Internet Access in Louisiana: Stats & Figures

INTERNET ACCESS IN Louisiana

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Louisiana Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

87%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

20%

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

34.7

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

39th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

88.8%

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

84.4%

of Louisianians have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

21.9%

of Louisianians have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

94.0%

of Louisianians have access to wireline service.

16.3%

of Louisianians have access to fiber-optic service.

86.6%

of Louisianians have access to cable service.

84.3%

of Louisianians have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

100.0%

of Louisianians have access to mobile broadband service.

27.5%

of Louisianians have access to fixed wireless service.

Largest Competing Providers In Louisiana

AT&T Internet vs Cox

AT&T Internet vs Spectrum

AT&T Internet vs Xfinity

AT&T Internet vs Suddenlink

CenturyLink vs Suddenlink

Top 5 Fastest cities in Louisiana

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Turkey Creek	137.6 MBPS	9 Providers
2.	Weyanoke	99.7 MBPS	5 Providers
3.	Bethany	97.6 MBPS	9 Providers
4.	Addis	82.5 MBPS	8 Providers
5.	Angie	82.3 MBPS	7 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Louisiana

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Suddenlink Communications	47.2 MBPS
Cox Communications	42.8 MBPS
XFINITY from Comcast	40.2 MBPS
Charter Spectrum	39.7 MBPS
AT&T Internet	35.8 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, Louisiana Broadband Initiative has been awarded $6,649,679 in federal grants for Louisiana's Broadband Initiative.
Another $89,759,799, accounting for 2.6% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in Louisiana.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 86.6% to 92.0% of Louisianians.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 124 internet providers in Louisiana.
There are 514,000 people in Louisiana without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 660,000 people in Louisiana that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 274,000 people in Louisiana 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.

Louisiana CITIES


Abbeville	98.2%	12 providers
Abita Springs	94.1%	9 providers
Albany	99.6%	9 providers
Alexandria	96.9%	13 providers
Amite	73.8%	14 providers
Anacoco	58.2%	8 providers
Angie	22.6%	7 providers
Arcadia	0.2%	9 providers
Arnaudville	76.4%	15 providers
Baker	99.7%	14 providers
Ball	100.0%	7 providers
Basile	27.7%	12 providers
Bastrop	94.3%	8 providers
Baton Rouge	98.0%	19 providers
Belle Chasse	98.6%	12 providers
Belle Rose	98.2%	12 providers
Benton	77.3%	10 providers
Berwick	100.0%	9 providers
Bogalusa	46.7%	8 providers
Bossier City	99.4%	17 providers
Bourg	100.0%	10 providers
Boyce	85.4%	8 providers
Breaux Bridge	98.2%	12 providers
Broussard	95.3%	15 providers
Brusly	99.2%	10 providers
Bunkie	1.9%	10 providers
Bush	95.5%	10 providers
Calhoun	94.5%	13 providers
Carencro	99.1%	15 providers
Chalmette	99.7%	10 providers
Chauvin	100.0%	10 providers
Church Point	75.4%	13 providers
Clinton	14.7%	7 providers
Colfax	0.0%	7 providers
Columbia	49.1%	7 providers
Cottonport	6.9%	8 providers
Coushatta	23.5%	10 providers
Covington	97.9%	13 providers
Crowley	84.6%	12 providers
Cut Off	2.6%	10 providers
Delhi	53.5%	7 providers
Denham Springs	98.2%	17 providers
Dequincy	86.9%	10 providers
Deridder	60.5%	10 providers
Des Allemands	94.0%	9 providers
Destrehan	97.9%	11 providers
Deville	90.5%	7 providers
Donaldsonville	99.6%	10 providers
Downsville	27.3%	8 providers
Dry Prong	42.6%	7 providers
Dubach	19.4%	8 providers
Duson	96.0%	11 providers
Erath	95.8%	13 providers
Eunice	90.3%	10 providers
Farmerville	62.1%	10 providers
Ferriday	0.2%	8 providers
Folsom	91.3%	11 providers
Fort Polk	93.0%	9 providers
Franklin	86.3%	8 providers
Franklinton	24.1%	10 providers
Galliano	0.0%	9 providers
Geismar	99.1%	9 providers
Glenmora	30.0%	9 providers
Gonzales	100.0%	13 providers
Grambling	96.6%	7 providers
Gramercy	99.4%	11 providers
Gray	100.0%	12 providers
Grayson	48.5%	8 providers
Greensburg	45.8%	6 providers
Greenwell Springs	97.0%	13 providers
Gretna	96.5%	12 providers
Hahnville	87.4%	8 providers
Hammond	99.9%	16 providers
Harvey	99.7%	13 providers
Haughton	89.9%	10 providers
Haynesville	64.9%	7 providers
Holden	93.0%	11 providers
Homer	69.1%	8 providers
Houma	99.8%	16 providers
Independence	99.4%	10 providers
Iota	64.1%	13 providers
Iowa	68.1%	12 providers
Jackson	9.7%	9 providers
Jeanerette	76.0%	13 providers
Jena	1.5%	8 providers
Jennings	85.6%	14 providers
Jonesboro	68.9%	6 providers
Jonesville	1.5%	8 providers
Kaplan	97.5%	11 providers
Keithville	86.9%	9 providers
Kenner	96.7%	17 providers
Kentwood	1.3%	10 providers
Kinder	47.9%	10 providers
La Place	99.9%	13 providers
Lacombe	95.9%	9 providers
Lafayette	98.8%	21 providers
Lake Arthur	85.5%	15 providers
Lake Charles	95.7%	18 providers
Lake Providence	80.8%	6 providers
Larose	7.4%	10 providers
Leesville	79.6%	9 providers
Livingston	99.6%	14 providers
Lockport	73.0%	10 providers
Loranger	87.0%	9 providers
Luling	99.9%	9 providers
Madisonville	98.6%	11 providers
Mamou	46.6%	10 providers
Mandeville	99.9%	14 providers
Mansfield	79.7%	11 providers
Mansura	28.0%	10 providers
Many	15.8%	8 providers
Marksville	0.9%	10 providers
Marrero	98.8%	15 providers
Maurice	95.5%	11 providers
Meraux	99.7%	8 providers
Metairie	99.2%	17 providers
Minden	76.2%	8 providers
Monroe	97.8%	14 providers
Montegut	99.0%	9 providers
Morgan City	99.0%	12 providers
Napoleonville	97.9%	10 providers
Natchitoches	92.6%	10 providers
New Iberia	95.0%	14 providers
New Orleans	96.9%	21 providers
New Roads	99.5%	12 providers
Oak Grove	48.7%	6 providers
Oakdale	1.6%	12 providers
Opelousas	94.8%	13 providers
Patterson	97.8%	13 providers
Paulina	99.2%	9 providers
Pearl River	98.5%	12 providers
Pierre Part	99.7%	10 providers
Pineville	97.0%	11 providers
Pitkin	0.6%	9 providers
Plain Dealing	51.8%	7 providers
Plaquemine	98.3%	12 providers
Pollock	74.3%	8 providers
Ponchatoula	99.8%	12 providers
Port Allen	88.0%	12 providers
Port Barre	77.6%	10 providers
Prairieville	100.0%	11 providers
Raceland	95.8%	12 providers
Ragley	64.4%	11 providers
Rayne	76.3%	10 providers
Rayville	48.6%	9 providers
Reserve	100.0%	11 providers
Ruston	93.7%	8 providers
Saint Amant	99.9%	10 providers
Saint Bernard	98.1%	8 providers
Saint Francisville	34.5%	7 providers
Saint Gabriel	39.3%	10 providers
Saint Martinville	89.9%	12 providers
Saint Rose	100.0%	12 providers
Schriever	99.6%	12 providers
Scott	87.8%	14 providers
Shreveport	98.6%	17 providers
Slaughter	83.6%	10 providers
Slidell	99.9%	17 providers
Springfield	96.9%	11 providers
Springhill	97.6%	6 providers
Stonewall	98.4%	8 providers
Sulphur	83.9%	16 providers
Sunset	88.3%	14 providers
Tallulah	74.6%	9 providers
Thibodaux	100.0%	13 providers
Tickfaw	99.9%	9 providers
Vacherie	100.0%	11 providers
Vidalia	68.9%	11 providers
Ville Platte	53.4%	10 providers
Vinton	80.6%	13 providers
Violet	99.6%	9 providers
Vivian	88.1%	8 providers
Walker	98.7%	13 providers
Welsh	73.7%	12 providers
West Monroe	97.8%	11 providers
Westlake	98.7%	12 providers
Westwego	99.9%	10 providers
White Castle	94.1%	10 providers
Winnfield	63.7%	7 providers
Winnsboro	56.7%	8 providers
Youngsville	98.5%	11 providers
Zachary	97.7%	15 providers
Zwolle	0.0%	9 providers

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Last Updated on 3/6/2019.

Internet Service in Louisiana