Texas joins Oregon and New Jersey in the most internet-obsessed states in the US, taking third place.
Seventy-seven percent of Americans use the internet on a daily basis, according to a report from AT&T Savings and All Home Connections, an authorized AT&T retailer.
The states least obsessed with the internet were Alaska, South Dakota and Idaho. Most of the states with lower internet usage in the report tended to be scenic and rural.
Texas’ eastern neighbor Louisiana ranked number 29.
The report suggests Oregon and Washington’s growing millennial population may contribute to their higher internet usage.
Hawaii coming in at number 45 seemed unusual at first due to the state being frequently featured on Instagram photos, however, analysists said this is likely more tourists versus actual residents.
Five different factors helped determine the rankings, including how likely a household is to use the internet heavily, how much time spent distracted while driving, growth in online spending by state from 2016 to 2017, searches for “phone addiction” and “internet addiction” over the last year and percentage of the state’s population over 13 with an Instagram account in 2016.
States that received a higher score using those factors were more likely to be heavy internet users, researchers said.
All Home Connections said that this study is more of an informal ranking and not meant to provide clinical or professional insights.
Complete list of states ranked by internet obsession:
1. Oregon
2. New Jersey
3. Texas
4. Michigan
5. Indiana
6. Pennsylvania
7. Washington
8. Minnesota
9. Florida
10. Maryland
11. Massachusetts
12. New York
13. California
14. Illinois
15. Mississippi
16. Georgia
17. Ohio
18. Tennessee
19. New Hampshire
20. North Carolina
21. Arizona
22. Utah
23. Rhode Island
24. Virginia
25. Missouri
26. Alabama
27. Kentucky
28. Wisconsin
29. Louisiana
30. South Carolina
31. West Virginia
31. Colorado
33. Maine
34. Kansas
35. Iowa
36. Connecticut
37. Montana
38. Nebraska
39. Nevada
40. Vermont
41. Oklahoma
42. New Mexico
43. Delaware
44. North Dakota
45. Hawaii
46. Arkansas
47. Wyoming
48. Idaho
49. South Dakota
50. Alaska
