Oregon’s household Internet use is the 13th highest in the U.S., according to information released Wednesday by the U.S. Census.  According to the Census, New Hampshire has the highest rate of household Internet use, with 82.6 percent of its residents having access to the Internet in their homes. In Oregon, 72.3 percent of residents have access to the Internet in their homes. The U.S. average is 67.1 percent. Mississippi is the lowest, with 52.8 percent. When looking at Internet use in all places, either inside or outside households, Alaska has the highest rate of Internet use, with 76.1 percent of its residents having access to the Internet at any location, followed by New Hampshire (74.6 percent) and Washington (73.4 percent).  Oregon’s is 66.8 percent.   Mississippi has the lowest internet-usage rate (51.5 percent), followed by West Virginia (52.9 percent). The national average is 62.4 percent.   “As access to high-speed connections have become more prevalent, so too have the number of people that connect to the internet at home,” Thom File, a statistician with the Census Bureau’s Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division, said in a news release Wednesday.   Nationwide, Internet use strongly corresponds to education. Eighty-seven percent of people 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree used the Internet in 2007, versus 74 percent for those with only some college, 49 percent for those with only a high school diploma and 19 percent for those who didn’t finish high school.   Among age groups nationwide, 73 percent of 18- to 34-year-olds use the Internet, 56 percent of people 3 to 17, and 35 percent of people 65 and older.   Among ethnic groups nationwide, 73 percent of Asian Americans used the Internet in 2007, 69 percent of whites, 51 percent of blacks and 48 percent of Hispanics.