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Broadband Internet Access by Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey, 2023
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Why Is This Important?
Access to reliable, high-speed broadband internet improves access to education, employment, and health care opportunities and is associated with increased economic development.[https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/explore-health-rankings/county-health-rankings-model/health-factors/physical-environment/housing-and-transit/broadband-access ^1^]
Definition
Percent of households with broadband internet subscription
Data Source
American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau(https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
Estimated number of households with broadband internet subscriptionDenominator:
Estimated number of households
Data Issues
The U.S. Census Bureau did not release its standard 1-year estimates from the 2020 American Community Survey because of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on data collection.Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2030
Healthy People 2030 Objective HC/HIT-05
U.S. Target: Increase the proportion of adults aged 18 years and over with broadband internet to 60.8 percent of adults by 2030.0
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/health-it
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective HC/HIT-6.2
U.S. Target: Increase the proportion of persons with broadband access to the Internet to 83.2 percent by 2020.0
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/health-communication-and-health-information-technology
Health Initiative: CDI
Chronic Disease Indicator SDH03
Description: No broadband internet subscription among households
https://www.cdc.gov/cdi/indicator-definitions/sdoh.html