Internet Access in California: Stats & Figures

INTERNET ACCESS IN California

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

California Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

94.1%

TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND COVERAGE

70.0%

WIRED LOW-PRICE PLAN ACCESS

38.0

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

13th

STATE BROADBAND ACCESS RANKING

BROADBAND SPEEDS

96.5%

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

95.6%

of Californians have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

15.7%

of Californians have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

97.7%

of Californians have access to wireline service.

27.6%

of Californians have access to fiber-optic service.

94.8%

of Californians have access to cable service.

93.1%

of Californians have access to DSL service.

Largest Competing Providers In California

AT&T Internet vs Xfinity

AT&T Internet vs Sonic

AT&T Internet vs Cox

Xfinity vs Sonic

AT&T Internet vs Spectrum

Coverage by County in California

County Name	% Broadband Coverage
Alameda	99.0%
Alpine	18.4%
Amador	53.8%
Butte	90.6%
Calaveras	75.0%
Colusa	34.9%
Contra Costa	99.4%
Del Norte	94.4%
El Dorado	84.4%
Fresno	92.4%
Glenn	80.5%
Humboldt	85.0%
Imperial	87.3%
Inyo	85.4%
Kern	94.9%
Kings	84.0%
Lake	92.7%
Lassen	43.4%
Los Angeles	99.7%
Madera	72.1%
Marin	96.1%
Mariposa	10.2%
Mendocino	76.2%
Merced	89.9%
Modoc	4.8%
Mono	78.5%
Monterey	93.6%
Napa	94.8%
Nevada	80.7%
Orange	99.0%
Placer	94.3%
Plumas	21.7%
Riverside	96.9%
Sacramento	97.9%
San Benito	91.5%
San Bernardino	96.5%
San Diego	96.6%
San Francisco	99.8%
San Joaquin	95.0%
San Luis Obispo	86.2%
San Mateo	99.5%
Santa Barbara	93.5%
Santa Clara	97.6%
Santa Cruz	95.1%
Shasta	78.1%
Sierra	13.0%
Siskiyou	34.7%
Solano	96.6%
Sonoma	97.7%
Stanislaus	96.3%
Sutter	94.7%
Tehama	56.2%
Trinity	26.2%
Tulare	88.0%
Tuolumne	74.8%
Ventura	98.6%
Yolo	94.9%
Yuba	85.2%

Internet Speed in Top California Cities

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Los Angeles	76.0 MBPS	45 Providers
2.	San Diego	82.3 MBPS	34 Providers
3.	San Jose	46.1 MBPS	44 Providers
4.	San Francisco	85.4 MBPS	41 Providers
5.	Sacramento	69.3 MBPS	34 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in California

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
XFINITY from Comcast	102.9 MBPS
Charter Spectrum	87.9 MBPS
AT&T Internet	66.5 MBPS
Etheric Networks	15.5 MBPS
Frontier Communications	10.3 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, California Public Utilities Commission has been awarded $7,981,304 in federal grants for California's Broadband Initiative.
Another $350,064,330, accounting for 10.0% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in California.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 92.0% to 97.5% of Californians.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 361 internet providers in California.
There are 1.3 million people in California without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 1.5 million people in California that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 889,000 people in California 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.

California CITIES


Alameda	98.6%	23 providers
Alhambra	99.9%	21 providers
Anaheim	100.0%	29 providers
Antioch	99.5%	15 providers
Apple Valley	90.8%	9 providers
Arcadia	100.0%	26 providers
Azusa	99.6%	16 providers
Bakersfield	98.5%	19 providers
Baldwin Park	100.0%	18 providers
Bell Gardens	100.0%	21 providers
Bellflower	100.0%	20 providers
Berkeley	99.0%	25 providers
Brentwood	99.2%	15 providers
Buena Park	100.0%	22 providers
Burbank	100.0%	29 providers
Camarillo	98.3%	18 providers
Canoga Park	99.8%	25 providers
Canyon Country	99.9%	16 providers
Carlsbad	100.0%	27 providers
Carmichael	100.0%	17 providers
Carson	99.9%	22 providers
Castro Valley	98.7%	21 providers
Cathedral City	100.0%	13 providers
Chico	95.7%	16 providers
Chino	97.5%	22 providers
Chino Hills	100.0%	20 providers
Chula Vista	98.4%	26 providers
Citrus Heights	97.9%	19 providers
Clovis	97.8%	19 providers
Colton	99.9%	19 providers
Compton	100.0%	20 providers
Concord	99.8%	21 providers
Corona	100.0%	26 providers
Costa Mesa	100.0%	25 providers
Covina	99.9%	21 providers
Cupertino	98.8%	22 providers
Daly City	99.9%	22 providers
Danville	99.9%	17 providers
Davis	97.7%	20 providers
Delano	89.2%	15 providers
Downey	100.0%	21 providers
El Cajon	97.8%	17 providers
El Monte	100.0%	19 providers
Elk Grove	96.5%	22 providers
Escondido	95.6%	23 providers
Fairfield	98.4%	20 providers
Folsom	99.2%	23 providers
Fontana	100.0%	22 providers
Fountain Valley	100.0%	21 providers
Fremont	98.3%	23 providers
Fresno	97.1%	24 providers
Fullerton	100.0%	24 providers
Garden Grove	100.0%	25 providers
Gardena	100.0%	27 providers
Gilroy	87.0%	18 providers
Glendale	99.8%	34 providers
Glendora	100.0%	17 providers
Goleta	86.3%	17 providers
Granada Hills	100.0%	15 providers
Hacienda Heights	100.0%	15 providers
Hanford	93.2%	14 providers
Hawthorne	100.0%	19 providers
Hayward	98.9%	24 providers
Hemet	97.8%	16 providers
Hesperia	93.8%	14 providers
Highland	99.5%	17 providers
Huntington Beach	100.0%	21 providers
Huntington Park	100.0%	18 providers
Indio	99.8%	16 providers
Inglewood	100.0%	23 providers
Irvine	94.6%	35 providers
La Habra	100.0%	20 providers
La Mesa	99.7%	20 providers
La Puente	100.0%	17 providers
Laguna Niguel	99.6%	17 providers
Lake Elsinore	99.6%	15 providers
Lake Forest	95.9%	18 providers
Lakewood	100.0%	23 providers
Lancaster	95.9%	21 providers
Livermore	98.4%	19 providers
Lodi	95.5%	21 providers
Lompoc	85.7%	13 providers
Long Beach	99.9%	25 providers
Los Angeles	100.0%	45 providers
Lynwood	100.0%	16 providers
Madera	91.8%	16 providers
Manteca	96.6%	20 providers
Merced	96.6%	19 providers
Milpitas	99.5%	26 providers
Mission Viejo	99.0%	19 providers
Modesto	98.4%	23 providers
Montebello	99.5%	24 providers
Monterey Park	100.0%	23 providers
Moreno Valley	99.6%	23 providers
Mountain View	97.8%	24 providers
Murrieta	98.8%	17 providers
Napa	97.0%	19 providers
National City	89.9%	19 providers
Newport Beach	99.8%	22 providers
North Hills	100.0%	20 providers
North Hollywood	100.0%	27 providers
Northridge	100.0%	27 providers
Norwalk	100.0%	17 providers
Novato	99.8%	23 providers
Oakland	99.4%	28 providers
Oceanside	97.0%	25 providers
Ontario	100.0%	28 providers
Orange	100.0%	26 providers
Oroville	82.7%	14 providers
Oxnard	99.3%	16 providers
Pacoima	100.0%	18 providers
Palm Desert	100.0%	19 providers
Palmdale	99.3%	19 providers
Palo Alto	99.8%	22 providers
Panorama City	100.0%	21 providers
Paramount	99.7%	18 providers
Pasadena	100.0%	30 providers
Perris	96.1%	18 providers
Petaluma	96.9%	23 providers
Pico Rivera	100.0%	18 providers
Pittsburg	99.6%	15 providers
Placentia	100.0%	18 providers
Pleasanton	99.3%	20 providers
Pomona	98.6%	21 providers
Porterville	92.5%	15 providers
Rancho Cordova	99.8%	21 providers
Rancho Cucamonga	99.9%	24 providers
Redding	91.4%	19 providers
Redlands	99.1%	20 providers
Redondo Beach	100.0%	20 providers
Redwood City	99.1%	27 providers
Reseda	100.0%	24 providers
Rialto	100.0%	19 providers
Richmond	99.8%	21 providers
Riverside	100.0%	23 providers
Rocklin	99.2%	23 providers
Rosemead	100.0%	17 providers
Roseville	98.2%	25 providers
Sacramento	99.1%	34 providers
Salinas	98.2%	23 providers
San Bernardino	99.8%	24 providers
San Clemente	99.3%	18 providers
San Diego	98.6%	34 providers
San Francisco	99.8%	41 providers
San Gabriel	100.0%	19 providers
San Jose	98.8%	44 providers
San Leandro	99.4%	21 providers
San Luis Obispo	78.4%	18 providers
San Marcos	98.3%	23 providers
San Mateo	99.8%	24 providers
San Pablo	99.0%	19 providers
San Pedro	98.6%	22 providers
San Rafael	99.6%	21 providers
San Ramon	99.3%	22 providers
Santa Ana	100.0%	25 providers
Santa Barbara	97.5%	18 providers
Santa Clara	98.3%	36 providers
Santa Clarita	98.3%	16 providers
Santa Cruz	92.3%	19 providers
Santa Maria	98.3%	18 providers
Santa Monica	100.0%	31 providers
Santa Rosa	99.4%	25 providers
Santee	95.5%	17 providers
Sherman Oaks	100.0%	30 providers
Simi Valley	99.9%	19 providers
South Gate	100.0%	18 providers
South San Francisco	99.9%	22 providers
Spring Valley	97.5%	18 providers
Stockton	98.4%	32 providers
Sun City	98.7%	17 providers
Sunnyvale	95.4%	29 providers
Sylmar	99.9%	17 providers
Temecula	93.9%	22 providers
Thousand Oaks	100.0%	23 providers
Torrance	100.0%	29 providers
Tracy	92.7%	20 providers
Tulare	91.6%	12 providers
Turlock	95.3%	20 providers
Tustin	98.7%	25 providers
Union City	99.7%	20 providers
Upland	100.0%	22 providers
Vacaville	92.9%	19 providers
Valencia	99.9%	21 providers
Vallejo	99.0%	21 providers
Van Nuys	100.0%	31 providers
Ventura	99.8%	20 providers
Victorville	99.0%	13 providers
Visalia	96.1%	21 providers
Vista	97.9%	25 providers
Walnut Creek	99.9%	23 providers
Watsonville	97.8%	23 providers
West Covina	99.4%	18 providers
Westminster	99.8%	21 providers
Whittier	100.0%	21 providers
Wilmington	99.9%	18 providers
Woodland	95.4%	18 providers
Woodland Hills	99.9%	26 providers
Yorba Linda	100.0%	22 providers
Yuba City	98.8%	15 providers
Yucaipa	98.7%	14 providers

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Last Updated on 2/6/2020.

Broadband Internet in California