Atlanta, LA, DC Top Internet Home Growth
Atlanta tops the list with 14 percent growth while San Francisco tech hub shows slowest growth.
Atlanta tops the list with 14 percent growth while San Francisco tech hub shows slowest growth.
Atlanta, Los Angeles and Washington, DC were the fastest growing top wired cities at home over the last year, according to data from Nielsen/NetRatings. Atlanta grew 19 percent among U.S. cities with more than 2.1 million Internet surfers while Los Angeles and Washington showed a growth rate of 14 percent. In comparison, the number of Web users in the U.S. grew 7 percent during the past year.
Online usage for the top three fastest growing cities outpaced overall population growth. According to recent U.S. Census population estimates, the general population in the city of Atlanta was estimated to have grown more than 2 percent between April 2000 and July 2002. Los Angeles’ population estimate rose nearly 3 percent, while Washington’s remained stable during this period.
Reflecting the three-year slump in the Internet business, San Francisco increased its Internet audience by a mere 1 percent to nearly 3.1 million Web users, which parallels the latest U.S. Census estimates that show San Francisco losing 2 percent of its population between April 2000 and July 2002.
“With respect to depressed economic conditions in the last couple of years, the slowed growth in tech-heavy cities, such as San Francisco, should come as no surprise,” said Greg Bloom, senior Internet analyst at Nielsen//NetRatings.
Top Wired Cities, Ranked by Percent Growth (U.S., Home) |
|||
---|---|---|---|
Local Market | Unique Audience June 2002 |
Unique Audience June 2003 |
Growth |
Atlanta | 1,777,000 | 2,118,000 | 19% |
Los Angeles | 5,888,000 | 6,740,000 | 14% |
Washington DC | 2,325,000 | 2,640,000 | 14% |
Chicago | 3,258,000 | 3,525,000 | 8% |
Seattle | 2,075,000 | 2,177,000 | 5% |
Dallas | 2,290,000 | 2,400,000 | 5% |
New York | 7,566,000 | 7,900,000 | 0.44% |
Boston | 2,697,000 | 2,805,000 | 4% |
Philadelphia | 2,942,000 | 3,009,000 | 2% |
San Francisco | 3,042,000 | 3,061,000 | 1% |
Source: Nielsen//NetRatings |
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