Salt Lake City ranks 15th among U.S. cities in Internet penetration, according to statistics released Tuesday by Nielsen//NetRatings.
The rankings indicated that 58.7 percent of Salt Lake homes had Internet service.
Portland, Ore., was the most-wired city in the United States, with 69.7 percent penetration. Other cities ahead of Salt Lake City were Seattle; San Francisco; Boston; San Diego; Washington, D.C.; Denver; Orlando; Hartford/New Haven; Kansas City; Atlanta; St. Louis; Sacramento and Dallas.
Twenty markets were measured last year for Internet penetration. Among that group, Philadelphia had the largest year-over-year increase in penetration, with 40 percent growth. Statistics from a year ago were unavailable for Salt Lake City.
Last year, only six regions in the top 25 had penetration of 50 percent or better, but this year all 25 did.
Nielsen//NetRatings is an audience measurement service from Nielsen Media Research and NetRatings Inc.