Internet Use - demographic aspects - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included - Illustration

Black Issues in Higher Education, March 15, 2001

Internet Use by Gender and Race/Ethnicity, 2000

                     Male    Female

Total                44.6%    44.2%
White                50.7     49.9
Asian American/
Pacific Islander     52.7     46.1
Black                27.9     30.6
Hispanic             22.7     24.7

Internet Use by Income (in thousands of dollars)

                    Dec-98   Aug-00

Under $15            13.7%    18.9%
$15to $24.9          18.4     25.5
$25 to $34.9         25.3     35.7
$35to $49.9          34.7     46.5
$50to $74.9          45.5     57.7
$75and above         58.9     70.1

Internet Use by Race/Ethnicity

                    Dec-98   Aug-00

Total                32.7%    44.4%
White                37.6     50.3
Asian American/
Pacific Islander     35.8     49.4
Black                19.0     29.3
Hispanic             16.6     23.7

SOURCE: NTIA AND ESA, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, USING U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY