What Is The Digital Divide

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What Is The Digital Divide?
Its About More than Connecting to the
Internet It's About Connecting to Opportunity in
the New Digital Economy
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Closing The Digital Divide
Workforce Gap Education Gap Economic
Gap Technology Gap
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Technology Gap
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SPECIAL ANALYSIS SILICON VALLEYS DIGITAL
DIVIDE

• Access to Technology Varies by Race and Income

• 46 of households with incomes less than
• 40,000 access the Internet 81 for
  households
• with incomes higher than 80,000
• 37 of Bay Area Hispanics use a computer
• 59 for non-Hispanic whites

Source Bay Area CouncilPublic Policy Institute
of California
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Economic Gap
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INNOVATIVE ECONOMY

• Income of Poorest Households Increases Slightly,
• but Remains Below 1992 Level

Household Incomes of Santa Clara County
Residents, Adjusted to Represent a Household of
Four, 1998 dollars
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Workforce Gap
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SPECIAL ANALYSIS SILICON VALLEYS DIGITAL
DIVIDE
Talented Labor Pool a Key Draw for Companies
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SPECIAL ANALYSIS SILICON VALLEYS DIGITAL
DIVIDE
Access to Talent Valued More by Silicon
Valley-based Companies
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J O I N T V E N T U R E S workforce study
AN ANALYSIS OF THE WORKFORCE GAP IN SILICON
VALLEY
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SPECIAL ANALYSIS SILICON VALLEYS
DIGITAL DIVIDE
High Tech Labor Demand Unmet by Silicon Valley
Workforce
Workforce Demand of High-Tech Industry Clusters
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SPECIAL ANALYSIS SILICON VALLEYS
DIGITAL DIVIDE
Workforce Gap Costs Employers at Least 3 Billion
A Year
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