TMC Net by StaffApril 4, 2010And an annual population survey in 2009 by the Census Bureau found only 55 percent of Mississippians use the Internet, whether at home, at work, at school or elsewhere.That's low. The lowest in the country. The next lowest is Alabama, and it's five percentage points higher than Mississippi.Read Full Article
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