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| Table 218.71. | Number and percentage distribution of 5- to 17-year-old students, by home internet access, race/ethnicity, and locale: 2015 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Race/ethnicity and locale | Number of students 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 |
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| Total, any broadband subscription |
Fixed broadband (of any sort)3 |
Mobile broadband (alone or with dial-up) |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Total5 | 51,937 | (20.4) | 100.0 | (†) | 85.0 | (0.08) | 77.7 | (0.11) | 7.3 | (0.06) | 4.2 | (0.04) | 10.8 | (0.08) | |||
| City | 15,776 | (24.9) | 100.0 | (†) | 81.7 | (0.14) | 74.0 | (0.16) | 7.7 | (0.09) | 5.1 | (0.09) | 13.3 | (0.13) | |||
| Large | 8,849 | (16.3) | 100.0 | (†) | 80.0 | (0.22) | 72.1 | (0.23) | 7.9 | (0.13) | 5.3 | (0.11) | 14.7 | (0.20) | |||
| Midsize | 3,385 | (16.3) | 100.0 | (†) | 83.5 | (0.25) | 76.1 | (0.33) | 7.4 | (0.23) | 4.7 | (0.21) | 11.8 | (0.22) | |||
| Small | 3,542 | (13.1) | 100.0 | (†) | 84.2 | (0.29) | 77.0 | (0.33) | 7.2 | (0.19) | 4.8 | (0.19) | 11.0 | (0.27) | |||
| Suburb | 21,616 | (32.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 89.7 | (0.11) | 84.4 | (0.12) | 5.3 | (0.08) | 3.1 | (0.06) | 7.2 | (0.09) | |||
| Large | 18,472 | (29.3) | 100.0 | (†) | 90.1 | (0.11) | 84.9 | (0.13) | 5.1 | (0.08) | 3.0 | (0.06) | 7.0 | (0.10) | |||
| Midsize | 2,014 | (14.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 87.6 | (0.36) | 81.8 | (0.43) | 5.9 | (0.26) | 3.9 | (0.23) | 8.5 | (0.30) | |||
| Small | 1,131 | (12.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 88.2 | (0.49) | 80.9 | (0.54) | 7.3 | (0.37) | 3.2 | (0.22) | 8.6 | (0.44) | |||
| Town | 4,849 | (37.2) | 100.0 | (†) | 80.9 | (0.28) | 72.2 | (0.34) | 8.7 | (0.20) | 5.3 | (0.15) | 13.8 | (0.25) | |||
| Fringe | 1,343 | (13.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 84.4 | (0.46) | 76.9 | (0.51) | 7.5 | (0.36) | 4.9 | (0.27) | 10.8 | (0.39) | |||
| Distant | 2,198 | (22.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 79.3 | (0.37) | 70.1 | (0.42) | 9.3 | (0.27) | 5.5 | (0.22) | 15.2 | (0.32) | |||
| Remote | 1,308 | (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 | 9,696 | (40.4) | 100.0 | (†) | 81.8 | (0.16) | 71.4 | (0.22) | 10.4 | (0.13) | 4.9 | (0.07) | 13.4 | (0.16) | |||
| Fringe | 4,737 | (23.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 85.8 | (0.24) | 77.2 | (0.32) | 8.6 | (0.19) | 4.1 | (0.12) | 10.1 | (0.22) | |||
| Distant | 3,881 | (28.2) | 100.0 | (†) | 78.5 | (0.24) | 66.2 | (0.30) | 12.3 | (0.20) | 5.4 | (0.13) | 16.0 | (0.24) | |||
| Remote | 1,077 | (14.2) | 100.0 | (†) | 75.5 | (0.45) | 64.5 | (0.45) | 11.0 | (0.31) | 6.0 | (0.25) | 18.5 | (0.39) | |||
| White | 26,966 | (13.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 90.2 | (0.09) | 84.0 | (0.12) | 6.3 | (0.07) | 3.2 | (0.05) | 6.6 | (0.07) | |||
| City | 5,233 | (18.4) | 100.0 | (†) | 91.2 | (0.19) | 86.2 | (0.21) | 4.9 | (0.13) | 3.2 | (0.12) | 5.7 | (0.17) | |||
| Large | 2,296 | (12.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 90.9 | (0.25) | 86.2 | (0.29) | 4.7 | (0.18) | 2.9 | (0.13) | 6.3 | (0.23) | |||
| Midsize | 1,249 | (11.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 92.8 | (0.32) | 87.8 | (0.44) | 5.1 | (0.29) | 2.6 | (0.26) | 4.6 | (0.21) | |||
| Small | 1,688 | (11.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 90.3 | (0.32) | 85.2 | (0.41) | 5.2 | (0.26) | 4.1 | (0.23) | 5.6 | (0.24) | |||
| Suburb | 11,298 | (26.5) | 100.0 | (†) | 94.4 | (0.10) | 90.4 | (0.13) | 4.1 | (0.09) | 2.1 | (0.06) | 3.5 | (0.08) | |||
| Large | 9,367 | (24.8) | 100.0 | (†) | 95.0 | (0.10) | 91.2 | (0.13) | 3.8 | (0.09) | 1.9 | (0.06) | 3.1 | (0.08) | |||
| Midsize | 1,223 | (10.2) | 100.0 | (†) | 92.0 | (0.36) | 87.4 | (0.44) | 4.7 | (0.31) | 3.0 | (0.24) | 5.0 | (0.34) | |||
| Small | 707 | (9.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 91.9 | (0.52) | 85.6 | (0.65) | 6.3 | (0.47) | 2.6 | (0.28) | 5.5 | (0.44) | |||
| Town | 2,897 | (22.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 86.6 | (0.30) | 79.4 | (0.39) | 7.2 | (0.21) | 4.5 | (0.20) | 8.9 | (0.27) | |||
| Fringe | 842 | (11.9) | 100.0 | (†) | 89.1 | (0.48) | 82.6 | (0.60) | 6.5 | (0.36) | 4.3 | (0.37) | 6.7 | (0.37) | |||
| Distant | 1,320 | (14.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 85.1 | (0.43) | 77.5 | (0.49) | 7.5 | (0.34) | 4.8 | (0.25) | 10.2 | (0.35) | |||
| Remote | 735 | (10.6) | 100.0 | (†) | 86.6 | (0.57) | 79.1 | (0.71) | 7.5 | (0.43) | 4.1 | (0.26) | 9.3 | (0.53) | |||
| Rural | 7,539 | (27.8) | 100.0 | (†) | 84.6 | (0.18) | 74.6 | (0.23) | 10.1 | (0.13) | 4.5 | (0.07) | 10.9 | (0.16) | |||
| Fringe | 3,655 | (17.8) | 100.0 | (†) | 88.4 | (0.24) | 80.2 | (0.31) | 8.2 | (0.18) | 3.8 | (0.13) | 7.8 | (0.20) | |||
| Distant | 3,116 | (21.1) | 100.0 | (†) | 81.1 | (0.27) | 68.9 | (0.33) | 12.2 | (0.21) | 5.0 | (0.14) | 13.9 | (0.25) | |||
| Remote | 769 | (9.9) | 100.0 | (†) | 81.3 | (0.43) | 70.8 | (0.50) | 10.5 | (0.38) | 5.8 | (0.25) | 12.9 | (0.34) | |||
| Black | 7,044 | (19.2) | 100.0 | (†) | 74.2 | (0.23) | 65.8 | (0.27) | 8.4 | (0.17) | 6.9 | (0.16) | 18.9 | (0.22) | |||
| City | 3,292 | (16.1) | 100.0 | (†) | 71.0 | (0.31) | 61.3 | (0.37) | 9.7 | (0.27) | 7.9 | (0.24) | 21.1 | (0.33) | |||
| Large | 2,022 | (9.2) | 100.0 | (†) | 70.5 | (0.48) | 61.4 | (0.54) | 9.1 | (0.35) | 8.4 | (0.31) | 21.1 | (0.41) | |||
| Midsize | 710 | (8.5) | 100.0 | (†) | 72.8 | (0.81) | 62.6 | (0.89) | 10.3 | (0.50) | 7.3 | (0.51) | 19.9 | (0.76) | |||
| Small | 560 | (8.8) | 100.0 | (†) | 70.5 | (0.76) | 59.6 | (0.89) | 10.9 | (0.62) | 6.9 | (0.56) | 22.6 | (0.79) | |||
| Suburb | 2,636 | (16.3) | 100.0 | (†) | 82.3 | (0.40) | 75.6 | (0.43) | 6.7 | (0.24) | 5.2 | (0.25) | 12.5 | (0.34) | |||
| Large | 2,364 | (14.2) | 100.0 | (†) | 82.5 | (0.39) | 76.2 | (0.45) | 6.3 | (0.27) | 5.2 | (0.25) | 12.4 | (0.33) | |||
| Midsize | 184 | (6.2) | 100.0 | (†) | 80.4 | (1.63) | 70.4 | (1.79) | 10.0 | (1.32) | 5.6 | (0.89) | 14.0 | (1.52) | |||
| Small | 88 | (4.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 80.9 | (2.08) | 72.0 | (2.29) | 8.9 | (1.35) | 5.2 | (1.22) | 13.9 | (1.79) | |||
| Town | 535 | (11.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 63.0 | (1.12) | 52.7 | (1.14) | 10.3 | (0.54) | 9.2 | (0.63) | 27.9 | (0.89) | |||
| Fringe | 111 | (5.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 70.5 | (2.17) | 62.3 | (2.23) | 8.2 | (1.33) | 9.4 | (1.45) | 20.2 | (2.06) | |||
| Distant | 287 | (7.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 62.9 | (1.41) | 51.4 | (1.32) | 11.4 | (0.76) | 8.1 | (0.82) | 29.0 | (1.20) | |||
| Remote | 137 | (3.9) | 100.0 | (†) | 57.2 | (2.26) | 47.5 | (2.23) | 9.7 | (0.99) | 11.2 | (1.59) | 31.7 | (1.86) | |||
| Rural | 581 | (10.4) | 100.0 | (†) | 66.0 | (0.98) | 58.2 | (1.03) | 7.8 | (0.53) | 6.9 | (0.49) | 27.1 | (0.85) | |||
| Fringe | 278 | (8.4) | 100.0 | (†) | 74.3 | (1.38) | 67.6 | (1.56) | 6.7 | (0.75) | 5.5 | (0.71) | 20.2 | (1.26) | |||
| Distant | 235 | (7.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 60.6 | (1.31) | 51.4 | (1.45) | 9.2 | (0.74) | 8.3 | (0.80) | 31.1 | (1.25) | |||
| Remote | 68 | (2.9) | 100.0 | (†) | 50.9 | (2.96) | 43.1 | (2.74) | 7.7 | (1.35) | 7.6 | (1.11) | 41.5 | (3.10) | |||
| Hispanic | 12,591 | (10.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 77.7 | (0.19) | 68.1 | (0.24) | 9.6 | (0.14) | 5.3 | (0.10) | 17.0 | (0.18) | |||
| City | 5,327 | (18.9) | 100.0 | (†) | 75.9 | (0.27) | 66.0 | (0.33) | 9.9 | (0.20) | 5.8 | (0.17) | 18.4 | (0.26) | |||
| Large | 3,465 | (14.2) | 100.0 | (†) | 75.2 | (0.35) | 65.1 | (0.42) | 10.1 | (0.25) | 5.8 | (0.20) | 19.0 | (0.36) | |||
| Midsize | 1,019 | (8.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 77.0 | (0.65) | 67.7 | (0.70) | 9.3 | (0.45) | 5.8 | (0.33) | 17.2 | (0.56) | |||
| Small | 842 | (10.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 77.2 | (0.73) | 67.8 | (0.83) | 9.5 | (0.47) | 5.8 | (0.43) | 17.0 | (0.77) | |||
| Suburb | 5,266 | (17.2) | 100.0 | (†) | 81.5 | (0.30) | 73.4 | (0.32) | 8.0 | (0.19) | 4.4 | (0.14) | 14.1 | (0.27) | |||
| Large | 4,604 | (16.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 82.0 | (0.33) | 74.1 | (0.35) | 7.9 | (0.20) | 4.3 | (0.15) | 13.7 | (0.28) | |||
| Midsize | 426 | (7.8) | 100.0 | (†) | 76.8 | (1.07) | 68.8 | (1.22) | 8.0 | (0.64) | 6.1 | (0.63) | 17.1 | (0.87) | |||
| Small | 236 | (6.4) | 100.0 | (†) | 79.0 | (1.63) | 67.8 | (1.68) | 11.1 | (0.97) | 4.2 | (0.57) | 16.8 | (1.64) | |||
| Town | 1,062 | (13.3) | 100.0 | (†) | 73.8 | (0.62) | 61.6 | (0.70) | 12.1 | (0.53) | 5.9 | (0.40) | 20.3 | (0.58) | |||
| Fringe | 299 | (6.9) | 100.0 | (†) | 74.8 | (1.29) | 64.3 | (1.31) | 10.4 | (0.98) | 5.4 | (0.64) | 19.9 | (1.19) | |||
| Distant | 451 | (9.1) | 100.0 | (†) | 72.3 | (0.92) | 59.3 | (0.98) | 13.0 | (0.75) | 5.9 | (0.47) | 21.8 | (0.94) | |||
| Remote | 312 | (5.5) | 100.0 | (†) | 74.9 | (1.10) | 62.4 | (1.24) | 12.4 | (0.87) | 6.5 | (0.68) | 18.6 | (0.94) | |||
| Rural | 937 | (12.9) | 100.0 | (†) | 71.5 | (0.67) | 57.5 | (0.73) | 14.0 | (0.55) | 6.4 | (0.38) | 22.2 | (0.64) | |||
| Fringe | 514 | (12.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 73.6 | (0.89) | 60.4 | (1.00) | 13.2 | (0.80) | 5.8 | (0.45) | 20.7 | (0.82) | |||
| Distant | 318 | (7.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 69.8 | (1.14) | 54.2 | (1.21) | 15.6 | (0.92) | 7.1 | (0.54) | 23.1 | (1.14) | |||
| Remote | 105 | (3.4) | 100.0 | (†) | 66.1 | (1.48) | 53.1 | (1.60) | 13.0 | (0.96) | 7.5 | (1.12) | 26.5 | (1.41) | |||
| Asian | 2,462 | (10.5) | 100.0 | (†) | 95.0 | (0.17) | 91.4 | (0.24) | 3.5 | (0.15) | 1.6 | (0.11) | 3.4 | (0.14) | |||
| City | 1,033 | (10.3) | 100.0 | (†) | 93.6 | (0.28) | 89.8 | (0.35) | 3.9 | (0.23) | 1.9 | (0.18) | 4.5 | (0.25) | |||
| Large | 614 | (7.2) | 100.0 | (†) | 92.4 | (0.42) | 88.3 | (0.51) | 4.1 | (0.33) | 1.9 | (0.26) | 5.6 | (0.39) | |||
| Midsize | 197 | (5.4) | 100.0 | (†) | 94.8 | (0.59) | 91.7 | (0.78) | 3.1 | (0.55) | 2.1 | (0.38) | 3.1 | (0.46) | |||
| Small | 222 | (4.5) | 100.0 | (†) | 96.0 | (0.57) | 92.1 | (0.86) | 3.9 | (0.62) | 1.6 | (0.31) | 2.5 | (0.42) | |||
| Suburb | 1,273 | (10.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 96.4 | (0.22) | 93.2 | (0.31) | 3.2 | (0.19) | 1.3 | (0.11) | 2.3 | (0.21) | |||
| Large | 1,176 | (9.8) | 100.0 | (†) | 96.5 | (0.23) | 93.3 | (0.31) | 3.1 | (0.22) | 1.3 | (0.11) | 2.2 | (0.21) | |||
| Midsize | 60 | (2.8) | 100.0 | (†) | 95.0 | (1.16) | 90.7 | (1.74) | 4.3 | (1.25) | 2.6 | ! | (0.85) | 2.4 | (0.66) | ||
| Small | 37 | (2.4) | 100.0 | (†) | 95.5 | (1.50) | 92.7 | (2.05) | 2.8 | ! | (1.04) | ‡ | (†) | 3.4 | ! | (1.32) | |
| Town | 68 | (3.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 91.8 | (1.14) | 87.8 | (1.47) | 4.0 | (1.02) | 2.4 | (0.54) | 5.8 | (0.99) | |||
| Fringe | 19 | (1.9) | 100.0 | (†) | 95.6 | (1.51) | 93.8 | (1.83) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 3.4 | ! | (1.40) | ||
| Distant | 26 | (1.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 90.4 | (1.94) | 84.7 | (2.76) | 5.7 | ! | (1.95) | 3.1 | (0.91) | 6.6 | (1.69) | ||
| Remote | 23 | (1.6) | 100.0 | (†) | 90.5 | (2.24) | 86.6 | (2.64) | 3.9 | ! | (1.60) | 2.6 | ! | (0.98) | 6.9 | (1.85) | |
| Rural | 88 | (3.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 92.5 | (1.17) | 87.9 | (1.24) | 4.6 | (0.93) | 2.2 | (0.53) | 5.3 | (0.94) | |||
| Fringe | 67 | (3.3) | 100.0 | (†) | 94.2 | (1.07) | 90.6 | (1.32) | 3.6 | ! | (1.11) | 1.9 | (0.49) | 3.9 | (0.89) | ||
| Distant | 17 | (1.5) | 100.0 | (†) | 86.7 | (3.58) | 79.1 | (3.69) | 7.6 | (1.75) | 3.7 | ! | (1.81) | 9.6 | ! | (3.21) | |
| Remote | 4 | (0.6) | 100.0 | (†) | 88.1 | (3.00) | 79.5 | (4.08) | 8.6 | ! | (3.15) | ‡ | (†) | 10.9 | (2.92) | ||
| Pacific Islander6 | 79 | (3.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 85.5 | (2.12) | 79.3 | (2.49) | 6.2 | (1.30) | 2.2 | ! | (1.05) | 12.3 | (1.75) | ||
| American Indian/ | |||||||||||||||||
| Alaska Native6 | 385 | (6.5) | 100.0 | (†) | 66.5 | (0.96) | 55.7 | (0.99) | 10.7 | (0.64) | 6.6 | (0.66) | 26.9 | (1.02) | |||
| Two or more races6 | 2,233 | (23.8) | 100.0 | (†) | 88.8 | (0.39) | 82.1 | (0.49) | 6.7 | (0.28) | 4.0 | (0.24) | 7.2 | (0.30) | |||
| †Not applicable. | |||||||||||||||||
| !Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent. | |||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 Includes all students who are 5 to 17 years old and live in a household. | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 Data for this race category cannot be broken out by locale. | |||||||||||||||||
| NOTES: 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. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. 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.) |
