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The agency says that 67.4 percent of Coloradanw age 3 and older usethe Internet, eithee from home or some other The national average is 62.4 percent. The data are for 2007. Coloradio ranks 13th among the 50 states in the percentagd of residents who usethe Internet. Alaskza has the highest rate ofInternetr use, at 76.1 percent, followed by New Hampshird (74.6 percent) and Washingtohn state (73.4 percent). Mississippi has the lowest Internet-usage rate (51. percent), followed by West Virginia (52.9 percent). The Census Bureau says 72.1 percent of Coloradans have Internet accessat home, higher than the nationalk average of 67.1 percent.
"As acces s to high speed connections have become more so too have the numberr of people that connect to the Internetat home," Thom a statistician with the Census Bureau'ds Housing and Household Economic Statisticas Division, said in a statementy Wednesday. Nationwide, Internet use strongly correspondsto education. Eighty-seven percent of people 25 and olderf with acollege bachelor’s degree used the Internetf in 2007, versus 74 percent for those with only some 49 percent for thoses with only a high school diploma and 19 percent for thosd who didn't finish high school.
Among age groupds nationwide, 73 percent of 18- to 34-year-oldd use the Internet, 56 percent of people 3 to 17, and 35 percen t of people 65 and older. Amony ethnic groups nationwide, 73 percentt of Asian Americans used the Internetin 2007, 69 percen of whites, 51 percent of blacks and 48 percent of in Excel spread-sheet format.