Top US States For Online Pornography

Source: Red Light States: Who Buys Adult Entertainment, By Benjamin Edelman ; FCC Report: High Speed Services for Internet Access Published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives, a report released earlier this year entitled "Red Light States: Who Buys Adult Entertainment" highlights where the revenues for pornographic entertainment on the Internet actually come from. According to AVN Media Network, Internet sales are the second largest piece of the $12.6 billion adult entertainment industry, drawing $2.84 billion in 2006.The study tracked subscriptions for a top-10 seller of online adult entertainment (2006-2008) and using ZIP code data associated with those subscriptions, compared the data with numbers from the FCC that tracks the amount of broadband Internet users in any given state. One of the findings from the study revealed that online subscriptions are "more prevalent in states where surveys indicate conservative positions on religion, gender roles and sexuality."So, which US States consume the most online pornography? Click ahead to find out!By Paul ToscanoPosted 14 July 2009

Photo: Digital Playground Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 2.94Total Broadband Users (2007): 336,283

Photo: Digital Playground Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 3.01Total Broadband Users (2007): 7,415,862

Photo: Digital Playground Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 3.01Total Broadband Users (2007): 1,286,450

Photo: Digital Playground Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 3.05Total Broadband Users (2007): 292,054

Photo: Digital Playground Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 3.12Total Broadband Users (2007): 653,977

Photo: Digital Playground Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 3.21Total Broadband Users (2007): 971,862

Photo: Digital Playground Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 3.61Total Broadband Users (2007): 584,101

Photo: Digital Playground Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 4.30Total Broadband Users (2007): 489,413

Photo: Digital Playground Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 5.03Total Broadband Users (2007): 171,257

Photo: Digital Playground Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 5.47Total Broadband Users (2007): 996,589

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