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327. Public Library Use of the Internet: 1998
[In percent, except number of outlets. As of spring. Based on sample survey; see source for details]
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Metropolitan status 1
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Poverty status 2
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Item
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Sub-
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Less
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More
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Total
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Urban
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urban
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Rural
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than 20
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20 to 40
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than 40
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percent
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percent
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percent
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All libraries outlets 3
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15,718
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2,691
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4,933
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8,094
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12,757
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2,644
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317
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Percent of total
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100.0
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17.1
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31.4
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51.5
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81.2
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16.8
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2.0
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Connected to the Internet
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83.6
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91.0
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88.1
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78.4
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84.1
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80.9
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83.3
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Connected with public access
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73.3
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84.0
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76.7
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67.6
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73.2
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72.8
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79.5
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Public access services provided--
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Only text-based terminals
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5.8
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13.4
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5.3
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3.2
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5.7
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5.0
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16.1
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Some graphical workstations
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94.2
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86.6
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94.7
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96.8
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94.3
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95.0
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83.9
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Speed of access:
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Less than 28.8kpbs
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4.2
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3.6
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3.7
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4.7
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4.8
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0.9
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3.8
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28.8kpbs to 56kpbs
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28.7
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7.7
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21.3
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42.2
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30.6
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21.6
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11.1
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56kpbs
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32.7
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33.5
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35.1
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30.7
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32.0
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34.8
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42.6
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Greater than 56kpbs
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33.7
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53.5
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39.1
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22.2
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31.8
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42.4
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40.9
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Special software/hardware for persons with
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disabilities on--
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All workstations
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2.9
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2.3
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1.2
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4.2
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2.4
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5.3
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0.8
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Some workstations
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13.6
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24.1
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15.1
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8.3
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12.7
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16.9
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23.0
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No workstations
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83.6
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73.8
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83.7
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87.5
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84.9
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77.9
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76.1
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Filtering software not used on workstations
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85.3
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82.9
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83.3
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87.9
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85.8
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83.1
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85.4
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With acceptable use policies
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84.8
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87.3
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85.9
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83.1
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84.5
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86.6
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86.3
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1 Urban = inside central city; Suburban = In metro area, outside of a central city;Rural = outside a metro area.
2 Determined by the 1990 poverty status of the service area of the outlet.
3 Central libraries and branches; excludes bookmobiles.
Source: The American Library Association, Washington, D.C., The 1998 National Survey ofU.S. Public Library Outlet Internet Connectivity: Final Report, September 1998, byJohn Carlo
Bartot and Charles R. McClure.
http://www.ala.org/oitp/digitaldivide/survey.html
https://allcountries.org/uscensus/327_public_library_use_of_the_internet.html
These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.
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