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.

85%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

21%

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

27.6

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

36th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

86.5%

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

81.2%

of Louisianians have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

14.9%

of Louisianians have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

93.8%

of Louisianians have access to wireline service.

12.0%

of Louisianians have access to fiber-optic service.

86.0%

of Louisianians have access to cable service.

83.2%

of Louisianians have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

100.0%

of Louisianians have access to mobile broadband service.

25.2%

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.	Youngsville	95.8 MBPS	12 Providers
2.	Zachary	94.7 MBPS	15 Providers
3.	Breaux Bridge	85.1 MBPS	12 Providers
4.	Walker	72.2 MBPS	13 Providers
5.	Luling	70.8 MBPS	9 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Louisiana

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Cox Communications	31.1 MBPS
Charter Spectrum	31.1 MBPS
Suddenlink Communications	30.7 MBPS
XFINITY from Comcast	25.5 MBPS
AT&T Internet	20.8 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 90.3% of Louisianians.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 114 internet providers in Louisiana.
There are 619,000 people in Louisiana without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 702,000 people in Louisiana that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 283,000 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	96.3%	14 providers
Baton Rouge	97.7%	17 providers
Bossier City	99.3%	16 providers
Covington	97.2%	14 providers
Denham Springs	97.1%	16 providers
Gonzales	99.1%	12 providers
Gretna	96.4%	12 providers
Hammond	99.8%	16 providers
Harvey	99.6%	14 providers
Houma	99.7%	17 providers
Kenner	96.7%	16 providers
La Place	99.7%	13 providers
Lafayette	97.7%	21 providers
Lake Charles	95.3%	18 providers
Mandeville	99.9%	14 providers
Marrero	98.6%	14 providers
Metairie	98.9%	16 providers
Monroe	97.7%	14 providers
New Iberia	79.0%	13 providers
New Orleans	95.7%	18 providers
Opelousas	94.5%	12 providers
Pineville	96.3%	9 providers
Prairieville	100.0%	10 providers
Ruston	91.1%	10 providers
Shreveport	98.4%	17 providers
Slidell	99.9%	16 providers
Sulphur	83.7%	16 providers
Thibodaux	99.9%	12 providers
West Monroe	97.8%	11 providers
Westwego	99.5%	11 providers

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Last Updated on 11/30/2017.