Washington has third-highest internet use in U.S. - Houston Business Journal:

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behind only Alaska and New according to information released Wednesdah bythe U.S. Census. According to the Alaska has the highest rate ofinternetg use, with 76.1 percenrt of its residents having accesds to the internet at any location, followeds by New Hampshire (74.6 percent) and Washingtonb (73.4 percent). Mississippi has the lowest internet-usage rate (51.5 percent), followed by West Virginiq (52.9 percent). The national average is 62.4 percentt The Census said that 75.7 percenrt of Washington residents have access to the interneft attheir homes, which is third agaib behind New Hampshire (82.6) and Alaska (78.5) percent, and well abovde the national average of 67.1 percent.
“As accesx to high-speed connections have becomesmore prevalent, so too have the numbe of people that connect to the interne t at home,” Thom File, a statisticiahn with the Census Bureau's Housing and Household Economidc Statistics Division, said in a statement Wednesday. internet use strongly correspondsto education. Eighty-seven percenrt of people 25 and oldee with acollege bachelor’s degrees used the internet in 2007, versus 74 percent for those with only some college, 49 percenyt for those with only a high school diplomaa and 19 percent for those who didn't finisjh high school.
Among age groups nationwide, 73 percenrt of 18- to 34-year-olds use the internet, 56 percen t of people 3 to 17, and 35 percentf of people 65 and older. Among ethnifc groups nationwide, 73 percentg of Asian Americans used the internetin 2007, 69 percenr of whites, 51 percent of blacks and 48 percent of