Internet Access in Minnesota: Stats & Figures

INTERNET ACCESS IN Minnesota

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Minnesota Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

88%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

17%

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

30.8

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

27th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

89.4%

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

85.2%

of Minnesotans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

16.9%

of Minnesotans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

97.0%

of Minnesotans have access to wireline service.

18.6%

of Minnesotans have access to fiber-optic service.

81.9%

of Minnesotans have access to cable service.

90.6%

of Minnesotans have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

100.0%

of Minnesotans have access to mobile broadband service.

85.9%

of Minnesotans have access to fixed wireless service.

Largest Competing Providers In Minnesota

CenturyLink vs XFINITY

Spectrum vs CenturyLink

CenturyLink vs TDS

XFINITY vs TDS

CenturyLink vs Mediacom

Top 5 Fastest cities in Minnesota

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Grand Rapids	121.4 MBPS	10 Providers
2.	Hugo	104.6 MBPS	11 Providers
3.	Wayzata	89.2 MBPS	21 Providers
4.	Minnetonka	83.4 MBPS	16 Providers
5.	Monticello	77.4 MBPS	12 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Minnesota

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
XFINITY from Comcast	43.3 MBPS
Charter Spectrum	30.7 MBPS
CenturyLink	17.9 MBPS
TDS Telecom	11.4 MBPS
Nextera Communications	10.9 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, Connect Minnesota has been awarded $4,470,035 in federal grants for Minnesota's Broadband Initiative.
Another $36,200,630, accounting for 1.0% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in Minnesota.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 86.4% to 94.2% of Minnesotans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 259 internet providers in Minnesota.
There are 579,000 people in Minnesota without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 779,000 people in Minnesota that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 162,000 people in Minnesota 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.

Minnesota CITIES


Andover	99.8%	15 providers
Anoka	96.1%	17 providers
Bemidji	100.0%	9 providers
Burnsville	98.7%	25 providers
Cottage Grove	98.9%	14 providers
Duluth	93.0%	23 providers
Eden Prairie	100.0%	26 providers
Elk River	91.8%	17 providers
Farmington	94.4%	13 providers
Hopkins	99.7%	23 providers
Inver Grove Heights	99.9%	19 providers
Lakeville	95.6%	16 providers
Mankato	93.5%	13 providers
Minneapolis	99.3%	33 providers
Moorhead	94.9%	10 providers
Osseo	98.8%	18 providers
Rochester	98.6%	23 providers
Saint Cloud	95.5%	18 providers
Saint Paul	99.4%	31 providers
Shakopee	98.0%	18 providers
Stillwater	96.3%	13 providers
Winona	95.0%	12 providers

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Last Updated on 11/30/2017.