Table 1.

Reported internet use in the United States: youth aged 14-17 years by selected characteristics (Current Population Survey 2015 and 2017)^a.

Characteristic		Individual lives in household with internet useb, n (%)			Individual uses a cell phone or smartphone, n (%)			Mode of internet access, n (%)
		Year, 2015	Year, 2017	Year, 2015		Year, 2017	Home				Smartphone
							Year, 2015		Year, 2017	Year, 2015		Year, 2017
Race and Hispanic originc
	White non-Hispanic	7.9 (86)	8.2 (88)	8.2 (89)		8.1 (87)	7.3 (79)		7.3 (78)	6.5 (70)		6.5 (70)
	Black	2.0 (77)	2.1 (82)	2.2 (85)		2.1 (82)	1.7 (67)		1.8 (70)	1.6 (61)		1.5 (59)
	Asian	0.7 (85)	0.8 (89)	0.8 (88)		0.8 (88)	0.6 (75)		0.7 (78)	0.7 (68)		0.6 (71)
	Hispanic (of any race)	2.9 (74)	3.4 (86)	3.2 (84)		3.4 (85)	2.5 (66)		3.0 (75)	2.3 (59)		2.5 (63)
Household incomec (US $)
	<25,000	1.9 (63)	2.1 (77)	2.4 (78)		2.2 (79)	1.6 (52)		1.8 (66)	1.5 (49)		1.6 (56)
	25,000-49,999	3.0 (78)	3.0 (81)	3.3 (85)		3.1 (82)	2.7 (70)		2.6 (71)	2.4 (62)		2.3 (61)
	≥50,000	9.0 (88)	9.9 (91)	9.2 (90)		9.7 (89)	8.3 (81)		8.8 (80)	7.4 (73)		7.8 (72)

^aData derived from the CPS 2015 [33] and 2017 [34]. Percentages are rounded to whole numbers. Counts are presented in the millions and rounded to the nearest tenth of a million or nearest one-hundredth of a million if less than 1 million. Thus, 7.9 represents 7.9 million.

^bAt least 1 member of the individual’s household reported using the internet from home, even if that individual did not report use themselves.

^cData collected from respondents aged 14-17 years. Standard survey weights were adjusted with expansion weights to estimate the size of the population to which the data are generalized. Expanded weights N=17,103,547 (2015) and N=17,379,728 (2017). Unweighted N=6950 (2015) and N=6761 (2017).