. 2021 Oct 12;23(10):e27723. doi: 10.2196/27723

Table 2.

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

Race and household income				Individual lives in household with internet use^b, n (%)				Individual uses a cell phone or smart phone, n (%)					Mode of internet access, n (%)
				Year, 2015		Year, 2017		Year, 2015		Year, 2017		Home						Smartphone
												Year, 2015			Year, 2017		Year, 2015			Year, 2017
Black^c
	Household income^c (US $)
		<25,000	0.4 (61)		0.5 (71)		0.6 (79)		0.5 (78)		0.3 (48)			0.4 (61)		0.3 (47)			0.4 (57)
		25,000-49,999	0.5 (78)		0.6 (82)		0.5 (83)		0.6 (79)		0.5 (70)			0.5 (66)		0.4 (66)			0.4 (54)
		≥50,000	1.1 (86)		1.0 (88)		1.1 (89)		1.0 (86)		0.9 (76)			0.9 (78)		0.8 (67)			0.7 (65)
Hispanic origin^c
	Household income^c (US $)
		≤25,000	0.7 (60)		0.8 (79)		0.9 (77)		0.8 (79)		0.6 (52)			0.7 (68)		0.6 (48)			0.5 (54)
		25,000-49,999	0.9 (74)		1.0 (81)		1.0 (81)		1.0 (84)		0.8 (66)			0.9 (72)		0.7 (57)			0.7 (61)
		≥50,000	1.2 (86)		1.7 (93)		1.3 (92)		1.6 (89)		1.1 (77)			1.4 (80)		1.0 (70)			1.2 (69)

^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, 2.0 represents 2.0 million.

^bAt least one 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 provide an estimate of the size of the population to which the data are generalized. Black: expanded weights, N=2,626,139 (2015) and N=2,560,101 (2017). Unweighted N=917 (2015) and N=800 (2017). Hispanic: expanded weights N=3,867,713 (2015) and N=3,981,899 (2017). Unweighted N=1412 (2015) and N=1377 (2017).