Table I-2. Percent of Households with Computers, by States: 1998

(Numbers in thousands.)

State

Total Households Surveyed

Percent with Computers

90% Confidence Interval

 

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Alaska

215

62.4

3.03*

HIGH

Utah

674

60.1

2.93*

 

Washington

2,227

56.3

3.03

 

Colorado

1,550

55.3

2.88

 

New Hampshire

451

54.2

3.42

 

Oregon

1,307

51.3

3.03

 

Idaho

446

50.0

2.86

 

Vermont

240

48.7

3.24

 

New Jersey

2,933

48.1

1.98

 

Minnesota

1,865

47.6

2.88

 

California

11,782

47.5

1.23

 

Virginia

2,629

46.4

2.79

 

Maryland

2,101

46.3

3.02

 

Wyoming

180

46.1

3.04

 

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Arizona

1,732

44.3

2.77

MIDDLE

Michigan

3,793

44.0

1.83

 

Connecticut

1,252

43.8

3.32

 

Kansas

1,052

43.7

2.89

 

Indiana

2,338

43.5

2.84

 

Maine

517

43.4

3.09

 

Massachusetts

2,398

43.4

2.15

 

Wisconsin

2,040

43.0

2.83

 

Nebraska

652

42.9

2.97

 

Illinois

4,507

42.7

1.73

 

Hawaii

393

42.3

3.54

 

New Mexico

649

42.2

2.90

 

Missouri

2,199

41.8

2.91

 

Nevada

665

41.6

3.00

 

South Dakota

280

41.6

2.87

 

Iowa

1,162

41.4

2.88

 

Washington, DC

235

41.4

3.04

 

Rhode Island

375

41.0

3.29

 

Montana

351

40.9

2.78

 

Texas

7,302

40.9

1.50

 

Ohio

4,481

40.7

1.75

 

Delaware

291

40.5

3.19

 

North Dakota

245

40.2

2.97

 

Florida

6,012

39.5

1.47

 

Pennsylvania

4,589

39.3

1.66

 

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Oklahoma

1,297

37.8

2.68

LOW

Tennessee

2,221

37.5

2.81

 

New York

6,974

37.3

1.29

 

Kentucky

1,591

35.9

2.73

 

Georgia

2,926

35.8

2.48

 

South Carolina

1,488

35.7

2.95

 

North Carolina

2,928

35.0

2.02

 

Alabama

1,688

34.3

2.75

 

Louisiana

1,586

31.1

2.67

 

Arkansas

1,026

29.8

2.59

 

West Virginia

750

28.3

2.40$

 

Mississippi

1,078

25.7

2.52$