internet.com.
(http://cyberatlas.internet.com/big_picture/geographics/article/0,,5911_919221,00.html).
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