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That's according to a report releasedd Wednesday bythe U.S. Censuss Bureau, which also shows that 62 percent ofthe nation's households repor using the Internet at home in 2007, an 18 percentr increase from 1997. Among households using the net in 82 percent reported usinga high-speed and 17 percent used a dial-up “As access to high speed connections have become more prevalent, so too have the numbere of people that connect to the Internet at said Thom File, a statistician with the Censusd Bureau Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division. “Thes e data give us a better understanding of who is usingg the Internet andfrom where.
” Amon g the states, New Hampshire had the highest rate of Internetg use for those age three and older in 2007 at 82 percent. Mississippk and West Virginia had the lowest rates of use at abourt52 percent. Roughly 60 percent of Texans used the net in thedata shows. Internet usage also varied by educationand race. For individuals 25 and older witha bachelor’s degree, 87 percentt reported going online from some locatiob in 2007. About half (49 percent) of those with only a high schooo diploma reported usingthe Internet, compared with 19 percent for thoss without a high school diploma. Meanwhile, 69 perceny of whites lived in householdsx withInternet use.
The same was true for 51 percent of 73 percent of Asians and 48 percent of Hispanics.