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Table 426. Percent of home computer users using specific applications, by selected characteristics: 1997 and 2003

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                            |       Number|   Percent|        Number|   Percent|                Percent of home computer users using specific applications, 2003\1\
Selected                    |      of home|of persons|            of|of persons|________________________________________________________________________________________
characteristic              |     computer|     using|      computer|     using|          |          |          |   Spread-|          |          |           |
                            |       users,| computers|        users,| computers|      Word|   Connect|    E-mail|   sheets/| Graphics/|    School|  Household|     Games
                            |        1997,|  at home,|         2003,|  at home,|processing|        to|          |     data-| design\2\|   assign-|   records/|
                            | in thousands|      1997|  in thousands|      2003|          |  Internet|          |  bases\2\|          |  ments\3\|finances\2\|
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1                           |            2|         3|             4|         5|         6|         7|         8|         9|        10|        11|         12|        13
____________________________|_____________|__________|______________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________
     Total, age 3 and over .|81,013(600.0)|31.7(0.16)|156,744(954.0)|56.9(0.16)|53.1(0.22)|82.7(0.17)|72.7(0.19)|32.0(0.23)|37.6(0.24)|75.9(0.29)|30.8 (0.22)|58.5(0.22)
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Sex                         |             |          |              |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |
  Male .....................|41,260(412.6)|33.1(0.22)| 76,777(637.8)|57.2(0.22)|49.5(0.30)|82.4(0.23)|70.5(0.27)|33.7(0.32)|39.5(0.33)|73.9(0.42)|31.6 (0.31)|61.5(0.29)
  Female ...................|39,753(384.7)|30.3(0.20)| 79,967(627.8)|56.7(0.21)|56.7(0.28)|83.0(0.21)|74.8(0.24)|30.3(0.29)|35.9(0.30)|77.8(0.39)|30.1 (0.29)|55.6(0.28)
                            |             |          |              |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |
Race/ethnicity              |             |          |              |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |
  White, non-Hispanic ......|68,026(543.7)|36.9(0.19)|119,495(801.4)|63.7(0.19)|53.9(0.25)|84.9(0.18)|75.4(0.22)|32.6(0.26)|38.6(0.27)|75.4(0.34)|31.8 (0.26)|58.0(0.25)
  Black, non-Hispanic ......| 4,943(136.3)|15.6(0.36)| 13,457(254.7)|40.8(0.48)|50.5(0.76)|74.4(0.67)|62.5(0.74)|26.8(0.77)|33.4(0.82)|79.3(0.89)|26.9 (0.78)|64.8(0.73)
  Hispanic .................| 4,081(139.0)|14.5(0.41)| 13,497(300.2)|35.8(0.49)|46.6(0.85)|72.4(0.76)|59.4(0.83)|27.8(0.90)|31.4(0.93)|74.9(0.97)|25.1 (0.87)|59.5(0.83)
  Other ....................| 3,963(136.6)|34.8(0.88)| 10,296(248.9)|60.7(0.74)|56.3(0.96)|81.1(0.76)|71.6(0.88)|36.4(1.06)|39.3(1.07)|76.7(1.14)|31.4 (1.02)|54.2(0.97)
                            |             |          |              |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |
Age                         |             |          |              |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |
  3 to 14 ..................|18,774(249.8)|39.1(0.39)| 30,772(330.0)|62.6(0.38)|37.9(0.48)|57.6(0.49)|34.5(0.47)|---   (†) |---   (†) |61.9(0.44)|---    (†) |86.0(0.34)
  15 and over ..............|62,239(505.5)|30.0(0.17)|125,972(813.4)|55.7(0.18)|56.8(0.24)|88.8(0.15)|82.0(0.19)|32.0(0.23)|37.6(0.24)|92.8(0.29)|30.8 (0.22)|51.8(0.24)
    15 to 19 ...............| 8,395(162.3)|43.1(0.61)| 14,656(218.2)|72.2(0.54)|68.9(0.66)|86.6(0.49)|77.9(0.59)|23.2(0.60)|43.8(0.71)|93.1(0.34)| 6.2 (0.34)|72.4(0.64)
    20 to 24 ...............| 4,975(123.7)|28.5(0.59)| 11,848(194.7)|59.6(0.60)|63.7(0.76)|86.4(0.54)|80.6(0.63)|29.9(0.73)|40.9(0.78)|94.5(0.53)|20.5 (0.64)|61.9(0.77)
    25 to 29 ...............| 5,963(135.8)|31.7(0.59)| 11,059(187.7)|59.0(0.62)|56.0(0.82)|88.5(0.52)|83.7(0.61)|36.2(0.79)|42.1(0.81)|94.2(0.96)|37.1 (0.79)|54.2(0.82)
    30 to 39 ...............|15,393(224.1)|35.8(0.40)| 26,407(302.3)|64.0(0.41)|54.3(0.53)|89.7(0.32)|83.3(0.40)|35.5(0.51)|40.6(0.52)|89.0(1.26)|37.6 (0.52)|50.4(0.53)
    40 to 49 ...............|15,346(223.7)|38.3(0.42)| 27,660(310.4)|62.3(0.40)|55.4(0.52)|90.1(0.31)|82.7(0.39)|35.3(0.50)|37.3(0.50)|88.6(1.67)|37.5 (0.50)|47.3(0.52)
    50 to 59 ...............| 7,679(154.9)|28.5(0.48)| 19,976(258.5)|57.2(0.46)|55.4(0.61)|90.7(0.35)|83.4(0.45)|32.5(0.57)|33.6(0.58)|90.0(2.49)|34.4 (0.58)|41.9(0.60)
    60 to 69 ...............| 3,162 (98.1)|16.2(0.46)|  9,233(170.6)|41.8(0.57)|51.8(0.90)|87.9(0.59)|81.9(0.69)|28.5(0.81)|29.0(0.82)|69.8(9.14)|31.8 (0.84)|44.3(0.89)
    70 or older ............| 1,327 (63.2)| 5.9(0.27)|  5,134(125.7)|20.9(0.45)|43.9(1.20)|84.5(0.87)|78.1(1.00)|20.5(0.97)|20.6(0.98)|  ‡   (†) |25.4 (1.05)|47.0(1.20)
                            |             |          |              |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |
Family income\4\            |             |          |              |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |
  Under $20,000 ............| 7,374(151.6)|11.0(0.21)| 11,951(195.6)|28.6(0.38)|48.5(0.79)|70.1(0.72)|59.9(0.77)|23.2(0.75)|31.5(0.83)|78.5(0.85)|22.5 (0.75)|64.4(0.76)
  $20,000 to $29,999 .......| 7,819(156.3)|19.9(0.35)| 12,136(197.2)|41.4(0.50)|47.7(0.78)|74.0(0.69)|64.5(0.75)|25.6(0.77)|32.4(0.82)|74.8(1.02)|24.7 (0.76)|63.6(0.75)
  $30,000 to $39,999 .......|10,370(181.4)|28.5(0.41)| 15,176(222.4)|52.4(0.51)|45.6(0.70)|78.9(0.57)|68.7(0.65)|24.9(0.68)|31.8(0.73)|72.8(0.95)|27.1 (0.70)|62.8(0.68)
  $40,000 to $49,999 .......| 9,627(174.4)|36.9(0.52)| 13,300(207.1)|63.4(0.57)|50.1(0.75)|81.9(0.58)|71.6(0.68)|28.5(0.75)|35.6(0.80)|74.9(1.03)|28.8 (0.76)|61.5(0.73)
  $50,000 to $74,999 .......|21,685(270.5)|46.5(0.40)| 31,581(335.0)|70.8(0.37)|51.9(0.49)|85.6(0.34)|74.8(0.42)|30.8(0.50)|37.4(0.52)|74.9(0.66)|30.5 (0.50)|59.3(0.48)
  $75,000 or more ..........|24,138(287.3)|60.3(0.42)| 48,583(433.0)|82.5(0.27)|61.3(0.38)|89.7(0.24)|79.8(0.31)|41.2(0.43)|45.1(0.43)|77.0(0.51)|37.8 (0.42)|55.0(0.39)
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---Not available.
†Not applicable.
‡Reporting standards not met.
\1\Individuals may be counted in more than one computer activity.
\2\Data are for persons 15 years old and over.
\3\Data are for students only.
\4\Excludes persons not reporting income.

NOTE: Excludes persons under age 3. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, October 1997 and October 2003, unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 2004.)