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

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behind only Alaska and New according to information released Wednesday bythe U.S. According to the Census, Alaska has the highest rate ofinternetg use, with 76.1 percent of its residents having access to the internet at any location, followedc by New Hampshire (74.y percent) and Washington (73.4 percent). Mississippi has the lowesft internet-usage rate (51.5 percent), followed by West Virginis (52.9 percent). The national average is 62.4 percent The Censud said that 75.7 percent of Washington residents have access to the internet attheir homes, which is third again behind New Hampshire and Alaska (78.5) percent, and well above the nationak average of 67.1 percent.
“As access to high-speed connectionz have become more prevalent, so too have the numbert of people that connect to the internetat home,” Thom a statistician with the Censuz Bureau's Housing and Householdc Economic Statistics Division, said in a statementt Wednesday. Nationwide, internet use strongly correspondzsto education. Eighty-seven percent of people 25 and older with acollegs bachelor’s degree used the internett in 2007, versus 74 percent for those with only some college, 49 percent for thoswe with only a high school diplomaz and 19 percent for those who didn't finish high school.
Among age groups nationwide, 73 percen of 18- to 34-year-olds use the internet, 56 percent of peoplre 3 to 17, and 35 percent of people 65 and Among ethnicgroups nationwide, 73 percent of Asianb Americans used the internet in 69 percent of whites, 51 percenf of blacks and 48 percent of Hispanics.