Table 19.2. Percentage of students in grades 1 through 12 who use the Internet, by grade, location of internet use, and race/ethnicity: 2003

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Table 19.2.

Percentage of students in grades 1 through 12 who use the Internet, by grade, location of internet use, and race/ethnicity: 2003

Location and race/ethnicity	Total	Grades 1-5	Grades 6-8	Grades 9-12
Uses internet at school
Total ¹	49.0	33.4	54.9	63.0
White	55.5	39.4	62.0	68.8
Black	40.3	27.0	43.8	53.4
Hispanic	34.9	22.7	39.2	48.3
Asian/Pacific Islander	45.0	22.1	54.0	67.0
American Indian/Alaska Native	41.6	26.9	44.1	52.4

Uses internet at home
Total ¹	49.3	33.6	54.4	64.1
White	60.4	42.4	66.4	76.2
Black	29.3	21.1	30.7	37.9
Hispanic	28.9	18.2	32.1	41.1
Asian/Pacific Islander	50.9	27.9	57.4	75.0
American Indian/Alaska Native	23.6	12.0 !	30.2 !	29.6

Uses internet at public library
Total ¹	10.9	5.7	13.1	15.3
White	10.0	5.2	11.9	14.0
Black	13.4	7.0	17.6	18.1
Hispanic	10.7	5.2	12.9	16.5
Asian/Pacific Islander	13.4	8.8	15.2	17.8
American Indian/Alaska Native	5.3 !	1.5 !	5.7 !	8.4 !

Uses internet at someone else's home
Total ¹	9.7	5.1	11.5	13.7
White	11.3	6.2	13.0	15.6
Black	8.9	4.7	11.5	11.9
Hispanic	5.6	2.5	6.6	8.9
Asian/Pacific Islander	4.9	1.3 !	5.3 !	9.2
American Indian/Alaska Native	6.0 !	3.8 !	4.9 !	8.7 !
! Interpret data with caution. ¹ Total includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October 2003.