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Table 702.60. Percentage of children ages 3 to 18 by type of computer in the household and percentage distribution of children ages 3 to 18 by home internet access, by poverty status and state: 2021
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
State Number of children ages 3 to 18 living in households1 (in thousands) Percentage of children,1 by type of computer Percentage distribution of children,1 by home internet access Percentage of children in a household with a desktop, laptop, tablet, or other portable wireless computer,2,3 by poverty status Percentage of children with home internet access through a desktop, laptop, tablet, or other portable wireless computer,2,4 by poverty status
Total, any computer or smartphone3 Desktop, laptop, tablet, or other portable wireless computer Smartphone Total, all children Have internet access No internet access
Total, any type listed above3 Desktop or laptop Tablet or other portable wireless computer Total5 Through desktop or laptop, tablet, or some other type of computer4 Only through smartphone6 In poverty Not in poverty In poverty Not in poverty
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
United States 66,108   (43.8) 98.8   (0.03) 93.7   (0.06) 88.6   (0.09) 80.6   (0.11) 97.1   (0.04) 100.0   (†) 97.1   (0.04) 92.6   (0.07) 4.5   (0.05) 2.9   (0.04) 84.6   (0.26) 95.6   (0.05) 82.2   (0.27) 94.8   (0.06)
Alabama 1,009   (5.8) 98.8   (0.20) 90.6   (0.60) 83.4   (0.72) 75.5   (0.97) 96.7   (0.32) 100.0   (†) 95.6   (0.34) 88.8   (0.61) 6.8   (0.53) 4.4   (0.34) 79.3   (1.87) 93.7   (0.61) 76.4   (1.80) 92.2   (0.64)
Alaska 162   (2.6) 98.3   (0.71) 91.4   (1.56) 87.0   (1.89) 77.7   (1.92) 97.4   (0.76) 100.0   (†) 95.9   (1.03) 89.8   (1.59) 6.1   (1.25) 4.1   (1.03) 69.7   (7.45) 94.8   (1.10) 65.1   (7.59) 93.6   (1.13)
Arizona 1,466   (5.0) 98.7   (0.13) 93.6   (0.40) 88.9   (0.49) 79.3   (0.58) 97.1   (0.22) 100.0   (†) 96.8   (0.23) 92.3   (0.44) 4.4   (0.39) 3.2   (0.23) 84.4   (1.55) 95.6   (0.31) 81.3   (1.67) 94.7   (0.35)
Arkansas 634   (4.2) 98.4   (0.31) 89.1   (0.70) 82.2   (0.86) 74.1   (1.06) 97.0   (0.40) 100.0   (†) 95.9   (0.44) 87.8   (0.70) 8.1   (0.58) 4.1   (0.44) 76.6   (2.58) 92.6   (0.57) 75.1   (2.58) 91.4   (0.64)
California 7,929   (12.5) 99.4   (0.05) 95.4   (0.12) 90.7   (0.18) 81.2   (0.27) 97.8   (0.09) 100.0   (†) 98.3   (0.08) 94.6   (0.14) 3.7   (0.13) 1.7   (0.08) 89.3   (0.50) 96.6   (0.12) 87.7   (0.57) 95.9   (0.13)
Colorado 1,123   (4.8) 99.3   (0.14) 95.9   (0.39) 92.2   (0.49) 84.1   (0.63) 98.1   (0.24) 100.0   (†) 98.2   (0.23) 95.2   (0.40) 3.0   (0.35) 1.8   (0.23) 89.8   (1.90) 96.8   (0.33) 87.4   (2.07) 96.3   (0.35)
Connecticut 660   (3.2) 99.6   (0.10) 96.5   (0.44) 92.8   (0.56) 82.8   (0.86) 98.3   (0.28) 100.0   (†) 98.7   (0.25) 95.9   (0.43) 2.8   (0.42) 1.3   (0.25) 89.0   (1.94) 97.6   (0.44) 85.8   (2.48) 97.5   (0.45)
Delaware 184   (1.7) 99.4   (0.30) 94.6   (0.99) 91.8   (1.06) 83.0   (1.70) 97.8   (0.59) 100.0   (†) 97.7   (0.55) 93.5   (0.96) 4.2   (0.85) 2.3   (0.55) 85.4   (4.48) 96.3   (0.90) 79.5   (3.86) 96.0   (0.88)
District of Columbia 104   (1.5) 99.7   (0.17) 92.5   (1.72) 84.4   (2.54) 77.2   (2.61) 97.2   (1.24) 100.0   (†) 97.4   (1.24) 90.4   (1.98) 7.1   (1.71) 2.6 ! (1.24) 77.8   (5.09) 97.7   (1.10) 73.9   (5.12) 96.1   (1.73)
Florida 3,862   (9.1) 99.3   (0.08) 94.6   (0.20) 89.8   (0.27) 80.0   (0.39) 97.6   (0.14) 100.0   (†) 97.4   (0.17) 93.5   (0.24) 4.0   (0.20) 2.6   (0.17) 87.3   (0.84) 96.2   (0.20) 85.5   (0.91) 95.2   (0.24)
Georgia 2,304   (8.1) 98.8   (0.14) 92.8   (0.35) 88.2   (0.43) 79.6   (0.55) 97.1   (0.23) 100.0   (†) 96.6   (0.22) 91.5   (0.39) 5.1   (0.34) 3.4   (0.22) 83.2   (1.28) 95.4   (0.37) 80.7   (1.25) 94.4   (0.41)
Hawaii 266   (2.5) 99.2   (0.28) 97.0   (0.60) 94.5   (0.77) 86.9   (1.22) 97.2   (0.63) 100.0   (†) 98.5   (0.38) 96.5   (0.65) 2.0   (0.51) 1.5   (0.38) 94.1   (2.83) 97.4   (0.46) 92.6   (3.09) 97.0   (0.51)
Idaho 430   (3.4) 99.2   (0.26) 93.8   (0.72) 91.8   (0.73) 80.2   (1.26) 97.3   (0.49) 100.0   (†) 97.9   (0.46) 92.9   (0.80) 5.0   (0.70) 2.1   (0.46) 83.7   (2.75) 95.5   (0.71) 82.9   (2.73) 94.6   (0.80)
Illinois 2,537   (7.4) 99.1   (0.11) 94.6   (0.27) 89.7   (0.34) 81.9   (0.44) 97.2   (0.19) 100.0   (†) 97.8   (0.18) 93.8   (0.29) 4.0   (0.23) 2.2   (0.18) 87.2   (1.05) 96.0   (0.26) 85.1   (1.10) 95.4   (0.28)
Indiana 1,415   (5.7) 98.0   (0.24) 92.9   (0.41) 85.9   (0.56) 80.7   (0.62) 96.3   (0.31) 100.0   (†) 96.6   (0.33) 92.0   (0.45) 4.6   (0.34) 3.4   (0.33) 85.1   (1.47) 94.4   (0.39) 83.5   (1.63) 93.6   (0.43)
Iowa 659   (4.9) 98.7   (0.31) 93.7   (0.75) 88.0   (0.90) 81.7   (1.02) 97.1   (0.42) 100.0   (†) 96.7   (0.46) 92.4   (0.81) 4.3   (0.69) 3.3   (0.46) 80.5   (4.01) 95.6   (0.55) 77.9   (4.11) 94.4   (0.59)
Kansas 626   (4.4) 99.2   (0.21) 95.1   (0.49) 88.1   (0.83) 83.0   (0.80) 97.7   (0.36) 100.0   (†) 98.0   (0.35) 94.2   (0.56) 3.7   (0.47) 2.0   (0.35) 88.4   (2.09) 96.1   (0.45) 85.3   (2.44) 95.5   (0.51)
Kentucky 907   (4.5) 98.3   (0.30) 93.0   (0.55) 85.5   (0.79) 80.5   (0.81) 96.2   (0.40) 100.0   (†) 96.2   (0.36) 91.3   (0.54) 4.8   (0.40) 3.8   (0.36) 83.7   (1.60) 95.5   (0.50) 80.3   (1.73) 94.4   (0.51)
Louisiana 960   (5.4) 99.0   (0.16) 88.7   (0.65) 81.3   (0.76) 73.0   (0.87) 97.1   (0.26) 100.0   (†) 96.0   (0.43) 86.8   (0.69) 9.2   (0.59) 4.0   (0.43) 76.9   (1.85) 93.1   (0.58) 74.0   (1.88) 91.5   (0.69)
Maine 224   (2.4) 99.0   (0.38) 97.1   (0.57) 93.8   (0.74) 84.7   (1.29) 96.7   (0.62) 100.0   (†) 98.3   (0.47) 96.6   (0.63) 1.7   (0.49) 1.7   (0.47) 93.5   (2.27) 97.7   (0.64) 90.7   (2.91) 97.6   (0.64)
Maryland 1,222   (4.9) 99.2   (0.21) 95.9   (0.43) 92.7   (0.46) 86.5   (0.62) 97.7   (0.31) 100.0   (†) 97.8   (0.30) 95.0   (0.46) 2.8   (0.37) 2.2   (0.30) 85.7   (2.32) 97.6   (0.27) 82.8   (2.51) 97.1   (0.30)
Massachusetts 1,222   (4.4) 99.6   (0.10) 96.3   (0.34) 92.4   (0.48) 84.1   (0.64) 97.6   (0.25) 100.0   (†) 98.9   (0.17) 95.8   (0.37) 3.1   (0.32) 1.1   (0.17) 89.5   (1.76) 97.3   (0.28) 88.4   (1.83) 96.9   (0.29)
Michigan 1,927   (7.0) 98.8   (0.15) 94.5   (0.31) 89.8   (0.41) 82.1   (0.54) 97.6   (0.21) 100.0   (†) 97.5   (0.25) 93.4   (0.36) 4.1   (0.26) 2.5   (0.25) 87.0   (1.19) 96.1   (0.28) 85.4   (1.26) 95.1   (0.33)
Minnesota 1,176   (6.7) 99.0   (0.19) 95.9   (0.43) 90.8   (0.59) 86.6   (0.61) 98.0   (0.30) 100.0   (†) 98.5   (0.23) 95.5   (0.41) 3.0   (0.38) 1.5   (0.23) 90.7   (1.99) 96.4   (0.44) 90.4   (1.95) 96.0   (0.44)
Mississippi 625   (4.5) 97.9   (0.39) 88.8   (0.63) 81.5   (0.81) 72.0   (0.94) 95.9   (0.49) 100.0   (†) 93.8   (0.61) 86.5   (0.67) 7.3   (0.56) 6.2   (0.61) 77.9   (1.97) 93.0   (0.65) 74.9   (2.11) 90.9   (0.74)
Missouri 1,249   (5.2) 99.1   (0.17) 92.7   (0.49) 87.2   (0.57) 82.0   (0.69) 97.9   (0.24) 100.0   (†) 97.2   (0.32) 91.5   (0.54) 5.7   (0.45) 2.8   (0.32) 80.4   (2.51) 95.2   (0.43) 77.8   (2.51) 94.3   (0.50)
Montana 213   (2.3) 98.4   (0.38) 94.0   (0.93) 89.4   (1.15) 79.8   (1.72) 95.5   (0.84) 100.0   (†) 96.9   (0.55) 93.3   (0.94) 3.7   (0.77) 3.1   (0.55) 88.2   (3.63) 94.9   (1.00) 86.0   (3.93) 94.4   (1.01)
Nebraska 431   (3.0) 98.6   (0.38) 94.4   (0.79) 89.1   (1.06) 81.0   (1.33) 97.4   (0.48) 100.0   (†) 98.0   (0.43) 94.0   (0.82) 4.0   (0.61) 2.0   (0.43) 88.0   (3.21) 95.3   (0.66) 86.9   (3.29) 95.0   (0.71)
Nevada 626   (3.8) 98.9   (0.27) 93.6   (0.57) 87.3   (0.77) 78.4   (0.95) 96.6   (0.40) 100.0   (†) 96.3   (0.45) 91.8   (0.64) 4.5   (0.47) 3.7   (0.45) 88.9   (1.91) 94.9   (0.52) 86.9   (2.09) 93.2   (0.59)
New Hampshire 237   (2.4) 99.4   (0.26) 97.3   (0.68) 94.1   (0.93) 83.6   (1.54) 97.6   (0.63) 100.0   (†) 98.8   (0.37) 96.8   (0.73) 2.0   (0.58) 1.2 ! (0.37) 87.8   (4.23) 98.2   (0.52) 85.6   (4.73) 97.8   (0.57)
New Jersey 1,807   (5.6) 98.9   (0.18) 95.7   (0.24) 92.7   (0.32) 81.4   (0.51) 95.6   (0.39) 100.0   (†) 96.6   (0.33) 93.9   (0.34) 2.8   (0.23) 3.4   (0.33) 88.2   (1.33) 97.0   (0.23) 80.9   (1.73) 96.1   (0.29)
New Mexico 434   (3.8) 99.2   (0.14) 91.1   (0.90) 85.0   (1.14) 73.3   (1.50) 96.2   (0.56) 100.0   (†) 95.9   (0.51) 88.8   (1.01) 7.2   (0.83) 4.1   (0.51) 80.5   (2.93) 94.2   (0.68) 76.4   (3.25) 92.4   (0.88)
New York 3,650   (9.1) 97.2   (0.24) 93.5   (0.28) 88.3   (0.37) 81.3   (0.39) 94.6   (0.26) 100.0   (†) 95.4   (0.28) 92.2   (0.30) 3.1   (0.15) 4.6   (0.28) 85.1   (1.06) 95.4   (0.25) 82.8   (1.05) 94.3   (0.26)
North Carolina 2,083   (7.1) 99.1   (0.12) 93.2   (0.39) 87.9   (0.42) 79.7   (0.51) 97.7   (0.18) 100.0   (†) 97.1   (0.24) 92.0   (0.43) 5.1   (0.34) 2.9   (0.24) 83.8   (1.39) 95.2   (0.32) 81.3   (1.57) 94.4   (0.35)
North Dakota 160   (2.1) 98.7   (0.44) 96.3   (0.75) 88.9   (1.53) 85.6   (1.73) 97.1   (0.73) 100.0   (†) 97.7   (0.60) 96.0   (0.75) 1.7   (0.44) 2.3   (0.60) 79.6   (5.71) 97.9   (0.53) 78.3   (5.80) 97.7   (0.53)
Ohio 2,326   (8.0) 97.7   (0.22) 92.2   (0.34) 86.1   (0.44) 81.3   (0.52) 95.8   (0.28) 100.0   (†) 96.0   (0.29) 91.1   (0.37) 4.9   (0.27) 4.0   (0.29) 81.4   (1.32) 94.6   (0.33) 79.2   (1.42) 93.8   (0.35)
Oklahoma 866   (4.6) 98.8   (0.19) 90.4   (0.62) 83.5   (0.69) 77.0   (0.83) 97.4   (0.29) 100.0   (†) 96.3   (0.29) 89.0   (0.66) 7.3   (0.60) 3.7   (0.29) 80.5   (2.18) 92.9   (0.48) 78.4   (2.18) 91.7   (0.51)
Oregon 779   (4.6) 99.6   (0.12) 94.9   (0.46) 90.4   (0.60) 83.5   (0.78) 98.3   (0.27) 100.0   (†) 97.5   (0.37) 93.5   (0.52) 4.0   (0.38) 2.5   (0.37) 87.9   (1.86) 96.1   (0.43) 84.9   (1.98) 95.0   (0.52)
Pennsylvania 2,396   (6.8) 98.0   (0.19) 94.1   (0.35) 89.2   (0.50) 81.8   (0.59) 95.7   (0.25) 100.0   (†) 96.6   (0.23) 93.2   (0.38) 3.5   (0.27) 3.4   (0.23) 89.1   (1.12) 95.2   (0.30) 87.1   (1.19) 94.5   (0.32)
Rhode Island 191   (1.9) 99.6   (0.17) 94.4   (1.07) 89.5   (1.21) 82.6   (1.72) 97.5   (0.72) 100.0   (†) 99.2   (0.24) 94.3   (1.08) 4.9   (1.05) 0.8 ! (0.24) 84.0   (5.31) 96.7   (0.83) 84.0   (5.31) 96.6   (0.86)
South Carolina 1,016   (4.3) 98.4   (0.27) 89.9   (0.72) 84.4   (0.83) 76.5   (0.88) 96.8   (0.37) 100.0   (†) 95.7   (0.38) 88.6   (0.75) 7.1   (0.60) 4.3   (0.38) 74.8   (2.32) 93.8   (0.49) 72.2   (2.40) 92.7   (0.54)
South Dakota 196   (2.2) 98.4   (0.72) 92.9   (1.35) 86.3   (1.43) 76.0   (2.07) 96.0   (1.06) 100.0   (†) 96.3   (1.12) 90.8   (1.57) 5.5   (1.13) 3.7   (1.12) 87.3   (2.71) 93.6   (1.47) 80.3   (4.00) 92.3   (1.68)
Tennessee 1,367   (5.7) 99.1   (0.14) 92.4   (0.41) 86.1   (0.57) 78.9   (0.69) 97.7   (0.22) 100.0   (†) 96.9   (0.25) 91.1   (0.44) 5.8   (0.37) 3.1   (0.25) 83.4   (1.54) 94.4   (0.37) 81.1   (1.67) 93.3   (0.40)
Texas 6,708   (12.0) 98.9   (0.09) 91.2   (0.26) 85.4   (0.29) 77.1   (0.38) 97.2   (0.14) 100.0   (†) 96.5   (0.14) 90.1   (0.26) 6.5   (0.21) 3.5   (0.14) 80.1   (0.90) 94.0   (0.19) 77.6   (0.91) 93.1   (0.21)
Utah 853   (3.4) 99.7   (0.09) 97.4   (0.31) 94.9   (0.42) 86.2   (0.65) 98.6   (0.27) 100.0   (†) 99.1   (0.15) 96.9   (0.33) 2.2   (0.30) 0.9   (0.15) 88.7   (3.05) 98.1   (0.27) 88.0   (3.14) 97.6   (0.31)
Vermont 106   (1.7) 98.9   (0.59) 95.5   (1.33) 90.3   (1.61) 85.0   (2.06) 96.6   (0.91) 100.0   (†) 97.9   (0.68) 94.8   (1.39) 3.2 ! (1.18) 2.1 ! (0.68) 92.4   (4.69) 95.9   (1.41) 92.4   (4.69) 95.1   (1.46)
Virginia 1,691   (6.0) 99.3   (0.11) 95.6   (0.23) 91.1   (0.36) 83.4   (0.45) 97.8   (0.20) 100.0   (†) 97.6   (0.17) 94.5   (0.26) 3.1   (0.22) 2.4   (0.17) 86.4   (1.22) 97.0   (0.22) 83.7   (1.38) 96.2   (0.27)
Washington 1,502   (4.9) 99.3   (0.16) 96.1   (0.28) 92.1   (0.40) 83.0   (0.59) 98.0   (0.26) 100.0   (†) 98.3   (0.22) 95.4   (0.30) 2.9   (0.23) 1.7   (0.22) 88.5   (1.46) 97.2   (0.25) 87.2   (1.56) 96.6   (0.27)
West Virginia 323   (2.5) 98.9   (0.29) 92.1   (0.84) 84.0   (1.13) 81.4   (1.31) 96.4   (0.55) 100.0   (†) 96.1   (0.60) 90.0   (0.94) 6.0   (0.78) 3.9   (0.60) 79.7   (2.90) 95.2   (0.78) 74.2   (3.12) 93.9   (0.91)
Wisconsin 1,146   (5.3) 98.2   (0.21) 93.8   (0.49) 89.1   (0.61) 82.4   (0.67) 96.7   (0.29) 100.0   (†) 97.3   (0.22) 93.2   (0.49) 4.1   (0.44) 2.7   (0.22) 84.2   (1.79) 95.3   (0.47) 83.9   (1.85) 94.7   (0.47)
Wyoming 120   (2.0) 98.6   (0.73) 92.9   (1.52) 87.7   (1.93) 83.1   (1.97) 97.9   (0.77) 100.0   (†) 97.2   (0.82) 91.8   (1.56) 5.4   (1.48) 2.8   (0.82) 89.6   (3.41) 93.4   (1.69) 84.4   (4.91) 92.9   (1.72)
†Not applicable.
!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.
1Includes all 3- to 18-year-olds living in households.
2Data are for related children in families. Children 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. For example, the poverty threshold for a family of four with two children was $27,479 in 2021. Respondents were interviewed throughout the year and reported on the income they received during the previous 12 months.
3Households indicating they had the types of computers/devices listed in more than one survey question are counted only once. In addition to the types of computers/devices listed, includes a small percentage (less than 1 percent) of children whose households had "some other type of computer" not listed in the survey questions.
4Percentage of children in homes with both internet access and one or more of the following types of computer: desktop or laptop, tablet or other portable wireless computer, or "some other type of computer." Excludes homes having none of these types of computers. Includes homes having both smartphones and any of these types of computers.
5Total percentage of children in households that reported having access to the internet.
6Percentage of children in homes with both internet access and smartphones, but with none of the computer types (desktop or laptop, tablet, or other) listed in footnote 4.
NOTES: Data in this table are from the American Community Survey (ACS) and may differ from those shown in tables based on the Current Population Survey (CPS). Data are based on sample surveys of the entire population residing within the United States. However, this table includes only the population living in households, because respondents living in group quarters (e.g., shelters, healthcare facilities, or correctional facilities) were not asked about computer and internet access. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2021. (This table was prepared March 2023.)

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