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| Table 218.70. | Number and percentage distribution of 5- to 17-year-old students, by home internet access, poverty status, and locale: 2015 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||||||||
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| Poverty status and locale | Number of students with known poverty status living in households1 (in thousands) | Percentage distribution of students,1 by home access to the Internet2 | ||||||||||||
| Total | Access with a broadband subscription | Access without a subscrip-tion4 | Either no access or only dial-up access | |||||||||||
| Total, any broadband subscription | Fixed broadband (of any sort)3 | Mobile broadband (alone or with dial-up) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||
| Total | 51,275 | (23.8) | 100.0 | (†) | 85.0 | (0.09) | 77.8 | (0.11) | 7.3 | (0.06) | 4.2 | (0.04) | 10.8 | (0.08) |
| City | 15,591 | (24.2) | 100.0 | (†) | 81.7 | (0.15) | 74.1 | (0.16) | 7.6 | (0.09) | 5.1 | (0.09) | 13.2 | (0.13) |
| Large | 8,755 | (16.4) | 100.0 | (†) | 80.0 | (0.22) | 72.1 | (0.23) | 7.9 | (0.13) | 5.3 | (0.11) | 14.7 | (0.20) |
| Midsize | 3,344 | (16.2) | 100.0 | (†) | 83.5 | (0.26) | 76.1 | (0.34) | 7.4 | (0.23) | 4.7 | (0.21) | 11.8 | (0.22) |
| Small | 3,492 | (13.3) | 100.0 | (†) | 84.3 | (0.29) | 77.1 | (0.33) | 7.2 | (0.19) | 4.8 | (0.19) | 11.0 | (0.27) |
| Suburb | 21,381 | (34.3) | 100.0 | (†) | 89.8 | (0.11) | 84.5 | (0.12) | 5.3 | (0.08) | 3.0 | (0.06) | 7.2 | (0.10) |
| Large | 18,283 | (30.4) | 100.0 | (†) | 90.1 | (0.12) | 85.0 | (0.13) | 5.1 | (0.08) | 2.9 | (0.06) | 7.0 | (0.10) |
| Midsize | 1,984 | (13.8) | 100.0 | (†) | 87.6 | (0.36) | 81.8 | (0.44) | 5.9 | (0.26) | 3.9 | (0.23) | 8.4 | (0.31) |
| Small | 1,115 | (12.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 88.2 | (0.49) | 80.8 | (0.54) | 7.4 | (0.39) | 3.2 | (0.22) | 8.6 | (0.44) |
| Town | 4,772 | (36.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 80.9 | (0.29) | 72.2 | (0.34) | 8.7 | (0.20) | 5.3 | (0.16) | 13.8 | (0.25) |
| Fringe | 1,323 | (12.9) | 100.0 | (†) | 84.5 | (0.46) | 77.0 | (0.52) | 7.4 | (0.37) | 4.8 | (0.27) | 10.7 | (0.39) |
| Distant | 2,161 | (21.8) | 100.0 | (†) | 79.3 | (0.37) | 70.1 | (0.43) | 9.3 | (0.27) | 5.5 | (0.22) | 15.2 | (0.32) |
| Remote | 1,288 | (15.6) | 100.0 | (†) | 80.0 | (0.52) | 70.9 | (0.63) | 9.1 | (0.39) | 5.6 | (0.27) | 14.4 | (0.42) |
| Rural | 9,531 | (40.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 81.8 | (0.16) | 71.5 | (0.22) | 10.3 | (0.13) | 4.8 | (0.07) | 13.4 | (0.16) |
| Fringe | 4,665 | (22.9) | 100.0 | (†) | 85.9 | (0.24) | 77.2 | (0.32) | 8.6 | (0.18) | 4.1 | (0.11) | 10.1 | (0.22) |
| Distant | 3,808 | (27.8) | 100.0 | (†) | 78.6 | (0.25) | 66.3 | (0.30) | 12.3 | (0.20) | 5.4 | (0.13) | 16.0 | (0.25) |
| Remote | 1,057 | (14.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 75.5 | (0.45) | 64.6 | (0.44) | 11.0 | (0.30) | 6.0 | (0.25) | 18.5 | (0.39) |
| Below poverty threshold5 | 10,105 | (57.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 65.5 | (0.21) | 54.7 | (0.25) | 10.9 | (0.16) | 8.1 | (0.13) | 26.4 | (0.19) |
| City | 4,131 | (28.2) | 100.0 | (†) | 63.8 | (0.37) | 52.7 | (0.41) | 11.1 | (0.22) | 8.8 | (0.23) | 27.4 | (0.33) |
| Large | 2,486 | (19.6) | 100.0 | (†) | 62.7 | (0.48) | 51.7 | (0.55) | 11.0 | (0.29) | 8.8 | (0.30) | 28.5 | (0.45) |
| Midsize | 817 | (12.4) | 100.0 | (†) | 64.7 | (0.76) | 53.6 | (0.83) | 11.1 | (0.55) | 9.3 | (0.57) | 26.0 | (0.71) |
| Small | 828 | (13.2) | 100.0 | (†) | 66.3 | (0.83) | 55.0 | (0.88) | 11.4 | (0.52) | 8.4 | (0.46) | 25.2 | (0.81) |
| Suburb | 3,168 | (30.3) | 100.0 | (†) | 71.0 | (0.41) | 61.9 | (0.40) | 9.2 | (0.28) | 6.8 | (0.22) | 22.2 | (0.39) |
| Large | 2,614 | (28.4) | 100.0 | (†) | 71.0 | (0.42) | 62.3 | (0.43) | 8.7 | (0.29) | 6.8 | (0.25) | 22.2 | (0.42) |
| Midsize | 345 | (9.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 68.7 | (1.24) | 58.0 | (1.42) | 10.7 | (1.03) | 8.2 | (0.75) | 23.1 | (1.16) |
| Small | 208 | (8.2) | 100.0 | (†) | 74.4 | (1.65) | 62.1 | (1.80) | 12.3 | (1.32) | 5.3 | (0.80) | 20.3 | (1.55) |
| Town | 1,195 | (23.1) | 100.0 | (†) | 62.8 | (0.65) | 50.7 | (0.64) | 12.1 | (0.51) | 8.4 | (0.43) | 28.8 | (0.61) |
| Fringe | 272 | (8.9) | 100.0 | (†) | 67.7 | (1.42) | 56.6 | (1.47) | 11.1 | (0.99) | 7.7 | (0.77) | 24.6 | (1.33) |
| Distant | 592 | (13.6) | 100.0 | (†) | 60.1 | (0.87) | 47.9 | (0.88) | 12.3 | (0.62) | 9.1 | (0.55) | 30.8 | (0.90) |
| Remote | 330 | (9.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 63.4 | (1.28) | 51.0 | (1.33) | 12.4 | (0.92) | 7.9 | (0.68) | 28.7 | (1.08) |
| Rural | 1,611 | (16.4) | 100.0 | (†) | 61.3 | (0.52) | 48.6 | (0.50) | 12.7 | (0.41) | 8.2 | (0.27) | 30.5 | (0.53) |
| Fringe | 625 | (12.4) | 100.0 | (†) | 64.2 | (0.87) | 52.6 | (0.90) | 11.6 | (0.66) | 7.8 | (0.46) | 28.0 | (0.86) |
| Distant | 731 | (11.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 60.6 | (0.78) | 46.6 | (0.79) | 14.0 | (0.59) | 8.5 | (0.42) | 30.9 | (0.79) |
| Remote | 255 | (5.6) | 100.0 | (†) | 56.1 | (1.30) | 44.4 | (1.22) | 11.7 | (0.69) | 8.7 | (0.72) | 35.2 | (1.21) |
| 100 to 185 percent of poverty threshold5 |
9,800 | (50.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 79.1 | (0.19) | 70.0 | (0.21) | 9.0 | (0.14) | 5.7 | (0.10) | 15.3 | (0.17) |
| City | 3,362 | (27.1) | 100.0 | (†) | 77.9 | (0.35) | 68.7 | (0.37) | 9.3 | (0.22) | 6.0 | (0.22) | 16.1 | (0.31) |
| Large | 1,948 | (21.6) | 100.0 | (†) | 76.5 | (0.46) | 67.2 | (0.45) | 9.3 | (0.31) | 6.2 | (0.26) | 17.4 | (0.40) |
| Midsize | 716 | (11.1) | 100.0 | (†) | 79.6 | (0.68) | 70.1 | (0.84) | 9.6 | (0.61) | 5.8 | (0.45) | 14.6 | (0.65) |
| Small | 699 | (13.3) | 100.0 | (†) | 80.1 | (0.76) | 71.2 | (1.00) | 8.9 | (0.62) | 5.5 | (0.53) | 14.3 | (0.59) |
| Suburb | 3,532 | (30.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 83.3 | (0.35) | 76.0 | (0.40) | 7.3 | (0.24) | 4.7 | (0.18) | 12.1 | (0.30) |
| Large | 2,970 | (27.6) | 100.0 | (†) | 83.6 | (0.36) | 76.4 | (0.43) | 7.2 | (0.26) | 4.5 | (0.19) | 11.9 | (0.32) |
| Midsize | 357 | (8.8) | 100.0 | (†) | 81.4 | (0.88) | 73.5 | (1.13) | 7.9 | (0.75) | 5.8 | (0.62) | 12.8 | (0.76) |
| Small | 206 | (7.2) | 100.0 | (†) | 82.0 | (1.44) | 74.1 | (1.58) | 7.9 | (0.94) | 4.6 | (0.57) | 13.4 | (1.21) |
| Town | 1,094 | (17.1) | 100.0 | (†) | 77.0 | (0.52) | 66.8 | (0.62) | 10.2 | (0.45) | 6.8 | (0.37) | 16.2 | (0.51) |
| Fringe | 264 | (8.8) | 100.0 | (†) | 78.1 | (1.36) | 69.1 | (1.73) | 9.1 | (0.91) | 6.7 | (0.77) | 15.2 | (1.13) |
| Distant | 520 | (10.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 76.9 | (0.81) | 66.9 | (0.87) | 10.0 | (0.61) | 6.5 | (0.51) | 16.7 | (0.72) |
| Remote | 310 | (8.4) | 100.0 | (†) | 76.3 | (1.05) | 64.7 | (1.21) | 11.6 | (0.87) | 7.5 | (0.67) | 16.2 | (0.86) |
| Rural | 1,812 | (13.6) | 100.0 | (†) | 74.3 | (0.44) | 63.0 | (0.48) | 11.3 | (0.34) | 6.3 | (0.19) | 19.4 | (0.40) |
| Fringe | 763 | (11.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 77.4 | (0.67) | 66.8 | (0.82) | 10.7 | (0.58) | 5.6 | (0.32) | 17.0 | (0.63) |
| Distant | 796 | (9.5) | 100.0 | (†) | 72.2 | (0.63) | 60.2 | (0.69) | 11.9 | (0.53) | 6.7 | (0.30) | 21.1 | (0.59) |
| Remote | 254 | (5.6) | 100.0 | (†) | 71.3 | (0.94) | 60.2 | (1.00) | 11.1 | (0.62) | 7.2 | (0.64) | 21.5 | (0.86) |
| Greater than 185 percent of poverty threshold5 |
31,369 | (66.5) | 100.0 | (†) | 93.1 | (0.06) | 87.6 | (0.09) | 5.6 | (0.06) | 2.5 | (0.04) | 4.4 | (0.06) |
| City | 8,097 | (33.2) | 100.0 | (†) | 92.4 | (0.13) | 87.2 | (0.17) | 5.2 | (0.12) | 2.8 | (0.09) | 4.8 | (0.10) |
| Large | 4,320 | (24.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 91.6 | (0.20) | 86.1 | (0.26) | 5.5 | (0.18) | 2.9 | (0.13) | 5.5 | (0.15) |
| Midsize | 1,812 | (15.1) | 100.0 | (†) | 93.6 | (0.28) | 88.6 | (0.36) | 4.9 | (0.21) | 2.2 | (0.17) | 4.3 | (0.22) |
| Small | 1,965 | (14.5) | 100.0 | (†) | 93.3 | (0.28) | 88.5 | (0.34) | 4.8 | (0.22) | 3.0 | (0.20) | 3.7 | (0.18) |
| Suburb | 14,681 | (34.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 95.4 | (0.08) | 91.4 | (0.11) | 4.0 | (0.07) | 1.8 | (0.05) | 2.8 | (0.06) |
| Large | 12,699 | (32.6) | 100.0 | (†) | 95.5 | (0.08) | 91.6 | (0.11) | 3.9 | (0.07) | 1.8 | (0.06) | 2.7 | (0.06) |
| Midsize | 1,282 | (12.5) | 100.0 | (†) | 94.5 | (0.31) | 90.5 | (0.41) | 4.0 | (0.26) | 2.3 | (0.21) | 3.2 | (0.23) |
| Small | 700 | (9.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 94.1 | (0.42) | 88.4 | (0.55) | 5.7 | (0.41) | 2.2 | (0.27) | 3.7 | (0.35) |
| Town | 2,483 | (18.1) | 100.0 | (†) | 91.4 | (0.23) | 85.0 | (0.33) | 6.4 | (0.23) | 3.2 | (0.18) | 5.4 | (0.20) |
| Fringe | 787 | (9.5) | 100.0 | (†) | 92.4 | (0.45) | 86.8 | (0.64) | 5.6 | (0.45) | 3.2 | (0.32) | 4.4 | (0.37) |
| Distant | 1,049 | (11.2) | 100.0 | (†) | 91.4 | (0.34) | 84.2 | (0.43) | 7.2 | (0.31) | 2.9 | (0.24) | 5.7 | (0.30) |
| Remote | 648 | (7.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 90.2 | (0.51) | 84.1 | (0.58) | 6.2 | (0.37) | 3.6 | (0.30) | 6.2 | (0.40) |
| Rural | 6,107 | (39.5) | 100.0 | (†) | 89.4 | (0.15) | 80.0 | (0.23) | 9.4 | (0.16) | 3.5 | (0.09) | 7.1 | (0.13) |
| Fringe | 3,278 | (20.5) | 100.0 | (†) | 92.0 | (0.19) | 84.4 | (0.27) | 7.6 | (0.21) | 3.0 | (0.13) | 5.0 | (0.17) |
| Distant | 2,281 | (24.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 86.5 | (0.27) | 74.7 | (0.36) | 11.8 | (0.25) | 4.0 | (0.15) | 9.5 | (0.25) |
| Remote | 549 | (9.2) | 100.0 | (†) | 86.5 | (0.50) | 75.9 | (0.64) | 10.6 | (0.51) | 4.2 | (0.28) | 9.3 | (0.36) |
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||
| 1 Includes students who are 5 to 17 years old, live in a household, and are in the poverty universe. The poverty universe includes all children who are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption and includes unrelated children age 15 and over. The householder is the person (or one of the people) who owns or rents (maintains) the housing unit. Poverty status is determined by the total family income of the householder for related children and individual income for unrelated children. Poverty status cannot be determined for unrelated children under age 15 (e.g., foster children) because their family and individual income is not known. | ||||||||||||||
| 2 Percentages refer to students whose household members access the Internet at home by the means specified. “Either no access or only dial-up access” includes households where no member accesses the Internet at home as well as households where members access the Internet only with a dial-up service. | ||||||||||||||
| 3 Excludes mobile broadband, but includes all other non-dial-up internet service, such as DSL, cable modem, and fiber-optic cable. | ||||||||||||||
| 4 Includes respondents living in a city or town that provides free internet services for its residents. | ||||||||||||||
| 5 Students are considered to be in poverty if their family income falls below the Census Bureau's poverty threshold, which is a dollar amount that varies depending on a family's size and composition and is updated annually to account for inflation. In 2015, for example, the poverty threshold for a family of four with two children was $24,036. Respondents were interviewed throughout the year and reported on the income they received during the previous 12 months. | ||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Data are based on sample surveys of the entire population residing within the United States. However, this table includes only students living in households, because respondents living in group quarters (e.g., shelters, healthcare facilities, or correctional facilities) were not asked about internet access. Some students living in households were also excluded from this table, because their poverty status could not be determined (see footnote 1). As noted in footnote 5, the Census Bureau determines poverty status using a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition. For additional information about poverty status, see https://www.census.gov/topics/income-poverty/poverty/guidance/poverty-measures.html. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2015. (This table was prepared January 2017.) |
