Internet Access in Illinois: Stats & Figures

INTERNET ACCESS IN Illinois

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Illinois Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

89.3%

TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND COVERAGE

62.2%

WIRED LOW-PRICE PLAN ACCESS

76.6

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

6th

STATE BROADBAND ACCESS RANKING

BROADBAND SPEEDS

94.2%

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

93.5%

of Illinoisans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

22.1%

of Illinoisans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

97.4%

of Illinoisans have access to wireline service.

13.2%

of Illinoisans have access to fiber-optic service.

92.5%

of Illinoisans have access to cable service.

92.9%

of Illinoisans have access to DSL service.

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Coverage by County in Illinois

County Name	% Broadband Coverage
Adams	89.3%
Alexander	33.6%
Bond	51.1%
Boone	91.7%
Brown	49.8%
Bureau	71.3%
Calhoun	0.0%
Carroll	76.7%
Cass	76.0%
Champaign	94.0%
Christian	84.7%
Clark	71.8%
Clay	86.5%
Clinton	74.6%
Coles	84.3%
Cook	99.4%
Crawford	68.3%
Cumberland	45.7%
DeKalb	88.2%
De Witt	74.5%
Douglas	69.1%
DuPage	99.6%
Edgar	62.2%
Edwards	68.6%
Effingham	68.3%
Fayette	49.3%
Ford	68.0%
Franklin	78.5%
Fulton	74.8%
Gallatin	70.1%
Greene	47.3%
Grundy	89.1%
Hamilton	61.0%
Hancock	78.2%
Hardin	100.0%
Henderson	45.9%
Henry	88.0%
Iroquois	60.4%
Jackson	79.9%
Jasper	37.3%
Jefferson	59.5%
Jersey	56.8%
Jo Daviess	73.5%
Johnson	18.1%
Kane	98.8%
Kankakee	88.7%
Kendall	96.2%
Knox	90.8%
Lake	99.2%
LaSalle	82.1%
Lawrence	52.2%
Lee	65.5%
Livingston	73.0%
Logan	79.6%
McDonough	96.1%
McHenry	97.9%
McLean	92.9%
Macon	90.1%
Macoupin	75.4%
Madison	98.2%
Marion	76.9%
Marshall	72.1%
Mason	66.6%
Massac	62.3%
Menard	53.7%
Mercer	62.8%
Monroe	89.2%
Montgomery	68.2%
Morgan	68.7%
Moultrie	69.5%
Ogle	76.7%
Peoria	95.6%
Perry	74.1%
Piatt	74.2%
Pike	48.3%
Pope	78.3%
Pulaski	29.6%
Putnam	63.1%
Randolph	73.5%
Richland	73.6%
Rock Island	97.5%
St. Clair	96.4%
Saline	77.2%
Sangamon	94.8%
Schuyler	54.1%
Scott	49.9%
Shelby	48.1%
Stark	63.5%
Stephenson	82.0%
Tazewell	92.5%
Union	59.1%
Vermilion	82.6%
Wabash	67.0%
Warren	71.8%
Washington	42.9%
Wayne	77.6%
White	70.0%
Whiteside	83.9%
Will	98.5%
Williamson	84.6%
Winnebago	96.7%
Woodford	85.1%

Internet Speed in Top Illinois Cities

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Chicago	69.7 MBPS	50 Providers
2.	Aurora	69.0 MBPS	30 Providers
3.	Rockford	83.1 MBPS	24 Providers
4.	Naperville	85.6 MBPS	33 Providers
5.	Springfield	74.6 MBPS	27 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Illinois

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
XFINITY from Comcast	101.8 MBPS
AT&T Internet	70.1 MBPS
Everywhere Wireless	64.2 MBPS
Frontier Communications	9.2 MBPS
Rise Broadband	7.2 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, has been awarded $6,554,641 in federal grants for Illinois's Broadband Initiative.
Another $173,923,501, accounting for 5.0% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in Illinois.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 93.0% to 96.5% of Illinoisans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 353 internet providers in Illinois.
There are 727,000 people in Illinois without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 866,000 people in Illinois that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 334,000 people in Illinois 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.

Illinois CITIES


Addison	99.9%	21 providers
Algonquin	99.9%	19 providers
Alsip	99.1%	20 providers
Alton	99.1%	14 providers
Antioch	98.6%	16 providers
Arlington Heights	98.9%	23 providers
Aurora	99.7%	30 providers
Barrington	99.6%	24 providers
Bartlett	99.2%	17 providers
Batavia	99.2%	23 providers
Belleville	99.2%	23 providers
Bellwood	99.7%	13 providers
Belvidere	96.6%	14 providers
Bensenville	100.0%	27 providers
Berwyn	100.0%	15 providers
Bloomingdale	98.0%	23 providers
Bloomington	98.1%	21 providers
Blue Island	93.9%	13 providers
Bolingbrook	99.9%	21 providers
Bourbonnais	97.2%	17 providers
Bridgeview	97.3%	20 providers
Brookfield	100.0%	13 providers
Buffalo Grove	99.4%	21 providers
Burbank	100.0%	14 providers
Calumet City	99.3%	14 providers
Canton	92.4%	13 providers
Carbondale	86.0%	14 providers
Carol Stream	100.0%	24 providers
Carpentersville	99.1%	18 providers
Cary	99.8%	16 providers
Centralia	86.4%	19 providers
Champaign	97.8%	25 providers
Charleston	86.9%	10 providers
Chicago	99.6%	50 providers
Chicago Heights	99.7%	12 providers
Chicago Ridge	98.6%	17 providers
Cicero	99.9%	14 providers
Collinsville	99.9%	17 providers
Country Club Hills	99.1%	15 providers
Crest Hill	100.0%	16 providers
Crete	98.8%	12 providers
Crystal Lake	99.7%	19 providers
Danville	91.1%	16 providers
Darien	99.7%	20 providers
Decatur	98.3%	22 providers
Deerfield	97.4%	22 providers
Dekalb	89.3%	20 providers
Des Plaines	96.4%	26 providers
Dixon	79.2%	10 providers
Dolton	100.0%	11 providers
Downers Grove	99.7%	23 providers
Dundee	99.7%	18 providers
East Moline	99.4%	15 providers
East Peoria	99.6%	18 providers
East Saint Louis	99.7%	18 providers
Edwardsville	97.1%	16 providers
Effingham	88.7%	17 providers
Elgin	99.8%	22 providers
Elk Grove Village	99.1%	23 providers
Elmhurst	99.9%	24 providers
Elmwood Park	99.6%	15 providers
Evanston	99.8%	19 providers
Evergreen Park	100.0%	14 providers
Fairview Heights	100.0%	20 providers
Forest Park	98.9%	15 providers
Frankfort	99.7%	16 providers
Franklin Park	99.9%	22 providers
Freeport	91.6%	12 providers
Galesburg	97.8%	16 providers
Geneva	99.8%	20 providers
Glen Ellyn	99.6%	22 providers
Glendale Heights	99.6%	26 providers
Glenview	97.7%	23 providers
Godfrey	94.7%	16 providers
Granite City	99.6%	14 providers
Grayslake	99.7%	17 providers
Gurnee	99.7%	20 providers
Hampshire	90.6%	18 providers
Hanover Park	100.0%	20 providers
Harvey	99.7%	13 providers
Harwood Heights	100.0%	16 providers
Hazel Crest	100.0%	15 providers
Hickory Hills	100.0%	19 providers
Highland	92.5%	16 providers
Highland Park	99.8%	18 providers
Hinsdale	100.0%	18 providers
Hoffman Estates	98.5%	26 providers
Homer Glen	99.9%	14 providers
Homewood	99.8%	17 providers
Huntley	98.8%	15 providers
Jacksonville	88.6%	13 providers
Joliet	99.7%	23 providers
Justice	97.1%	16 providers
Kankakee	95.7%	15 providers
Kewanee	95.1%	12 providers
La Grange	99.2%	21 providers
Lake Forest	99.7%	20 providers
Lake In The Hills	99.4%	17 providers
Lake Villa	99.8%	18 providers
Lake Zurich	99.4%	19 providers
Lansing	99.9%	13 providers
Lemont	99.4%	14 providers
Libertyville	99.7%	22 providers
Lincoln	90.8%	12 providers
Lisle	99.9%	26 providers
Lockport	91.1%	15 providers
Lombard	99.9%	23 providers
Loves Park	99.6%	17 providers
Machesney Park	99.9%	20 providers
Macomb	97.3%	13 providers
Marion	87.3%	13 providers
Matteson	99.5%	13 providers
Mattoon	91.1%	12 providers
Maywood	100.0%	15 providers
Mchenry	99.5%	21 providers
Melrose Park	99.5%	20 providers
Midlothian	99.8%	17 providers
Mokena	99.8%	17 providers
Moline	99.9%	16 providers
Montgomery	100.0%	20 providers
Morris	92.4%	18 providers
Morton	92.9%	18 providers
Morton Grove	100.0%	17 providers
Mount Prospect	99.7%	19 providers
Mount Vernon	86.1%	18 providers
Mundelein	100.0%	22 providers
Murphysboro	91.6%	11 providers
Naperville	99.8%	33 providers
New Lenox	99.9%	14 providers
Niles	100.0%	19 providers
Normal	99.2%	17 providers
North Aurora	100.0%	22 providers
North Chicago	96.9%	16 providers
Northbrook	99.8%	25 providers
O Fallon	99.7%	18 providers
Oak Forest	100.0%	15 providers
Oak Lawn	99.5%	16 providers
Oak Park	100.0%	19 providers
Orland Park	98.6%	18 providers
Oswego	99.1%	21 providers
Ottawa	94.2%	20 providers
Palatine	98.9%	20 providers
Palos Heights	99.9%	18 providers
Palos Hills	99.6%	17 providers
Park Forest	97.8%	13 providers
Park Ridge	99.8%	17 providers
Pekin	94.2%	16 providers
Peoria	99.2%	28 providers
Plainfield	99.9%	19 providers
Pontiac	87.7%	10 providers
Prospect Heights	95.9%	20 providers
Quincy	96.6%	17 providers
Rantoul	95.9%	15 providers
Richton Park	99.6%	15 providers
Riverdale	99.8%	13 providers
Riverside	99.8%	17 providers
Rochelle	89.8%	11 providers
Rock Falls	88.5%	11 providers
Rock Island	99.7%	16 providers
Rockford	97.5%	24 providers
Rolling Meadows	99.5%	20 providers
Romeoville	99.7%	19 providers
Roscoe	99.2%	13 providers
Roselle	99.6%	19 providers
Round Lake	99.7%	15 providers
Saint Charles	99.0%	23 providers
Schaumburg	99.4%	29 providers
Shorewood	99.1%	16 providers
Skokie	100.0%	21 providers
South Elgin	99.9%	21 providers
South Holland	99.9%	17 providers
Springfield	98.7%	27 providers
Sterling	87.1%	14 providers
Streamwood	99.9%	16 providers
Streator	92.9%	15 providers
Sycamore	93.9%	17 providers
Taylorville	94.4%	12 providers
Tinley Park	99.6%	20 providers
Troy	99.7%	14 providers
Urbana	97.5%	22 providers
Vernon Hills	99.7%	23 providers
Villa Park	99.0%	18 providers
Washington	98.2%	19 providers
Waterloo	86.1%	15 providers
Wauconda	99.7%	18 providers
Waukegan	99.5%	20 providers
West Chicago	99.5%	23 providers
Westchester	100.0%	16 providers
Westmont	99.7%	19 providers
Wheaton	99.4%	24 providers
Wheeling	99.2%	20 providers
Willowbrook	99.1%	20 providers
Wilmette	100.0%	17 providers
Winnetka	99.9%	15 providers
Wood Dale	99.9%	21 providers
Woodridge	100.0%	19 providers
Woodstock	97.5%	20 providers
Yorkville	96.2%	21 providers
Zion	97.8%	11 providers

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Last Updated on 2/6/2020.

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