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Table 418. Number and percentage of home computer users, by type of application and selected characteristics: 1997 and 2003
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                            |              1997           |                                                2003                                                             
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                            |               |             |               |          |                  Percent of home computer users using specific applications\1\
                            |               |             |               |Percent of|________________________________________________________________________________________
                            |               |   Percent of|               |   persons|          |          |          |   Spread-|          |          |           |
                            | Number of home|persons using| Number of home|     using|          |          |          |   sheets/|          |    School|  Household|
                            |computer users,|    computers|computer users,| computers|      Word|Connect to|          |     data-| Graphics/|   assign-|   records/|
Selected characteristic     |   in thousands|      at home|   in thousands|   at home|processing|  Internet|    E-mail|  bases\2\| design\2\|  ments\3\|finances\2\|     Games
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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)
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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)
____________________________|_______________|_____________|_______________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________
---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 whose income data were not available.
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 (CPS), October 1997 and October 2003, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared August 2004.)


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