Internet Access in Arkansas: Stats & Figures

INTERNET ACCESS IN Arkansas

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Arkansas Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

54.3%

TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND COVERAGE

52.7%

WIRED LOW-PRICE PLAN ACCESS

47.5

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

41st

STATE BROADBAND ACCESS RANKING

BROADBAND SPEEDS

77.7%

of Arkansans have access to wired broadband 25mbps or faster.

65.2%

of Arkansans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

19.1%

of Arkansans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

92.9%

of Arkansans have access to wireline service.

11.7%

of Arkansans have access to fiber-optic service.

71.9%

of Arkansans have access to cable service.

86.8%

of Arkansans have access to DSL service.

Largest Competing Providers In Arkansas

AT&T Internet vs Cox

AT&T Internet vs Xfinity

AT&T Internet vs Suddenlink

CenturyLink vs Suddenlink

CenturyLink vs Cox

Coverage by County in Arkansas

County Name	% Broadband Coverage
Arkansas	14.9%
Ashley	43.8%
Baxter	79.5%
Benton	93.5%
Boone	78.4%
Bradley	62.8%
Calhoun	6.9%
Carroll	71.0%
Chicot	54.4%
Clark	77.3%
Clay	64.9%
Cleburne	53.7%
Cleveland	84.1%
Columbia	70.2%
Conway	55.8%
Craighead	88.6%
Crawford	87.8%
Crittenden	79.9%
Cross	59.0%
Dallas	37.4%
Desha	72.8%
Drew	68.5%
Faulkner	88.3%
Franklin	23.3%
Fulton	38.9%
Garland	91.7%
Grant	49.2%
Greene	80.4%
Hempstead	65.4%
Hot Spring	54.2%
Howard	16.5%
Independence	65.6%
Izard	53.3%
Jackson	79.6%
Jefferson	57.2%
Johnson	59.1%
Lafayette	40.9%
Lawrence	48.2%
Lee	32.6%
Lincoln	12.8%
Little River	54.0%
Logan	20.1%
Lonoke	85.7%
Madison	44.2%
Marion	58.6%
Miller	91.9%
Mississippi	74.3%
Monroe	16.9%
Montgomery	42.8%
Nevada	50.0%
Newton	13.4%
Ouachita	51.6%
Perry	67.5%
Phillips	86.2%
Pike	46.6%
Poinsett	62.7%
Polk	66.4%
Pope	87.7%
Prairie	33.5%
Pulaski	98.2%
Randolph	63.7%
St. Francis	36.6%
Saline	94.4%
Scott	52.7%
Searcy	50.1%
Sebastian	95.3%
Sevier	76.7%
Sharp	40.0%
Stone	39.5%
Union	75.1%
Van Buren	10.5%
Washington	96.0%
White	68.4%
Woodruff	42.7%
Yell	81.2%

Internet Speed in Top Arkansas Cities

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Little Rock	51.6 MBPS	22 Providers
2.	Fort Smith	79.4 MBPS	16 Providers
3.	Fayetteville	61.3 MBPS	17 Providers
4.	Springdale	77.8 MBPS	18 Providers
5.	Jonesboro	85.1 MBPS	19 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Arkansas

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
XFINITY from Comcast	72.1 MBPS
Cox Communications	65.9 MBPS
AT&T Internet	56.2 MBPS
Suddenlink Communications	53.8 MBPS
CenturyLink	20.9 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, Connect Arkansas has been awarded $6,175,366 in federal grants for Arkansas's Broadband Initiative.
Another $102,131,393, accounting for 2.9% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in Arkansas.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 71.3% to 89.5% of Arkansans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 136 internet providers in Arkansas.
There are 530,000 people in Arkansas without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 563,000 people in Arkansas that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 214,000 people in Arkansas don't have any wired internet providers available where they live.

Sources: Data collected via the FCC, NTIA, and other sources. For a full list of data sources please visit our data page.

Arkansas CITIES


Alexander	97.2%	13 providers
Alma	90.3%	11 providers
Arkadelphia	82.4%	11 providers
Ashdown	64.6%	10 providers
Atkins	80.8%	8 providers
Austin	99.5%	11 providers
Bald Knob	46.6%	9 providers
Barling	99.8%	12 providers
Batesville	85.8%	11 providers
Bauxite	97.7%	11 providers
Beebe	75.5%	13 providers
Bella Vista	99.5%	11 providers
Benton	92.6%	12 providers
Bentonville	95.8%	13 providers
Berryville	76.1%	11 providers
Bismarck	20.7%	7 providers
Blytheville	80.4%	12 providers
Bono	77.3%	16 providers
Booneville	11.5%	7 providers
Bradford	62.5%	10 providers
Brinkley	3.4%	9 providers
Bryant	99.5%	15 providers
Cabot	99.0%	10 providers
Camden	60.2%	11 providers
Carlisle	37.2%	7 providers
Cave City	0.0%	9 providers
Centerton	99.7%	14 providers
Charleston	25.2%	9 providers
Cherokee Village	89.7%	8 providers
Clarksville	74.3%	10 providers
Clinton	1.9%	8 providers
Conway	96.8%	16 providers
Corning	49.5%	7 providers
Crossett	44.3%	6 providers
Danville	86.7%	6 providers
Dardanelle	68.2%	7 providers
De Queen	89.2%	7 providers
De Witt	6.2%	6 providers
Dermott	63.4%	7 providers
Dover	75.8%	8 providers
Dumas	77.1%	7 providers
El Dorado	93.4%	10 providers
Elkins	61.7%	11 providers
England	0.5%	11 providers
Eureka Springs	62.2%	11 providers
Farmington	99.9%	12 providers
Fayetteville	97.9%	17 providers
Flippin	78.2%	9 providers
Fordyce	29.0%	7 providers
Forrest City	49.8%	11 providers
Fort Smith	99.9%	16 providers
Fouke	64.6%	9 providers
Garfield	57.7%	10 providers
Gentry	84.0%	11 providers
Glenwood	64.8%	6 providers
Grady	0.0%	7 providers
Gravette	59.8%	14 providers
Green Forest	77.5%	11 providers
Greenbrier	68.9%	11 providers
Greenwood	90.1%	8 providers
Gurdon	70.2%	8 providers
Hackett	74.1%	7 providers
Hamburg	58.4%	7 providers
Hardy	50.8%	7 providers
Harrisburg	61.0%	12 providers
Harrison	84.9%	9 providers
Heber Springs	88.6%	13 providers
Helena	93.2%	9 providers
Hensley	80.7%	13 providers
Hope	71.9%	12 providers
Hot Springs	96.2%	15 providers
Hot Springs Village	96.8%	11 providers
Huntsville	54.5%	11 providers
Jacksonville	98.6%	15 providers
Jonesboro	92.3%	19 providers
Judsonia	37.9%	12 providers
Lake Village	79.0%	8 providers
Lamar	54.5%	7 providers
Lavaca	95.5%	9 providers
Lincoln	94.6%	9 providers
Little Rock	98.7%	22 providers
Lonoke	92.8%	12 providers
Lowell	99.6%	15 providers
Mabelvale	98.6%	16 providers
Magnolia	79.0%	10 providers
Malvern	69.3%	12 providers
Manila	70.0%	11 providers
Marianna	50.1%	8 providers
Marion	91.6%	11 providers
Marshall	46.7%	7 providers
Maumelle	99.9%	16 providers
Mayflower	88.9%	11 providers
Mc Gehee	93.3%	7 providers
Mena	75.0%	10 providers
Monticello	77.8%	9 providers
Morrilton	93.3%	10 providers
Mountain Home	83.8%	10 providers
Mountain View	45.6%	7 providers
Mulberry	78.2%	8 providers
Nashville	1.2%	9 providers
Newport	85.6%	12 providers
North Little Rock	99.0%	22 providers
Osceola	80.5%	13 providers
Ozark	28.0%	10 providers
Paragould	86.5%	14 providers
Paris	39.0%	7 providers
Pea Ridge	89.7%	12 providers
Pearcy	79.6%	13 providers
Piggott	86.3%	9 providers
Pine Bluff	69.5%	13 providers
Pocahontas	82.4%	8 providers
Prairie Grove	96.9%	10 providers
Prescott	69.3%	8 providers
Quitman	62.7%	9 providers
Rector	69.0%	10 providers
Rison	96.5%	6 providers
Rogers	97.1%	18 providers
Royal	71.5%	12 providers
Russellville	94.7%	10 providers
Salem	46.9%	8 providers
Searcy	85.6%	15 providers
Sheridan	55.9%	7 providers
Sherwood	99.7%	18 providers
Siloam Springs	85.8%	10 providers
Springdale	98.3%	18 providers
Star City	24.7%	8 providers
Stuttgart	12.4%	7 providers
Texarkana	96.1%	11 providers
Trumann	84.2%	12 providers
Van Buren	96.2%	12 providers
Vilonia	75.1%	12 providers
Waldron	57.8%	7 providers
Walnut Ridge	80.3%	12 providers
Ward	86.8%	10 providers
Warren	85.3%	10 providers
West Fork	78.2%	9 providers
West Helena	97.2%	8 providers
West Memphis	98.2%	13 providers
White Hall	41.5%	12 providers
Wynne	69.0%	11 providers
Yellville	39.7%	7 providers

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Last Updated on 2/6/2020.

Broadband Internet in Arkansas