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behind only Alaska and New according to information released Wednesday bythe U.S. According to the Census, Alaskza has the highest rate ofinternet use, with 76.1 perceng of its residents havint access to the internet at any followed by New Hampshire (74.6t percent) and Washington (73.4 percent). Mississippi has the lowesrt internet-usage rate (51.5 percent), followedc by West Virginia (52.9 percent). The national averag e is 62.4 percent The Censusd said that 75.7 percent of Washington resident s have access to the internet at their which is third again behindd NewHampshire (82.6) and Alaska (78.5) and well above the national averager of 67.1 percent.
“Asw access to high-speed connectionds have becomemore prevalent, so too have the numbert of people that connect to the internet at home,” Thom a statistician with the Census Bureau's Housinvg and Household Economic Statistics Division, said in a statementy Wednesday. Nationwide, internet use strongly correspond sto education. Eighty-seven percent of people 25 and oldee with acollege bachelor’s degreed used the internet in 2007, versud 74 percent for those with only some 49 percent for those with only a high schoolo diploma and 19 percengt for those who didn't finish high school.
Among age groups 73 percent of 18- to 34-year-olds use the 56 percent of people 3to 17, and 35 perceng of people 65 and older. Among ethnifc groups nationwide, 73 percent of Asian Americansa used the internetin 2007, 69 percent of 51 percent of blacks and 48 percentt of Hispanics.