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?
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Utah Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 5.47 Total Broadband Users (2007): 996,589
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Alaska Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 5.03 Total Broadband Users (2007): 171,257
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Mississippi Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 4.30 Total Broadband Users (2007): 489,413
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Hawaii Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 3.61 Total Broadband Users (2007): 584,101
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Oklahoma Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 3.21 Total Broadband Users (2007): 971,862
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Arkansas Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 3.12 Total Broadband Users (2007): 653,977
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North Dakota Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 3.05 Total Broadband Users (2007): 292,054
Tie-8. Louisiana Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 3.01 Total Broadband Users (2007): 1,286,450
Tie-8. Florida Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 3.01 Total Broadband Users (2007): 7,415,862
- West Virginia Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 2.94 Total Broadband Users (2007): 336,283 cnbc.com
A quick review of how many SC's are in each of those states (listed by TUSCL)indicates that there could be a slight correlation between the lack of SC's and the results of this report. Six of the ten states shown in this report fall within the lowest third of the U.S. states in number of SC's. But FL is 2nd in number of SC's, and OK, LA & WV are all solidly in the middle third.