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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.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