Florida Internet Coverage & Availability in 2023
Florida Internet Facts in 2023
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Florida currently ranks 7th among states in BroadbandNow’s annual rankings of internet coverage, speed and availability.
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This means that roughly zero in ten Florida residents are not able to purchase an internet plan of at least 25Mbps download and 3Mbps upload.
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This means that nearly six in ten residents are not able to purchase broadband at a price of $60/month or less (excluding promotions and government programs).
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This means that five in ten residents are unable to purchase a fiber internet plan.
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The U.S. has more than 2,901 internet service providers, with most covering very small areas. It is worth searching by zip code to see who is available in your town.
At BroadbandNow, we advocate for a definition of broadband internet to be at least 100Mbps, as opposed to the FCC definition of 25Mbps, which would be considered slow for many internet-intensive activities.
In Florida, 96.3% of people have access to 100Mbps broadband, ranking 10th among all states.
Internet Availability by County
100 Mbps Coverage By County, Highest and Lowest
Highest | |
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Pinellas | 99.95% |
Brevard | 99.93% |
Seminole | 99.85% |
Hillsborough | 99.57% |
Orange | 99.57% |
Manatee | 99.43% |
Broward | 99.38% |
Palm Beach | 99.11% |
Flagler | 98.95% |
Osceola | 98.94% |
Lowest | |
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Liberty | 0% |
Calhoun | 0.27% |
Dixie | 0.40% |
Levy | 7.96% |
Jefferson | 22.43% |
Gilchrist | 25.57% |
Washington | 31.31% |
Holmes | 32.89% |
Glades | 41.07% |
Bradford | 47.48% |
In Florida, 61.9% of people have access to 1G broadband, ranking 34th among all states.
Internet Coverage by Demographic in Florida
Individuals or households with no internet access by characteristic (includes broadband and non-broadband packages)
Percentage of households with and without any type of internet access
- With: 87%
- Without: 13%
Type of internet connection
- Dialup only: <1%
- Broadband of any type: 87%
- Cellular data only: 11%
- Satellite: 6%
Individuals or households with no internet access by characteristic
- <18: 6%
- 18-64: 7%
- 65+ adults: 9%
- <$20,000: 33%
- $20,000-$74,999: 14%
- $75,000+: 5%
- Black: 12%
- Native American/Alaska Native: 6%
- Asian: 4%
- Mixed race: 5%
- Hispanic or Latino: 9%
- White: 5%
- Employed: 6%
- Unemployed: 7%
- Less than high school: 14%
- Some college or associate degree: 8%
- Bachelor’s degree: 4%
Internet Speed in Top Florida Cities
City | Avg. Download Speed | No. of Providers |
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Miami | 189.2 MBPS | 33 Providers |
Orlando | 150.0 MBPS | 33 Providers |
Jacksonville | 184.5 MBPS | 29 Providers |
Fort Lauderdale | 208.3 MBPS | 26 Providers |
Tampa | 152.7 MBPS | 27 Providers |
Fastest Major Providers in Florida
Provider | Avg. Download Speed |
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Xfinity | 205.5 MBPS |
AT&T Internet | 175.9 MBPS |
Spectrum | 162.7 MBPS |
Frontier | 101.4 MBPS |
CenturyLink | 99.1 MBPS |
Metro & Rural County Coverage
County Name | % Broadband Coverage |
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Alachua | 94.4% |
Baker | 87.0% |
Bay | 96.9% |
Bradford | 67.8% |
Brevard | 99.9% |
Broward | 99.4% |
Calhoun | 94.8% |
Charlotte | 95.2% |
Citrus | 96.2% |
Clay | 96.6% |
Collier | 99.0% |
Columbia | 90.3% |
DeSoto | 73.9% |
Dixie | 4.4% |
Duval | 100.0% |
Escambia | 98.1% |
Flagler | 99.0% |
Franklin | 85.4% |
Gadsden | 94.4% |
Gilchrist | 30.6% |
Glades | 79.7% |
Gulf | 90.3% |
Hamilton | 94.7% |
Hardee | 76.0% |
Hendry | 85.1% |
Hernando | 96.8% |
Highlands | 92.3% |
Hillsborough | 99.6% |
Holmes | 43.1% |
Indian River | 98.0% |
Jackson | 67.7% |
Jefferson | 55.6% |
Lafayette | 69.5% |
Lake | 95.6% |
Lee | 96.4% |
Leon | 96.5% |
Levy | 27.0% |
Liberty | 58.8% |
Madison | 70.0% |
Manatee | 99.4% |
Marion | 95.7% |
Martin | 98.7% |
Miami-Dade | 98.7% |
Monroe | 98.0% |
Nassau | 96.9% |
Okaloosa | 97.0% |
Okeechobee | 89.2% |
Orange | 99.6% |
Osceola | 99.2% |
Palm Beach | 99.2% |
Pasco | 99.1% |
Pinellas | 100.0% |
Polk | 96.6% |
Putnam | 87.2% |
St. Johns | 98.6% |
St. Lucie | 98.6% |
Santa Rosa | 93.9% |
Sarasota | 98.0% |
Seminole | 99.9% |
Sumter | 96.4% |
Suwannee | 95.5% |
Taylor | 72.7% |
Union | 79.5% |
Volusia | 98.5% |
Wakulla | 95.5% |
Walton | 85.9% |
Washington | 32.7% |
Internet Providers By City in Florida
Alachua | 97.9% | 12 providers |
Altamonte Springs | 100.0% | 18 providers |
Apollo Beach | 99.9% | 10 providers |
Apopka | 99.6% | 16 providers |
Arcadia | 74.1% | 13 providers |
Atlantic Beach | 100.0% | 13 providers |
Auburndale | 100.0% | 11 providers |
Avon Park | 84.8% | 12 providers |
Bartow | 97.8% | 14 providers |
Belle Glade | 90.7% | 10 providers |
Belleview | 100.0% | 11 providers |
Beverly Hills | 99.9% | 10 providers |
Boca Raton | 99.1% | 21 providers |
Bonifay | 57.1% | 11 providers |
Bonita Springs | 97.0% | 20 providers |
Boynton Beach | 99.3% | 15 providers |
Bradenton | 99.9% | 23 providers |
Brandon | 100.0% | 15 providers |
Brooksville | 93.1% | 17 providers |
Callahan | 98.1% | 9 providers |
Cantonment | 99.6% | 13 providers |
Cape Coral | 97.2% | 12 providers |
Casselberry | 100.0% | 15 providers |
Chipley | 37.1% | 11 providers |
Clearwater | 100.0% | 20 providers |
Clermont | 96.6% | 17 providers |
Clewiston | 77.6% | 11 providers |
Cocoa | 100.0% | 12 providers |
Cocoa Beach | 100.0% | 11 providers |
Crawfordville | 97.1% | 11 providers |
Crestview | 96.0% | 13 providers |
Crystal River | 91.3% | 12 providers |
Dade City | 91.8% | 12 providers |
Dania | 99.9% | 11 providers |
Davenport | 99.6% | 19 providers |
Daytona Beach | 100.0% | 20 providers |
Debary | 99.6% | 15 providers |
Deerfield Beach | 99.9% | 18 providers |
Defuniak Springs | 83.8% | 13 providers |
Deland | 99.3% | 13 providers |
Delray Beach | 99.6% | 17 providers |
Deltona | 100.0% | 13 providers |
Destin | 100.0% | 17 providers |
Dover | 100.0% | 13 providers |
Dunedin | 100.0% | 15 providers |
Dunnellon | 84.8% | 18 providers |
Edgewater | 100.0% | 14 providers |
Englewood | 98.3% | 16 providers |
Estero | 99.3% | 14 providers |
Eustis | 95.0% | 13 providers |
Fernandina Beach | 98.7% | 10 providers |
Fleming Island | 98.4% | 11 providers |
Fort Lauderdale | 99.5% | 26 providers |
Fort Myers | 98.1% | 25 providers |
Fort Pierce | 97.8% | 19 providers |
Fort Walton Beach | 99.7% | 16 providers |
Gainesville | 99.1% | 17 providers |
Gibsonton | 99.9% | 12 providers |
Green Cove Springs | 97.8% | 10 providers |
Groveland | 87.6% | 15 providers |
Gulf Breeze | 99.4% | 18 providers |
Haines City | 99.8% | 13 providers |
Hallandale | 98.1% | 16 providers |
Hernando | 93.9% | 13 providers |
Hialeah | 98.3% | 18 providers |
Hobe Sound | 99.7% | 14 providers |
Holiday | 100.0% | 13 providers |
Hollywood | 99.1% | 20 providers |
Homestead | 97.3% | 16 providers |
Homosassa | 99.9% | 10 providers |
Hudson | 99.9% | 12 providers |
Immokalee | 97.8% | 13 providers |
Indialantic | 100.0% | 12 providers |
Inverness | 99.6% | 11 providers |
Jacksonville | 99.9% | 29 providers |
Jacksonville Beach | 100.0% | 15 providers |
Jensen Beach | 98.5% | 18 providers |
Jupiter | 99.0% | 18 providers |
Key Biscayne | 99.7% | 12 providers |
Key West | 97.1% | 10 providers |
Keystone Heights | 74.3% | 9 providers |
Kissimmee | 99.9% | 22 providers |
Labelle | 91.0% | 13 providers |
Lady Lake | 98.7% | 13 providers |
Lake City | 91.0% | 12 providers |
Lake Mary | 100.0% | 14 providers |
Lake Placid | 92.1% | 13 providers |
Lake Wales | 88.6% | 14 providers |
Lake Worth | 99.5% | 19 providers |
Lakeland | 99.7% | 15 providers |
Land O Lakes | 100.0% | 14 providers |
Largo | 99.8% | 17 providers |
Leesburg | 96.5% | 13 providers |
Lehigh Acres | 89.9% | 14 providers |
Lithia | 82.8% | 13 providers |
Live Oak | 96.2% | 11 providers |
Longwood | 100.0% | 16 providers |
Loxahatchee | 99.1% | 12 providers |
Lutz | 100.0% | 14 providers |
Lynn Haven | 99.9% | 13 providers |
Macclenny | 95.1% | 11 providers |
Maitland | 100.0% | 17 providers |
Marco Island | 100.0% | 11 providers |
Marianna | 85.3% | 13 providers |
Melbourne | 99.9% | 17 providers |
Merritt Island | 100.0% | 13 providers |
Miami | 98.8% | 33 providers |
Miami Beach | 99.9% | 22 providers |
Miami Gardens | 98.8% | 13 providers |
Middleburg | 99.4% | 10 providers |
Milton | 93.3% | 14 providers |
Monticello | 56.8% | 8 providers |
Mount Dora | 99.4% | 18 providers |
Mulberry | 94.3% | 14 providers |
Naples | 99.1% | 20 providers |
Navarre | 99.9% | 13 providers |
New Port Richey | 100.0% | 13 providers |
New Smyrna Beach | 99.6% | 13 providers |
Niceville | 100.0% | 13 providers |
Nokomis | 96.4% | 14 providers |
North Fort Myers | 96.4% | 15 providers |
North Miami Beach | 98.8% | 18 providers |
North Palm Beach | 99.5% | 14 providers |
North Port | 95.9% | 14 providers |
Ocala | 97.7% | 23 providers |
Ocoee | 100.0% | 15 providers |
Odessa | 100.0% | 13 providers |
Okeechobee | 87.8% | 16 providers |
Oldsmar | 100.0% | 14 providers |
Opa Locka | 99.6% | 13 providers |
Orange City | 100.0% | 16 providers |
Orange Park | 99.5% | 13 providers |
Orlando | 99.7% | 33 providers |
Ormond Beach | 100.0% | 14 providers |
Oviedo | 99.8% | 17 providers |
Palatka | 95.6% | 11 providers |
Palm Bay | 100.0% | 15 providers |
Palm Beach Gardens | 99.1% | 16 providers |
Palm City | 99.7% | 16 providers |
Palm Coast | 100.0% | 12 providers |
Palm Harbor | 100.0% | 15 providers |
Palmetto | 99.9% | 11 providers |
Panama City | 99.0% | 16 providers |
Panama City Beach | 98.4% | 15 providers |
Parrish | 94.7% | 11 providers |
Pembroke Pines | 99.9% | 17 providers |
Pensacola | 99.9% | 21 providers |
Perry | 79.7% | 10 providers |
Pinellas Park | 100.0% | 15 providers |
Plant City | 98.9% | 16 providers |
Pompano Beach | 99.6% | 20 providers |
Ponte Vedra Beach | 99.6% | 15 providers |
Port Charlotte | 95.4% | 17 providers |
Port Orange | 100.0% | 14 providers |
Port Richey | 100.0% | 14 providers |
Port Saint Lucie | 99.2% | 17 providers |
Punta Gorda | 93.5% | 17 providers |
Quincy | 95.9% | 12 providers |
Riverview | 100.0% | 15 providers |
Rockledge | 100.0% | 13 providers |
Ruskin | 100.0% | 10 providers |
Safety Harbor | 100.0% | 10 providers |
Saint Augustine | 99.6% | 19 providers |
Saint Cloud | 98.3% | 14 providers |
Saint Johns | 99.6% | 14 providers |
Saint Petersburg | 99.9% | 19 providers |
Sanford | 100.0% | 15 providers |
Sarasota | 98.5% | 21 providers |
Satellite Beach | 100.0% | 10 providers |
Sebastian | 99.6% | 13 providers |
Sebring | 95.2% | 16 providers |
Seffner | 100.0% | 15 providers |
Seminole | 100.0% | 16 providers |
Spring Hill | 100.0% | 12 providers |
Starke | 81.6% | 12 providers |
Stuart | 98.5% | 19 providers |
Summerfield | 94.6% | 13 providers |
Sun City Center | 100.0% | 11 providers |
Tallahassee | 96.5% | 22 providers |
Tampa | 100.0% | 27 providers |
Tarpon Springs | 100.0% | 12 providers |
Tavares | 97.6% | 14 providers |
The Villages | 99.6% | 14 providers |
Titusville | 99.9% | 12 providers |
Valrico | 100.0% | 12 providers |
Venice | 98.2% | 16 providers |
Vero Beach | 97.7% | 17 providers |
Wauchula | 82.0% | 11 providers |
Wellington | 99.8% | 13 providers |
Wesley Chapel | 100.0% | 14 providers |
West Palm Beach | 99.4% | 20 providers |
Wildwood | 98.9% | 10 providers |
Wimauma | 94.7% | 13 providers |
Windermere | 100.0% | 17 providers |
Winter Garden | 99.9% | 13 providers |
Winter Haven | 100.0% | 12 providers |
Winter Park | 100.0% | 17 providers |
Winter Springs | 100.0% | 14 providers |
Yulee | 96.7% | 11 providers |
Zephyrhills | 98.3% | 14 providers |