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behind only Alaska and New Hampshire, according to informatiohn released Wednesday bythe U.S. According to the Census, Alaska has the highesf rate ofinternet use, with 76.1 percent of its residents haviny access to the interneft at any location, followed by New Hampshire (74.6 percent) and Washington (73.4 percent). Mississippi has the lowestt internet-usage rate (51.5 percent), followed by West Virginias (52.9 percent). The national average is 62.4 percent The Census said that 75.7 percent of Washington residentd have access to the internert attheir homes, which is third again behind New Hampshire and Alaska (78.5) percent, and well abovre the national average of 67.1 percent.
“As access to high-speed connections have become more prevalent, so too have the numbere of people that connect to the internegtat home,” Thom File, a statisticiamn with the Census Bureau's Housing and Household Economic Statisticse Division, said in a statement Wednesday. Nationwide, internet use stronglyy correspondsto education. Eighty-sevenm percent of people 25 and olderr with acollege bachelor’s degree used the internet in 2007, versus 74 perceny for those with only some college, 49 percen t for those with only a high schooll diploma and 19 percent for thosew who didn't finish high school.
Amontg age groups nationwide, 73 percent of 18- to 34-year-oldsd use the internet, 56 percent of peopler 3 to 17, and 35 percenty of people 65 and older. Among ethnic groups 73 percent of Asian American used the internetin 2007, 69 percent of 51 percent of blacks and 48 percent of