How many people in American own computers today compared to ten years ago?

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 29 Apr 2004 13:35 PDT

Hello Emms44,

I can provide you with the number of American households that owned a
computer for the following years.

Year           U.S. Households 
1993
1994
1995
1997
2001
2002 

I also have the household computer ownership numbers (projected) for
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Year          U.S. Households (projected)
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007


Would this information be of your interest?

Thanks,
Bobbie7

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Clarification of Question by emms44-ga on 29 Apr 2004 17:59 PDT

yes that info would be good thanks

Hello again Emms44,

Below you will find the results of my research for computer ownership
in the United States.



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American households that owned a computer by year
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Year           U.S. Households 
1993           20.8 million
1994           22.7 million
1995           29.1 million
1997           37.4 million
2001           71.1 million
2002           74.1 million
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Projected U.S. household computer ownership numbers 
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Year          U.S. Households (projected)
2003          77.5 million
2004          80.8 million
2005          84.1 million
2006          86.7 million
2007          88.7 million
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Sources of Information:

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U.S. Census Bureau
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Computer Use in the United States
Issued September 1999

?In October 1997, 37.4 million American households, or 36.6 percent,
had computers. This is up substantially from 22.8 percent in 1993,
15.0 percent in 1989, and 8.2 percent in 1984.?

U.S. Census Bureau 
http://www.census.gov/prod/99pubs/p20-522.pdf


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Alexander and Associates
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Consumer Ownership of Personal Computers
?The Benchmark study in 1994 measured the installed base of consumer
households at 22.7 million, up 1.8 million from December of 1993,
which was estimated at 20.8 million. Our estimate in early '95 of
year-end '95 installations was 29.1 million, up 7 million during the
year.?

Alexander and Associates
http://www.alexassoc.com/white/computer.shtml


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Jupiter Research at Infoplease
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          U.S. PC Households
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Year      Number               Percent          
          (In millions) 
2001      71.1                 67%  
2002      74.1                 69  
2003*     77.5                 71  
2004*     80.8                 73  
2005*     84.1                 75  
2006*     86.7                 77  
2007*     88.7                 78  
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1. Projected

Infoplease 
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0908456.html



Search criteria:
Computer ownership statistics
U.S. PC ownership data
Americans own a computer
Computer households +million


I hope you find this information helpful!

Best regards,
Bobbie7

Exactly what I needed!!