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Table 702.60. Percentage of children ages 3 to 18 by type of computer in the household and percentage distribution of children ages 3 to 18 by home internet access, by poverty status and state: 2019
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
State Number of children ages 3 to 18 living in households1  (in thousands) Percentage of children,1  by type of computer Percentage distribution of children,1  by home internet access Percentage of children in a household with a desktop, laptop, tablet, or other portable wireless computer,2,3  by poverty status Percentage of children with home internet access through a desktop, laptop, tablet, or other portable wireless computer,2,4  by poverty status
Total, any computer or smartphone3 Desktop, laptop, tablet, or other portable wireless computer Smartphone Total, all children Have internet access No internet access
Total, any type listed above3 Desktop or laptop Tablet or other portable wireless computer Total5 Through desktop or laptop, tablet, or some other type of computer4 Only through smartphone6 In poverty Not in poverty In poverty Not in poverty
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
United States 65,227   (48.3) 98.1   (0.04) 90.1   (0.10) 83.5   (0.14) 77.2   (0.17) 96.2   (0.05) 100.0   (†) 94.6   (0.07) 88.1   (0.12) 6.5   (0.08) 5.4   (0.07) 74.1   (0.29) 93.2   (0.09) 69.9   (0.32) 91.7   (0.10)
Alabama 981   (5.1) 97.0   (0.28) 86.0   (0.59) 78.5   (0.79) 71.3   (0.96) 95.3   (0.36) 100.0   (†) 92.0   (0.60) 83.3   (0.69) 8.6   (0.53) 8.0   (0.60) 66.2   (2.43) 91.2   (0.57) 60.5   (2.39) 89.4   (0.65)
Alaska 156   (3.2) 98.7   (0.38) 91.2   (1.49) 84.9   (1.68) 80.9   (1.83) 97.4   (0.71) 100.0   (†) 95.3   (0.82) 89.2   (1.43) 6.1   (1.31) 4.7   (0.82) 65.9   (5.21) 95.0   (1.18) 62.3   (5.16) 93.2   (1.16)
Arizona 1,487   (6.0) 98.0   (0.26) 88.9   (0.55) 81.9   (0.68) 74.6   (0.79) 96.0   (0.39) 100.0   (†) 92.9   (0.45) 86.5   (0.63) 6.3   (0.43) 7.1   (0.45) 72.3   (1.97) 92.7   (0.50) 67.0   (2.20) 91.0   (0.55)
Arkansas 627   (3.7) 96.7   (0.47) 83.7   (0.93) 75.1   (1.01) 72.2   (1.03) 94.7   (0.52) 100.0   (†) 91.2   (0.69) 80.7   (0.98) 10.5   (0.90) 8.8   (0.69) 65.4   (2.23) 89.1   (0.89) 61.7   (2.37) 86.4   (0.93)
California 7,941   (12.8) 98.8   (0.08) 91.0   (0.22) 85.2   (0.25) 76.5   (0.31) 97.1   (0.11) 100.0   (†) 95.7   (0.16) 89.3   (0.26) 6.4   (0.21) 4.3   (0.16) 78.2   (0.92) 93.5   (0.19) 74.0   (1.04) 92.2   (0.20)

Colorado
1,122   (5.0) 99.0   (0.18) 93.3   (0.48) 89.1   (0.67) 81.0   (0.75) 97.7   (0.30) 100.0   (†) 97.6   (0.30) 92.4   (0.48) 5.2   (0.39) 2.4   (0.30) 72.1   (2.74) 95.7   (0.39) 69.9   (2.81) 95.0   (0.40)
Connecticut 653   (3.1) 99.0   (0.24) 92.7   (0.70) 87.5   (0.91) 81.1   (0.97) 97.3   (0.35) 100.0   (†) 97.6   (0.38) 91.9   (0.70) 5.7   (0.66) 2.4   (0.38) 75.9   (3.03) 95.6   (0.53) 74.0   (3.08) 95.0   (0.55)
Delaware 182   (1.8) 98.0   (0.75) 91.2   (1.32) 84.6   (1.76) 77.9   (1.96) 96.3   (0.90) 100.0   (†) 95.2   (1.07) 89.8   (1.44) 5.4   (1.23) 4.8   (1.07) 77.7   (5.76) 93.6   (1.14) 75.4   (5.97) 92.4   (1.19)
District of Columbia 105   (1.7) 99.2   (0.40) 92.7   (1.65) 85.3   (2.72) 81.1   (2.26) 96.8   (1.02) 100.0   (†) 93.8   (1.64) 88.6   (2.27) 5.2   (1.35) 6.2   (1.64) 82.7   (6.06) 95.7   (1.31) 72.7   (7.86) 93.2   (1.59)
Florida 3,795   (9.9) 98.6   (0.13) 91.1   (0.29) 85.7   (0.35) 76.6   (0.37) 96.9   (0.18) 100.0   (†) 94.2   (0.25) 88.9   (0.32) 5.4   (0.24) 5.8   (0.25) 78.9   (1.01) 93.7   (0.27) 73.1   (1.04) 92.2   (0.31)

Georgia
2,280   (8.9) 97.8   (0.22) 89.4   (0.45) 82.8   (0.58) 75.9   (0.57) 95.7   (0.27) 100.0   (†) 93.1   (0.37) 86.7   (0.52) 6.4   (0.33) 6.9   (0.37) 70.3   (1.55) 93.9   (0.36) 65.6   (1.78) 91.6   (0.44)
Hawaii 261   (2.5) 99.3   (0.20) 92.0   (1.36) 84.7   (1.70) 81.5   (1.61) 97.5   (0.56) 100.0   (†) 96.4   (0.62) 90.6   (1.43) 5.8   (1.33) 3.6   (0.62) 78.1   (5.12) 93.7   (1.37) 76.4   (5.00) 92.3   (1.49)
Idaho 410   (2.9) 98.4   (0.48) 92.5   (0.79) 86.1   (1.04) 82.5   (1.12) 95.6   (0.89) 100.0   (†) 96.2   (0.70) 90.9   (0.91) 5.3   (0.70) 3.8   (0.70) 83.4   (3.06) 94.0   (0.77) 77.9   (4.13) 92.9   (0.83)
Illinois 2,524   (6.8) 98.8   (0.13) 90.9   (0.38) 84.7   (0.43) 78.6   (0.54) 97.2   (0.20) 100.0   (†) 96.1   (0.25) 89.4   (0.40) 6.7   (0.36) 3.9   (0.25) 75.8   (1.55) 93.6   (0.37) 71.8   (1.71) 92.5   (0.36)
Indiana 1,402   (6.8) 96.4   (0.35) 89.1   (0.62) 80.7   (0.69) 77.0   (0.75) 94.2   (0.42) 100.0   (†) 92.3   (0.46) 86.4   (0.65) 5.9   (0.40) 7.7   (0.46) 76.5   (2.25) 91.4   (0.58) 70.5   (2.44) 89.3   (0.61)

Iowa
650   (4.5) 98.2   (0.36) 91.0   (0.61) 84.7   (0.85) 79.2   (1.05) 96.8   (0.45) 100.0   (†) 96.2   (0.53) 90.2   (0.60) 6.0   (0.46) 3.8   (0.53) 76.8   (2.90) 93.1   (0.56) 75.1   (3.00) 92.4   (0.53)
Kansas 631   (4.1) 98.6   (0.28) 90.4   (0.72) 83.2   (0.82) 77.8   (0.97) 96.8   (0.42) 100.0   (†) 94.9   (0.60) 88.9   (0.78) 6.0   (0.54) 5.1   (0.60) 76.3   (3.00) 92.9   (0.79) 72.6   (3.39) 91.7   (0.84)
Kentucky 887   (4.8) 97.6   (0.31) 89.6   (0.56) 81.1   (0.72) 78.3   (0.83) 95.1   (0.37) 100.0   (†) 94.0   (0.44) 87.1   (0.63) 6.8   (0.48) 6.0   (0.44) 74.9   (1.99) 93.1   (0.53) 71.0   (2.12) 91.0   (0.61)
Louisiana 973   (5.3) 97.4   (0.33) 83.6   (0.76) 73.7   (1.00) 69.5   (0.90) 95.6   (0.38) 100.0   (†) 90.9   (0.57) 80.4   (0.84) 10.5   (0.62) 9.1   (0.57) 67.9   (1.91) 89.2   (0.82) 63.4   (1.98) 86.4   (0.91)
Maine 222   (2.1) 99.0   (0.44) 94.4   (0.87) 88.1   (1.24) 81.8   (1.46) 95.9   (0.87) 100.0   (†) 96.4   (0.86) 92.1   (1.16) 4.3   (0.71) 3.6   (0.86) 73.4   (5.74) 97.2   (0.59) 66.8   (5.89) 95.4   (1.04)

Maryland
1,191   (5.4) 98.6   (0.24) 93.7   (0.49) 88.4   (0.63) 82.8   (0.71) 96.8   (0.36) 100.0   (†) 96.3   (0.43) 92.1   (0.57) 4.2   (0.39) 3.7   (0.43) 79.1   (2.30) 95.9   (0.48) 76.3   (2.53) 94.4   (0.56)
Massachusetts 1,197   (4.5) 98.9   (0.19) 93.3   (0.48) 87.9   (0.54) 81.4   (0.73) 97.0   (0.27) 100.0   (†) 97.4   (0.30) 92.6   (0.49) 4.8   (0.39) 2.6   (0.30) 77.9   (3.00) 95.4   (0.36) 75.8   (3.08) 94.8   (0.39)
Michigan 1,919   (7.0) 98.3   (0.19) 91.5   (0.39) 83.3   (0.58) 80.3   (0.55) 96.1   (0.32) 100.0   (†) 95.2   (0.33) 89.7   (0.44) 5.5   (0.34) 4.8   (0.33) 75.7   (1.66) 94.7   (0.33) 71.4   (1.67) 93.5   (0.39)
Minnesota 1,144   (5.5) 99.5   (0.11) 94.8   (0.47) 89.7   (0.63) 84.7   (0.76) 98.2   (0.19) 100.0   (†) 97.1   (0.42) 93.2   (0.58) 3.9   (0.40) 2.9   (0.42) 79.2   (3.12) 96.7   (0.45) 76.4   (3.16) 95.2   (0.58)
Mississippi 634   (4.1) 96.9   (0.38) 81.4   (0.95) 73.3   (1.10) 67.9   (1.02) 95.0   (0.48) 100.0   (†) 90.8   (0.70) 79.2   (0.95) 11.5   (0.73) 9.2   (0.70) 64.5   (2.53) 87.5   (0.77) 60.3   (2.62) 86.0   (0.76)

Missouri
1,217   (5.6) 97.9   (0.33) 89.7   (0.58) 82.7   (0.74) 78.5   (0.75) 96.0   (0.39) 100.0   (†) 94.8   (0.41) 88.0   (0.58) 6.8   (0.54) 5.2   (0.41) 70.9   (2.50) 93.2   (0.55) 68.2   (2.55) 91.8   (0.56)
Montana 203   (2.2) 97.7   (0.62) 91.9   (1.01) 84.1   (1.67) 77.0   (1.56) 95.3   (0.81) 100.0   (†) 95.2   (0.97) 90.2   (1.29) 5.0   (0.80) 4.8   (0.97) 80.9   (3.79) 94.0   (0.97) 79.9   (3.74) 92.9   (1.13)
Nebraska 421   (3.6) 99.5   (0.16) 93.0   (0.82) 83.4   (1.14) 83.0   (1.16) 97.7   (0.45) 100.0   (†) 97.1   (0.53) 90.9   (0.95) 6.2   (0.75) 2.9   (0.53) 78.2   (3.92) 94.8   (0.73) 73.5   (4.30) 93.0   (0.84)
Nevada 619   (3.7) 98.5   (0.32) 88.8   (0.88) 81.1   (1.07) 73.5   (1.05) 95.7   (0.54) 100.0   (†) 94.2   (0.69) 86.3   (0.95) 7.8   (0.82) 5.8   (0.69) 75.0   (3.66) 91.7   (0.87) 68.5   (3.69) 90.2   (0.92)
New Hampshire 234   (2.2) 99.7   (0.18) 95.5   (0.82) 92.7   (1.03) 82.4   (1.75) 98.4   (0.50) 100.0   (†) 98.4   (0.50) 94.6   (0.96) 3.8   (0.80) 1.6 ! (0.50) 81.9   (6.31) 96.5   (0.75) 76.7   (7.21) 96.1   (0.77)

New Jersey
1,725   (5.7) 98.3   (0.17) 92.7   (0.35) 88.1   (0.38) 79.3   (0.63) 95.6   (0.34) 100.0   (†) 95.7   (0.33) 90.9   (0.40) 4.8   (0.31) 4.3   (0.33) 74.4   (2.29) 95.2   (0.36) 70.8   (2.27) 93.7   (0.40)
New Mexico 426   (3.2) 96.1   (0.53) 84.8   (1.24) 77.1   (1.33) 71.1   (1.60) 93.4   (0.75) 100.0   (†) 89.0   (0.99) 80.8   (1.43) 8.2   (1.01) 11.0   (0.99) 70.0   (3.59) 88.7   (1.19) 61.3   (3.64) 85.9   (1.24)
New York 3,534   (9.8) 96.6   (0.23) 90.0   (0.37) 83.6   (0.36) 76.9   (0.52) 93.9   (0.28) 100.0   (†) 93.2   (0.35) 87.9   (0.43) 5.3   (0.26) 6.8   (0.35) 73.5   (1.38) 93.5   (0.32) 69.9   (1.49) 91.6   (0.39)
North Carolina 2,079   (8.2) 98.3   (0.16) 89.0   (0.44) 82.5   (0.49) 75.2   (0.56) 96.6   (0.23) 100.0   (†) 93.6   (0.37) 86.8   (0.51) 6.7   (0.36) 6.4   (0.37) 72.3   (1.62) 92.8   (0.35) 67.7   (1.71) 91.2   (0.42)
North Dakota 148   (2.5) 98.1   (0.67) 93.3   (1.07) 85.2   (1.78) 84.3   (1.78) 96.8   (0.93) 100.0   (†) 92.7   (1.74) 90.2   (1.71) 2.5   (0.71) 7.3   (1.74) 69.5   (8.12) 96.0   (0.99) 69.0   (8.18) 92.5   (1.85)

Ohio
2,293   (7.6) 97.4   (0.28) 90.3   (0.45) 83.0   (0.55) 79.7   (0.54) 95.9   (0.30) 100.0   (†) 94.7   (0.33) 88.6   (0.48) 6.0   (0.31) 5.3   (0.33) 77.6   (1.39) 93.0   (0.40) 74.6   (1.46) 91.7   (0.44)
Oklahoma 851   (4.6) 98.1   (0.26) 84.0   (0.77) 76.1   (0.87) 69.1   (0.88) 96.8   (0.38) 100.0   (†) 93.1   (0.45) 81.3   (0.82) 11.8   (0.68) 6.9   (0.45) 67.9   (2.50) 88.1   (0.82) 62.8   (2.53) 86.1   (0.85)
Oregon 775   (4.4) 99.1   (0.16) 92.6   (0.56) 87.6   (0.79) 79.5   (0.92) 97.8   (0.23) 100.0   (†) 96.6   (0.38) 91.2   (0.59) 5.4   (0.50) 3.4   (0.38) 79.4   (3.11) 94.6   (0.49) 76.9   (3.21) 93.4   (0.53)
Pennsylvania 2,344   (7.5) 97.0   (0.28) 91.0   (0.45) 84.5   (0.43) 79.9   (0.60) 94.4   (0.36) 100.0   (†) 94.6   (0.37) 89.7   (0.50) 4.9   (0.34) 5.4   (0.37) 78.4   (1.94) 93.6   (0.42) 75.7   (2.12) 92.6   (0.45)
Rhode Island 182   (2.0) 99.3   (0.29) 92.5   (1.40) 86.2   (1.72) 83.3   (1.87) 96.6   (0.85) 100.0   (†) 98.2   (0.53) 92.3   (1.40) 6.0   (1.39) 1.8 ! (0.53) 72.9   (8.10) 95.5   (1.05) 72.4   (8.05) 95.3   (1.08)

South Carolina
992   (4.2) 98.2   (0.25) 88.3   (0.66) 81.2   (0.76) 76.0   (0.86) 95.7   (0.42) 100.0   (†) 92.4   (0.53) 85.6   (0.71) 6.8   (0.55) 7.6   (0.53) 69.3   (2.19) 92.7   (0.62) 63.5   (2.39) 90.7   (0.64)
South Dakota 189   (2.2) 96.7   (0.93) 91.3   (1.23) 84.7   (1.50) 78.7   (1.89) 96.0   (1.00) 100.0   (†) 94.5   (0.91) 89.8   (1.23) 4.7   (0.89) 5.5   (0.91) 74.8   (5.49) 93.7   (1.19) 70.8   (5.28) 92.6   (1.25)
Tennessee 1,345   (6.9) 97.8   (0.25) 87.6   (0.60) 79.9   (0.65) 75.5   (0.63) 95.9   (0.29) 100.0   (†) 93.2   (0.42) 85.2   (0.70) 7.9   (0.50) 6.8   (0.42) 70.7   (2.12) 91.7   (0.53) 65.9   (2.32) 89.8   (0.61)
Texas 6,632   (12.6) 97.7   (0.15) 85.8   (0.34) 78.1   (0.41) 71.8   (0.42) 95.9   (0.18) 100.0   (†) 93.0   (0.21) 83.6   (0.35) 9.5   (0.29) 7.0   (0.21) 66.6   (0.89) 90.2   (0.30) 62.4   (0.97) 88.4   (0.32)
Utah 837   (4.1) 99.5   (0.16) 95.6   (0.46) 92.4   (0.63) 85.8   (0.78) 98.8   (0.23) 100.0   (†) 97.9   (0.35) 94.6   (0.50) 3.3   (0.42) 2.1   (0.35) 86.0   (2.48) 96.7   (0.39) 81.9   (2.92) 96.0   (0.38)

Vermont
100   (1.7) 99.2   (0.39) 95.0   (1.38) 90.3   (1.78) 84.4   (1.67) 96.1   (0.81) 100.0   (†) 97.3   (0.72) 94.0   (1.43) 3.3 ! (1.23) 2.7   (0.72) 76.0   (10.69) 97.0   (0.76) 72.4   (10.47) 96.2   (0.81)
Virginia 1,647   (6.0) 99.2   (0.16) 92.8   (0.42) 86.9   (0.51) 81.2   (0.62) 97.2   (0.26) 100.0   (†) 95.7   (0.34) 90.5   (0.50) 5.2   (0.35) 4.3   (0.34) 80.4   (2.00) 94.8   (0.35) 74.6   (2.14) 93.1   (0.43)
Washington 1,476   (5.7) 99.3   (0.13) 93.7   (0.40) 88.3   (0.54) 81.5   (0.61) 97.6   (0.23) 100.0   (†) 97.9   (0.21) 92.7   (0.41) 5.2   (0.36) 2.1   (0.21) 82.3   (2.01) 95.3   (0.36) 80.2   (2.06) 94.4   (0.38)
West Virginia 321   (3.1) 97.6   (0.46) 88.5   (1.33) 79.6   (1.58) 73.1   (1.81) 94.5   (0.76) 100.0   (†) 93.9   (0.91) 86.0   (1.38) 7.9   (1.02) 6.1   (0.91) 74.0   (3.14) 92.1   (1.28) 68.5   (3.06) 90.4   (1.34)
Wisconsin 1,139   (6.1) 97.9   (0.29) 91.9   (0.49) 84.8   (0.65) 81.3   (0.71) 96.2   (0.38) 100.0   (†) 95.6   (0.38) 90.6   (0.51) 4.9   (0.49) 4.4   (0.38) 78.0   (2.46) 93.9   (0.49) 77.0   (2.43) 92.6   (0.49)
Wyoming 124   (2.2) 98.5   (0.61) 93.8   (1.25) 86.6   (1.73) 78.9   (2.08) 96.1   (0.85) 100.0   (†) 95.5   (1.13) 91.7   (1.49) 3.8   (0.85) 4.5   (1.13) 82.6   (5.72) 95.5   (0.98) 77.5   (6.16) 93.7   (1.31)
†Not applicable.
!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.
1 Includes all 3- to 18-year-olds living in households.
2 Data are for related children in families. Children are considered to be in poverty if their family income falls below the Census Bureau's poverty threshold, which is a dollar amount that varies depending on a family's size and composition and is updated annually to account for inflation. For example, the poverty threshold for a family of four with two children was $25,926 in 2019. Respondents were interviewed throughout the year and reported on the income they received during the previous 12 months.
3 Households indicating they had the types of computers/devices listed in more than one survey question are counted only once. In addition to the types of computers/devices listed, includes a small percentage (less than 1 percent) of children whose households had "some other type of computer" not listed in the survey questions.
4 Percentage of children in homes with both internet access and one or more of the following types of computer: desktop or laptop, tablet or other portable wireless computer, or "some other type of computer." Excludes homes having none of these types of computers. Includes homes having both smartphones and any of these types of computers.
5 Total percentage of children in households that reported having access to the internet.
6 Percentage of children in homes with both internet access and smartphones, but with none of the computer types (desktop or laptop, tablet, or other) listed in footnote 4.
NOTES: Data in this table are from the American Community Survey (ACS) and may differ from those shown in tables based on the Current Population Survey (CPS). Data are based on sample surveys of the entire population residing within the United States. However, this table includes only the population living in households, because respondents living in group quarters (e.g., shelters, healthcare facilities, or correctional facilities) were not asked about computer and internet access. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2019. (This table was prepared March 2021.)

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