SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 — The U.S. Census Bureau and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today released the 2022 Local Estimates of Internet Adoption (LEIA), an experimental data product that measures Internet adoption at the county level.

As part of the federal government’s efforts to improve the availability, adoption and effective use of high speed Internet service through the Digital Equity Act programs and the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program that are overseen by NTIA, communities may request funding to build digital skills and improve access to high-speed internet locally. To support these requests, NTIA has sponsored the Census Bureau to develop one-year, small area estimates of Internet adoption at the county level.

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