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The Mountain States area is one of the most highly wired regions of the country. By 2002, the Mountain States region (Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming) had become one of the most highly wired in the entire country. Fully 64% of adults eighteen and over were Internet users. The only regions with a higher […]
Lower Midwesterners rank slightly below the national average in Internet usage. Users in the five states in the region (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma) stand out for a number of reasons: Lower Midwestern Internet users as a group are more educated than the national average. The region has the highest proportion of low-household income users […]
The population of Internet users has grown strongly in the Southeast in recent years. Once one of the less-wired regions in the United States, the Southeast has seen strong growth in Internet usage among adults. Internet users in the four states in the region — Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina — stand out […]
WASHINGTON – Internet penetration is not spread evenly across the United States, with some regions of the country well above the national average of 59% and some parts well below. Even among Internet users there is sometimes considerable variance in the things they do online in different parts of the country. According to data collected […]
The National Capital is another of the country’s more wired areas. The National Capital Region is one of the most wired areas in the United States, and Internet users in the region (Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia) stand out from those in other parts of the country for several reasons: They are among […]
The Industrial Midwest is one of the more wired regions in the United States and the percentage of novice users here is one of the highest nationwide. Internet users in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan stand out against those in other regions of the country for several reasons: The user population in the Industrial Midwest […]
The Upper Midwest is close to the national average in the percentage of its population that uses the Internet. Internet users in the four Upper Midwest states (Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, and South Dakota) stand out against those in other regions of the country for several reasons: They are more educated than the national average. […]
Substantially higher numbers of Americans today than in 2002 believe that Islam is more likely than other religions to encourage violence among its followers. At the same time, there has been a significant increase in the percentage of people who say that, in general, religion plays a large role in causing wars. Nearly half of […]