From the blog: "The 2020 American Community Survey (ACS) had to address substantial nonresponse bias due to the onset of the pandemic; as a result, the 2020 estimates differ from and are more limited than previous years’. Households with multiple users require additional bandwidth for reliable access to online instruction and videoconferencing—which became a necessity for many during the pandemic. The average-size household in California includes 2.7 people; the average size of households with school-age children is 4.5. After most schools and colleges switched to distance learning in spring 2020, educators and policymakers focused successfully on narrowing the state’s longstanding digital divide. But digital access is still considerably lower among students in low-income, less-educated, and Black and Latino households."