Digital Divide Narrows, NTIA Reports
The digital divide narrowed slightly between whites and others 2017-19, blogged NTIA Associate Administrator-Office of Policy Analysis and Development Evelyn Remaley Wednesday. Data collected with the Census Bureau showed Americans ages 3 and older going online rose a point to…
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79%. African Americans and Hispanics were 7 points less likely to use the internet than whites, and Asian Americans 4 points less likely. Over the past two decades, Remaley said, "disparities in Internet use based on race and ethnicity have narrowed significantly." Internet use among Americans with family incomes below $25,000 yearly grew three points 2017-19 to 65%, "far short of the 87 percent of those with family incomes of $100,000 or more," the post said.