Table 14. Purpose of Internet Use at Home by People 18 Years and Over: October 1997

(Numbers in thousands. Civilian noninstitutional population.)

                                  Total over             News/Weather    Gov/Business/    Schedules/                Taking     Chat      News
Characteristic                     18 years     Email       Sports          Health         Tickets      Shopping    Courses    Rooms    Groups    other 

Total using Internet at home       28,042       80.6        50.5             80.5           24.9         14.6         4.2      19.4     16.9       8.5

AGE
 18 to 24 years old                 3,933       78.6        42.4             78.5           18.0          9.1         6.5      31.6     13.5       7.1
 25 to 49 years old                18,839       80.7        52.5             82.1           26.8         16.6         4.0      18.9     18.1       8.1
 50 years old and older             5,270       81.8        49.5             76.5           23.4         11.9         3.2      12.0     15.5      11.0

GENDER
 Male                              15,654       80.5        57.8             81.3           26.5         14.8         4.3      20.3     20.5       9.7
 Female                            12,388       80.6        41.3             79.5           22.9         14.5         4.0      18.1     12.5       6.9

RACE
 White not Hispanic                24,325       80.9        50.2             80.7           25.2         14.6         3.9      19.1     16.5       8.6
 Black not Hispanic                 1,287       75.8        52.0             82.7           25.2         16.3         6.1      21.8     19.2       6.6
 Other not Hispanic                 1,314       83.4        52.7             75.7           21.7         14.6         7.1      19.0     22.5       6.4
 Hispanic                           1,115       76.2        52.6             80.5           22.1         14.1         5.0      22.0     18.3      10.0

FAMILY INCOME
 Under $25,000                      2,926       81.7        50.2             78.2           21.5         13.6         4.7      29.3     21.0      10.5
 $25,000 to $49,999                 6,708       79.6        51.2             79.8           23.5         14.6         4.6      23.7     17.8       9.8
 $50,000 to $74,999                 7,042       81.3        51.5             81.4           26.3         16.0         4.0      17.6     15.1       8.0
 $75,000+                           9,373       80.8        50.2             82.3           27.0         14.4         3.9      14.2     16.4       7.2
 Not reported                       1,993       78.6        46.4             74.8           19.7         12.7         3.9      20.1     17.1       8.3






Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release date: October 14, 1999
Revised date:  March 20, 2000