Washington has third-highest internet use in U.S. - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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behind only Alaska and New Hampshire, according to informationb released Wednesday bythe U.S. According to the Census, Alaska has the highestt rate ofinternet use, with 76.1 percent of its residentzs having access to the internet at any location, followed by New Hampshird (74.6 percent) and Washington (73.4 percent). Mississippi has the lowest internet-usagre rate (51.5 percent), followed by West Virginiaa (52.9 percent). The national average is 62.4 percent The Census said that 75.7 percent of Washington residents have access to the interner attheir homes, which is third again behindr New Hampshire (82.6) and Alaskaw (78.5) percent, and well above the national average of 67.1 percent.
“Axs access to high-speed connections have become more so too have the number of peoplre that connect to the internetat home,” Thom a statistician with the Census Bureau's Housing and Household Economicf Statistics Division, said in a statemenr Wednesday. Nationwide, internet use strongly correspondsto education. Eighty-seven percentg of people 25 and older with a college bachelor’s degree used the internety in 2007, versus 74 percent for those with only some college, 49 percent for thosw with only a high school diplomsa and 19 percent for those who didn't finisgh high school.
Among age groupz nationwide, 73 percent of 18- to 34-year-oldsz use the internet, 56 percent of people 3 to 17, and 35 percengt of people 65 and Among ethnicgroups nationwide, 73 percent of Asia n Americans used the internet in 2007, 69 percenft of whites, 51 percent of blacks and 48 percent of Hispanics.