U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for May 22

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

DIGITALIZATION

Profile America — Friday, May 22nd. We take for granted the many entertainment options so readily at hand because of the World Wide Web. Yet it can bring you up short when you realize how new this experience is. It was just 22 years ago on this date that a movie was digitized and loaded onto the Internet. In 1993, just under 23 percent of U.S. households had computers, and a negligible number accessed the Internet with early browsers, searching a mere 600 websites. As theoretically infinite as it is, the Internet doesn't suffer from lack of content. Across the U.S., there are about 13,500 film and video production establishments, employing over 133,000 people. You can find current data on the country's economy by downloading the America's Economy mobile app at www.census.gov/mobile.

Sources: Kane's Famous First Facts, 55211993 home computers/Figure 1: http://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/p20-569.pdf 1993 internet: http://www.netvalley.com/archives/mirrors/davemarsh-timeline-1.htm Browsers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_web_browser Film & video production/NAICS 512110:http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=BP_2012_00A1&prodType=table

Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotions of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the "Newsroom" button). 

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