The number: Digital divide

85% vs. 51%

Digital divide

Latino Internet use reflects gap

Hispanics are less connected to the Internet than are non-Hispanics. While 78% of non-Hispanic adults ages 18 and older have gone online, just 64% of Hispanic adults have used the Internet. The disparity, however, is in large part a result of a divide between native-born and foreign-born Latinos. Fully 85% of U.S.-born Latinos ages 16 and older go online, roughly equal to the percentage of non-Hispanic Americans who use the Internet. But only half of foreign-born Latinos (51%) have gone online, bringing down the total population's Internet use. Less of a gap is found in the use of another technology tool: cell phones. While U.S.-born Hispanics are more likely to use a cell phone, the difference is small; 80% of native-born Hispanics use cell phones, compared with 72% of foreign-born Hispanics.