Among Black adults, 17% are smartphone dependent, but this share is not statistically different from their White or Hispanic counterparts.Īt the same time, Black adults are more likely than White adults to say a lack of high-speed internet at home leads to certain disadvantages. By comparison, 12% of White adults fall into this category. A quarter of Hispanics are “smartphone-only” internet users – meaning they own a smartphone but lack traditional home broadband services. When it comes to accessing the internet, mobile devices play a larger role for Hispanic adults compared with White adults. Some 35% of Hispanic adults report the same, but this share does not statistically differ from their Black and White counterparts. Around four-in-ten White (42%) and Black adults (40%) say they have a smartphone, broadband at home, a desktop or laptop computer and a tablet.
Similar shares of Americans with different racial and ethnic backgrounds report having all of the technologies included in the survey. Roughly eight-in-ten or more White, Black and Hispanic adults say they have a smartphone, and about half or more in each group say they have a tablet. Here are the questions, responses and methodology used for this analysis.īy contrast, there are no statistically significant racial and ethnic differences when it comes to smartphone or tablet ownership. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, education and other categories. The survey was conducted by interviewers under the direction of Abt Associates and is weighted to be representative of the U.S. 8, 2021, by cellphone and landline phone. For this analysis, we surveyed 1,502 U.S. Pew Research Center has studied Americans’ internet and technology adoption for decades.
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