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

32.0

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.	Saint Martinville	85.9 MBPS	12 Providers
2.	Prairieville	84.3 MBPS	10 Providers
3.	Pineville	79.6 MBPS	9 Providers
4.	Walker	78.8 MBPS	13 Providers
5.	Youngsville	76.4 MBPS	12 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Louisiana

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Charter Spectrum	36.2 MBPS
Cox Communications	34.4 MBPS
Suddenlink Communications	33.3 MBPS
XFINITY from Comcast	28.4 MBPS
AT&T Internet	24.9 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 113 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


Abbeville	96.8%	12 providers
Abita Springs	92.5%	10 providers
Albany	98.3%	10 providers
Alexandria	96.3%	14 providers
Amite	72.7%	14 providers
Anacoco	2.7%	8 providers
Angie	9.8%	7 providers
Arcadia	0.2%	9 providers
Arnaudville	76.3%	13 providers
Baker	99.5%	13 providers
Ball	100.0%	7 providers
Basile	24.3%	12 providers
Bastrop	94.5%	8 providers
Baton Rouge	97.7%	17 providers
Belle Chasse	98.2%	13 providers
Belle Rose	96.7%	12 providers
Benton	74.1%	11 providers
Berwick	100.0%	8 providers
Bogalusa	34.8%	9 providers
Bossier City	99.3%	16 providers
Bourg	100.0%	10 providers
Boyce	53.1%	8 providers
Breaux Bridge	96.4%	12 providers
Broussard	81.1%	14 providers
Brusly	97.9%	10 providers
Bunkie	0.0%	10 providers
Bush	92.8%	8 providers
Calhoun	94.4%	12 providers
Carencro	97.1%	13 providers
Chalmette	99.6%	8 providers
Chauvin	100.0%	10 providers
Church Point	72.8%	13 providers
Clinton	12.9%	8 providers
Colfax	0.0%	7 providers
Columbia	52.0%	8 providers
Cottonport	0.0%	8 providers
Coushatta	0.0%	10 providers
Covington	97.2%	14 providers
Crowley	83.0%	12 providers
Cut Off	2.6%	10 providers
Delhi	53.5%	8 providers
Denham Springs	97.1%	16 providers
Dequincy	81.5%	10 providers
Deridder	60.2%	11 providers
Des Allemands	95.8%	9 providers
Destrehan	98.1%	12 providers
Deville	90.5%	7 providers
Donaldsonville	97.7%	10 providers
Downsville	30.0%	8 providers
Dry Prong	42.6%	7 providers
Dubach	15.3%	8 providers
Duson	85.2%	13 providers
Erath	94.0%	13 providers
Eunice	90.0%	10 providers
Farmerville	61.7%	10 providers
Ferriday	0.0%	7 providers
Folsom	90.9%	10 providers
Fort Polk	93.0%	10 providers
Franklin	80.3%	8 providers
Franklinton	12.1%	10 providers
Galliano	0.0%	9 providers
Geismar	99.1%	10 providers
Glenmora	12.5%	9 providers
Gonzales	99.1%	12 providers
Grambling	96.6%	8 providers
Gramercy	96.6%	12 providers
Gray	100.0%	11 providers
Grayson	48.5%	8 providers
Greensburg	60.1%	6 providers
Greenwell Springs	96.7%	12 providers
Gretna	96.4%	12 providers
Hahnville	80.3%	8 providers
Hammond	99.8%	16 providers
Harvey	99.6%	14 providers
Haughton	89.7%	8 providers
Haynesville	64.9%	6 providers
Holden	94.3%	11 providers
Homer	69.1%	8 providers
Houma	99.7%	17 providers
Independence	98.7%	10 providers
Iota	60.8%	12 providers
Iowa	66.0%	12 providers
Jackson	9.0%	8 providers
Jeanerette	58.1%	12 providers
Jena	0.0%	7 providers
Jennings	85.4%	15 providers
Jonesboro	68.9%	8 providers
Jonesville	1.5%	8 providers
Kaplan	96.9%	11 providers
Keithville	86.5%	10 providers
Kenner	96.7%	16 providers
Kentwood	1.4%	10 providers
Kinder	68.8%	10 providers
La Place	99.7%	13 providers
Lacombe	93.1%	9 providers
Lafayette	97.7%	21 providers
Lake Arthur	81.1%	14 providers
Lake Charles	95.3%	18 providers
Lake Providence	80.8%	7 providers
Larose	7.4%	10 providers
Leesville	79.4%	8 providers
Livingston	99.4%	13 providers
Lockport	56.1%	9 providers
Loranger	83.7%	10 providers
Luling	98.4%	9 providers
Madisonville	98.3%	10 providers
Mamou	34.0%	9 providers
Mandeville	99.9%	14 providers
Mansfield	79.7%	11 providers
Mansura	0.0%	10 providers
Many	0.0%	9 providers
Marksville	0.0%	11 providers
Marrero	98.6%	14 providers
Maurice	90.8%	11 providers
Meraux	99.0%	8 providers
Metairie	98.9%	16 providers
Minden	74.8%	9 providers
Monroe	97.7%	14 providers
Montegut	99.0%	9 providers
Morgan City	98.8%	12 providers
Napoleonville	97.5%	10 providers
Natchitoches	91.6%	10 providers
New Iberia	79.0%	13 providers
New Orleans	95.7%	18 providers
New Roads	99.4%	12 providers
Oak Grove	48.7%	7 providers
Oakdale	0.5%	12 providers
Opelousas	94.5%	12 providers
Patterson	93.6%	9 providers
Paulina	98.4%	11 providers
Pearl River	98.3%	10 providers
Pierre Part	99.7%	9 providers
Pineville	96.3%	9 providers
Pitkin	0.1%	9 providers
Plain Dealing	37.9%	7 providers
Plaquemine	96.3%	10 providers
Pollock	74.0%	7 providers
Ponchatoula	99.6%	12 providers
Port Allen	86.5%	11 providers
Port Barre	77.6%	9 providers
Prairieville	100.0%	10 providers
Raceland	91.4%	13 providers
Ragley	55.0%	11 providers
Rayne	73.7%	10 providers
Rayville	48.8%	10 providers
Reserve	100.0%	9 providers
Ruston	91.1%	10 providers
Saint Amant	99.9%	10 providers
Saint Bernard	93.1%	8 providers
Saint Francisville	16.7%	9 providers
Saint Gabriel	38.2%	10 providers
Saint Martinville	81.5%	12 providers
Saint Rose	99.7%	11 providers
Schriever	99.6%	12 providers
Scott	81.9%	13 providers
Shreveport	98.4%	17 providers
Slaughter	46.8%	9 providers
Slidell	99.9%	16 providers
Springfield	96.6%	10 providers
Springhill	97.6%	6 providers
Stonewall	98.2%	8 providers
Sulphur	83.7%	16 providers
Sunset	75.7%	11 providers
Tallulah	74.6%	9 providers
Thibodaux	99.9%	12 providers
Tickfaw	99.9%	9 providers
Vacherie	100.0%	11 providers
Vidalia	59.4%	9 providers
Ville Platte	53.2%	10 providers
Vinton	78.7%	13 providers
Violet	99.4%	9 providers
Vivian	86.5%	7 providers
Walker	95.9%	13 providers
Welsh	68.8%	12 providers
West Monroe	97.8%	11 providers
Westlake	98.7%	13 providers
Westwego	99.5%	11 providers
White Castle	89.5%	9 providers
Winnfield	63.7%	7 providers
Winnsboro	56.7%	9 providers
Youngsville	89.1%	12 providers
Zachary	93.5%	15 providers
Zwolle	0.0%	9 providers

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Last Updated on 11/30/2017.