A Closer Look at the Numbers
- Roughly three-in-ten adults with household incomes below $30,000 a year (29%) don’t own a smartphone.
- Higher-income Americans are also more likely to have multiple devices that enable them to go online.
- 73% of households with annual incomes of $25,000 to $49,999 owned or used a desktop or laptop
- “Low-income households had the lowest overall connectivity, but the highest proportion of ‘handheld only’ households,” said Census Bureau demographer Camille Ryan.
