Demographics of Adult Gamers
Fact recorded on: March 29, 2009. Categories: Consoles, WWW.
The percentage of Americans in each demographic category who report playing games online or offline, using a computer, cell phone or any other kind of gaming device:
| All adults | 53% |
| Sex | |
| Men | 55 |
| Women | 50 |
| Age | |
| 18-29 | 81 |
| 30-49 | 60 |
| 50-64 | 40 |
| 65+ | 23 |
| Race | |
| White, non-Hispanic | 51 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 51 |
| Hispanic (English-speaking) | 63 |
| Annual Household Income | |
| Less than $30,000 | 52 |
| $30,000 – $49,999 | 59 |
| $50,000 – $74,999 | 62 |
| $75,000 + | 56 |
| Education | |
| Less than HS | 40 |
| HS grad | 51 |
| Some college/College grad | 57 |
| Locale | |
| Urban | 56 |
| Suburban | 53 |
| Rural | 47 |
| Source: Pew Internet Project | |
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