June 17th, 2005
27.7% of Americans 65+ years old are online
65.9% of those aged 50-64 and 27.7% of those 65 and above are online today, eMarketer says. In 2008 73.7% of those aged 50-64 and 34.1% of those 65 and above will use Internet.
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Senior citizens who are online |
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| Age 50-64 | Age 65+ | |
| 2003 | 61% | 23.9% |
| 2004 | 63.2 | 25.8 |
| 2005 | 65.9 | 27.7 |
| 2006 | 68.3 | 30.0 |
| 2007 | 70.9 | 32.2 |
| 2008 | 73.7 | 34.1 |
| Source: eMarketer, Department of Commerce | ||
Alex is a software engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area. ITFacts is created and updated by a group of statistics-obsessed individuals.
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