Nearly three-quarters (74%) of American adults use the Internet––a slight drop from 79% reported in April 2009, when the survey did not include Spanish interviews, according to a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Below, additional findings on Internet, broadband, wireless Internet, and cell phone use from Pew, published in January 2010.
Overall, Internet use* is higher among younger, affluent, and more educated adults:
There has been little significant growth in the overall Internet user population since 2006:
Broadband
The inclusion of Spanish-language interviews resulted in somewhat decreased numbers of US broadband use: 60% of American adults use broadband connections at home––a drop from 63% reported in April 2009 (and within the survey's margin of error).
Broadband use at home has risen fairly consistently since 2000, but the rate of growth has slowed somewhat over the period:
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Wireless
Overall, 55% of American adults connect to the Internet wirelessly. Some 46% of adults own laptops, and among them 83% connect via Wi-Fi and 28% connect via wireless broadband.
In addition, 83% of adults have cell phones or smartphones, and among them 35% have accessed the Internet via their mobile phone.
*The numbers for Internet access by race/ethnicity were originally reported to be 59% for non-Hispanic Blacks and 55% for Hispanics. These have been corrected to 70% for non-Hispanic Blacks and 64% for Hispanics.
**The numbers for home broadband access by race/ethnicity were originally reported to be 44% for non-Hispanic Blacks and 40% for Hispanics. These have been corrected to 52% for non-Hispanic Blacks and 47% for Hispanics.
About the data: Data are from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project study conducted November 30 to December 27, 2009. A total of 2,258 adults were interviewed in English and Spanish using landlines and cell phones.
