digital divide affects education , healthcare , and economies worldwide .
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ACCESS ); CENTER ON REINVENTING PUBLIC EDUCATION ( SCHOOLWORK ON CELL PHONES ); MCKINSEY & COMPANY ( PHYSICIANS OFFERING VIRTUAL VISITS ); AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS ( PATIENTS AND BANDWITH ); HP ( ALL OTHERS )
17 million
US students lack the technology necessary to learn remotely
LAPTOP AND SMARTPHONE OWNERSHIP
More than half of all Black and Hispanic Americans own a laptop , but 17 % of Blacks and 25 % of Hispanic Americans rely on smartphones to access the internet .
OWN A DESKTOP OR LAPTOP COMPUTER
80 % OF WHITE AMERICANS 69 % OF BLACK AMERICANS 57 % OF HISPANIC AMERICANS
“ SMARTPHONE ONLY ” INTERNET USERS
12 % OF WHITE AMERICANS 17 % OF BLACK AMERICANS 25 % OF HISPANIC AMERICANS
RURAL 63 %
URBAN 77 %
0 %
50 %
14 %
Difference in “ full access ” ( to both a computer and broadband internet ) among rural students ( 63 %) vs . urban students ( 77 %)
3 in 10
parents report that their children have to do their schoolwork on a cell phone
27 %
of Native American and Alaska Native students have no access or only dial-up access to the internet ( compared to 7 % of White students )
17 %
of children are unable to complete their homework due to limited internet access
80 %
of physicians in the United States offer virtual visits ( 57 % would like to continue doing so after the pandemic )
40 %
of people who live more than 70 minutes from a primary care physician lack the internet bandwidth for a televisit
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