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Bridging the Racial Divide on the Internet (Science Magazine)
Article appeared on April 17, 1998, Compares whites and blacks, students and non-students, on computer use

Commerce Net Research Center
Brief data on use and projected use of Internet by continent, Some industry and domain data, More detailed demographics must be purchased

Computer Use and Ownership (Census Bureau)
National data beginning 1984 on computer ownership by household characteristics (age, race, income, occupation, industry), Work use and type of home use, Children 3-17 by individual ages and presence of home computers

CyberAtlas
Current news on internet marketing trends, Examples include top internet retailers for previous month, number of households on-line

Emerging Digital Economy II (Commerce Department)
Salaries of Information Technology workers and employment projections, Gross domestic product contributions of workers in information technology and increase over time, Foreign trade in technology manufacturers

Falling through the Net (NTIA)
Annual report on American internet use with urban/rural and minority breakdowns, Each issue has special emphasis, National internet use by gender, race, education and income, At home and outside home use by reason for use (e-mail, classes, etc), Telephone, computer, modem, and e-mail ownership

Global Internet Statistics by Language (Euro-Marketing)
Current internet use and projected use by language, Includes percent of world speaking the language, GDP by language, and Internet hosts by language, Per 1999 data, English accounts for only 55% of Internet use

Hobbes Internet Timeline
Timeline of Internet growth since the 1950s with hot links to more detailed information, Annual statistics beginning 1969 on hosts, domains, and networks

Internet and Society: A Preliminary Report (Stanford Univ.)
Statistics on the relationship of the internet to society, Study shows people you regularly use the internet spend less time in social or other cultural activities, They also work more at home without compensation, Press release supplemented by Full Text in pdf

Internet Demographics (Matrix Information Services)
Annual survey of Internet use includes estimates of Internet access, demographics of users, and services used

Internet Economy Indicators (CISCO)
Periodic newsletter with internet use data geared toward marketing, Includes internet usage in various countries and the amount of e-business conducted online

Internet Technology in Michigan: Adult and Teen Survey Report (Public Sector Consultants, pdf)
Use of the internet by adult and teen age groups in Michigan in 1998 and 1999, Analyzes location and type of use, Released December 1999; 61 pages in pdf

Internet Traffic Report
Internet traffic by region and country as well as response time and packet loss

Matthew Zook's Page of Internet Domain Data
World and U.S. maps of internet domain density, 1998-200, Growth of .com addresses by state for same period

Residential Energy Consumption (DOE)
Regional data on energy consumption, heating and cooling equipment, and appliances, Some 1997 national data on computer and modem use, Data Tables has data by type of office equipment, The next survey, 2001, will be published in 2002

State of the Internet - 1999 (US Internet Council)
Demographics of internet users since 1993 (gender, ethnicity, income, education), number of Internet providers, Data on uses of the Internet, including e-mail, policy report intended for federal and state official

States Inventory Project
Federally-funded project to identify telecommunications resources for National Information Infrastructure in all states, State data on population, cable and telephone service, Internet domain names, Will ultimately include projects and proposed legislation