Louisiana's Broadband: Stats & Figures

BROADBAND IN Louisiana

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Louisiana Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

82%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

24%

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

30.1

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

36th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

83.6%

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

79.2%

of Louisianians have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

13.7%

of Louisianians have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

92.8%

of Louisianians have access to wireline service.

8.8%

of Louisianians have access to fiber-optic service.

83.6%

of Louisianians have access to cable service.

82.7%

of Louisianians have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

100.0%

of Louisianians have access to mobile broadband service.

25.0%

of Louisianians have access to fixed wireless service.

Top 5 Fastest Cities In Louisiana

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Madisonville

52.1 MBPS

52.1">%

Greenwell Springs

47.3 MBPS

47.3">%

Carencro

46.5 MBPS

46.5">%

Crowley

41.2 MBPS

41.2">%

Natchitoches

38.2 MBPS

38.2">%

Largest Competing Providers In Louisiana

AT&T Internet vs Cox

AT&T Internet vs Charter Spectrum

AT&T Internet vs XFINITY

AT&T Internet vs Suddenlink

CenturyLink vs Suddenlink

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 88.2% of Louisianians.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 110 broadband providers in Louisiana.
There are 752,000 people in Louisiana without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 790,000 people in Louisiana that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 332,000 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


Alexandria	93.8%	17 providers
Baton Rouge	97.8%	25 providers
Bossier City	96.3%	20 providers
Covington	97.2%	18 providers
Denham Springs	96.9%	21 providers
Gonzales	99.1%	14 providers
Gretna	96.4%	16 providers
Hammond	99.7%	23 providers
Harvey	99.6%	19 providers
Houma	99.5%	22 providers
Kenner	96.8%	21 providers
La Place	99.3%	15 providers
Lafayette	97.7%	26 providers
Lake Charles	91.2%	22 providers
Mandeville	99.8%	16 providers
Marrero	98.6%	22 providers
Metairie	99.2%	27 providers
Monroe	95.9%	15 providers
New Iberia	80.7%	19 providers
New Orleans	95.5%	30 providers
Opelousas	93.9%	16 providers
Pineville	88.2%	10 providers
Prairieville	100.0%	12 providers
Ruston	80.6%	10 providers
Shreveport	96.5%	21 providers
Slidell	99.8%	22 providers
Sulphur	80.8%	16 providers
Thibodaux	99.8%	16 providers
West Monroe	96.0%	11 providers
Westwego	99.4%	15 providers

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Last Updated on 10/10/2017.