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Data Central Reports

NTIA analyzes broadband Internet usage in the United States based on data gained through an annual nationwide survey commissioned from the U.S. Census Bureau. In a series of "Data Central" reports, NTIA publishes findings on broadband adoption in America, including why people do not subscribe and which populations are lagging in usage. This research can inform efforts to close the digital divide, helping more Americans compete in the 21st century economy and improving overall quality of life. 

Data Central Reports and data files

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Networked Nation: Broadband in America 2007

January 31, 2008
Abstract

This report highlights the dramatic growth of broadband in the United States.  The report shows that the Administration’s technology, regulatory and fiscal policies have stimulated innovation and competition, and encouraged investment in the U.S. broadband market contributing to significantly increased accessibility of broadband services.

Data Dictionary and Data File for Current Population Survey: Internet Use and Computer Use Supplements: October 2007, October 2003, September 2001, August 2000 ("Other CPS Supplements," U.S. Census Bureau, as a joint project with the Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Networked Nation: Summary
Networked Nation: Broadband in America 2007
Households with Internet, by selected characteristics of reference person: Total, Urban, Rural, and Central City, September 2001
Household's Internet Connection Type, by selected characteristics of reference person: Total, Urban, Rural, and Central City, 2001
Households with Internet, by selected characteristics of reference person: Total, Urban, Rural, and Central City, 2004
Households using the Internet in and outside the home, by selected characteristics: Total, Urban, Rural, Principal City, 2007

A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age

September 30, 2004
Abstract

A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age is the sixth report released by the U.S. Department of Commerce examining the use of computers, the Internet, and other information technology tools by the American people.  Based on the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey of 57,000 households containing 134,000 persons, this report provides broad-based and statistically reliable information on the ways that information technologies in general, and broadband more specifically, are transforming the way we live, work, and learn.

- The Census Bureau's Survey Instrument and Raw Data is available at https://www.census.gov

- PDF version of A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age

A Nation Online:

Entering the Broadband Age

 

 

SEPTEMBER 2004

 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 

Economics and Statistics Administration

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

 

Exploring the Digital Nation: Home Broadband Internet Adoption in the United States

November 09, 2010
Economics and Statistics Administration and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration in the U.S. Department of Commerce
Abstract

In Exploring the Digital Nation: Home Broadband Internet Adoption in the United States, the Commerce Department fulfills its promise to provide authoritative, nationally-comprehensive data on access to the Internet throughout the United States. This new study follows the February 2010 NTIA research preview, Digital Nation: 21st Century America’s Progress Toward Universal Broadband Internet Access. Both studies draw on the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey Internet Use Supplement, a survey of approximately 54,000 households conducted over one week in October 2009. This report presents the most accurate statistical profile of U.S. broadband Internet adoption
currently available.
 

- The Census Bureau's October 2009 data file and survey instrument are posted at http://www.bls.census.gov/cps_ftp.html#cpssupps (scroll down to "CPS Supplement," specifically the October 2009 Internet and Computer Use Data File and Data Dictionary).

Exploring the Digital Nation
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