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.

89.6%

TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND COVERAGE

15.1%

WIRED LOW-PRICE PLAN ACCESS

64.2

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

20th

STATE BROADBAND ACCESS RANKING

BROADBAND SPEEDS

91.4%

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

88.6%

of Minnesotans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

33.2%

of Minnesotans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

97.7%

of Minnesotans have access to wireline service.

23.0%

of Minnesotans have access to fiber-optic service.

83.3%

of Minnesotans have access to cable service.

91.9%

of Minnesotans have access to DSL service.

Largest Competing Providers In Minnesota

CenturyLink vs Xfinity

Spectrum vs CenturyLink

CenturyLink vs TDS

Xfinity vs TDS

CenturyLink vs Mediacom

Coverage by County in Minnesota

County Name	% Broadband Coverage
Aitkin	49.5%
Anoka	99.0%
Becker	92.5%
Beltrami	99.2%
Benton	89.7%
Big Stone	92.8%
Blue Earth	77.1%
Brown	92.3%
Carlton	79.5%
Carver	91.6%
Cass	78.0%
Chippewa	70.6%
Chisago	77.5%
Clay	94.8%
Clearwater	99.9%
Cook	99.0%
Cottonwood	71.8%
Crow Wing	92.1%
Dakota	98.0%
Dodge	74.4%
Douglas	84.3%
Faribault	78.4%
Fillmore	58.3%
Freeborn	86.9%
Goodhue	82.6%
Grant	87.3%
Hennepin	99.3%
Houston	83.8%
Hubbard	95.9%
Isanti	79.6%
Itasca	88.8%
Jackson	71.2%
Kanabec	76.8%
Kandiyohi	78.2%
Kittson	44.7%
Koochiching	76.2%
Lac qui Parle	90.5%
Lake	66.0%
Lake of the Woods	53.3%
Le Sueur	81.7%
Lincoln	56.2%
Lyon	79.4%
McLeod	75.3%
Mahnomen	81.5%
Marshall	50.2%
Martin	58.3%
Meeker	72.1%
Mille Lacs	60.6%
Morrison	70.9%
Mower	78.5%
Murray	53.3%
Nicollet	85.3%
Nobles	75.5%
Norman	90.9%
Olmsted	93.6%
Otter Tail	83.4%
Pennington	97.0%
Pine	52.0%
Pipestone	82.9%
Polk	93.0%
Pope	67.6%
Ramsey	99.4%
Red Lake	100.0%
Redwood	69.8%
Renville	55.5%
Rice	94.6%
Rock	99.7%
Roseau	63.9%
St. Louis	86.0%
Scott	95.1%
Sherburne	90.7%
Sibley	65.1%
Stearns	88.9%
Steele	85.2%
Stevens	98.2%
Swift	90.4%
Todd	64.9%
Traverse	61.3%
Wabasha	77.2%
Wadena	92.7%
Waseca	71.3%
Washington	98.0%
Watonwan	71.4%
Wilkin	84.8%
Winona	89.8%
Wright	89.6%
Yellow Medicine	46.0%

Top 5 Fastest cities in Minnesota

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Howard Lake	315.0 MBPS	13 Providers
2.	Stillwater	145.9 MBPS	14 Providers
3.	Lake Elmo	141.8 MBPS	12 Providers
4.	Cottage Grove	134.1 MBPS	13 Providers
5.	Racine	131.7 MBPS	12 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Minnesota

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
XFINITY from Comcast	96.8 MBPS
Mediacom Cable	92.3 MBPS
Charter Spectrum	69.9 MBPS
CenturyLink	29.3 MBPS
Nextera Communications	23.8 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 95.7% of Minnesotans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 267 internet providers in Minnesota.
There are 440,000 people in Minnesota without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 744,000 people in Minnesota that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 125,000 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


Aitkin	73.5%	14 providers
Albany	95.3%	14 providers
Albert Lea	97.1%	16 providers
Albertville	100.0%	11 providers
Alexandria	85.5%	11 providers
Andover	99.7%	14 providers
Annandale	80.8%	11 providers
Anoka	97.8%	14 providers
Austin	92.7%	13 providers
Avon	80.5%	12 providers
Bagley	100.0%	10 providers
Baxter	99.3%	11 providers
Becker	76.8%	9 providers
Belle Plaine	84.5%	13 providers
Bemidji	99.9%	8 providers
Benson	91.4%	12 providers
Bethel	97.7%	12 providers
Big Lake	94.6%	10 providers
Blue Earth	83.8%	8 providers
Bovey	86.4%	10 providers
Braham	83.0%	9 providers
Brainerd	97.7%	12 providers
Breckenridge	86.0%	9 providers
Buffalo	88.9%	13 providers
Burnsville	98.8%	24 providers
Byron	76.7%	16 providers
Caledonia	72.7%	8 providers
Cambridge	75.7%	10 providers
Cannon Falls	88.6%	15 providers
Carver	88.4%	13 providers
Cass Lake	90.9%	10 providers
Cedar	99.5%	13 providers
Champlin	100.0%	15 providers
Chanhassen	99.9%	18 providers
Chaska	95.3%	18 providers
Chatfield	71.6%	12 providers
Chisago City	86.0%	11 providers
Chisholm	97.7%	10 providers
Circle Pines	99.9%	14 providers
Clear Lake	53.2%	11 providers
Clearwater	41.5%	12 providers
Cloquet	92.3%	11 providers
Cokato	87.2%	13 providers
Cold Spring	86.9%	14 providers
Cottage Grove	99.0%	13 providers
Crookston	92.4%	10 providers
Dassel	77.2%	15 providers
Deer River	94.7%	9 providers
Delano	80.2%	13 providers
Detroit Lakes	95.8%	9 providers
Dilworth	99.2%	11 providers
Dodge Center	73.1%	15 providers
Duluth	94.1%	21 providers
East Grand Forks	94.8%	9 providers
Eden Prairie	100.0%	27 providers
Elk River	96.4%	14 providers
Elko New Market	89.1%	14 providers
Ely	63.0%	9 providers
Esko	93.7%	11 providers
Eveleth	93.0%	11 providers
Excelsior	99.8%	16 providers
Fairmont	84.5%	10 providers
Faribault	95.2%	15 providers
Farmington	94.5%	14 providers
Fergus Falls	95.0%	14 providers
Foley	74.0%	12 providers
Forest Lake	98.8%	12 providers
Frazee	90.9%	9 providers
Glencoe	21.1%	14 providers
Glenwood	72.7%	13 providers
Grand Rapids	99.6%	10 providers
Granite Falls	71.5%	15 providers
Hamel	95.8%	13 providers
Hastings	96.4%	15 providers
Hawley	82.8%	12 providers
Hibbing	94.7%	10 providers
Hinckley	51.2%	9 providers
Hopkins	99.7%	24 providers
Howard Lake	78.3%	13 providers
Hugo	97.9%	13 providers
Hutchinson	98.1%	12 providers
International Falls	85.4%	9 providers
Inver Grove Heights	99.8%	19 providers
Isanti	88.9%	9 providers
Jackson	79.8%	16 providers
Janesville	64.7%	11 providers
Jordan	76.3%	15 providers
Kasson	87.4%	14 providers
La Crescent	97.8%	10 providers
Lake City	86.4%	12 providers
Lake Crystal	67.9%	12 providers
Lake Elmo	99.6%	12 providers
Lakeville	95.7%	16 providers
Le Center	62.7%	12 providers
Le Sueur	81.0%	15 providers
Lindstrom	63.7%	10 providers
Litchfield	82.8%	12 providers
Little Falls	78.0%	16 providers
Long Lake	100.0%	12 providers
Long Prairie	68.9%	11 providers
Lonsdale	99.7%	12 providers
Luverne	99.6%	11 providers
Mankato	93.7%	14 providers
Maple Lake	81.5%	11 providers
Maple Plain	91.0%	14 providers
Marshall	90.3%	12 providers
Melrose	88.0%	11 providers
Menahga	96.7%	10 providers
Milaca	50.4%	12 providers
Minneapolis	99.4%	37 providers
Minnetonka	99.9%	15 providers
Montevideo	81.8%	14 providers
Montgomery	88.4%	15 providers
Monticello	92.8%	12 providers
Montrose	85.1%	14 providers
Moorhead	98.3%	10 providers
Moose Lake	85.5%	8 providers
Mora	91.1%	9 providers
Morris	99.5%	12 providers
Mound	99.9%	12 providers
New London	66.5%	14 providers
New Prague	96.4%	13 providers
New Ulm	95.9%	12 providers
Nisswa	95.7%	11 providers
North Branch	87.1%	13 providers
Northfield	94.4%	20 providers
Onamia	37.0%	10 providers
Osakis	78.0%	10 providers
Osseo	99.5%	17 providers
Owatonna	91.1%	15 providers
Park Rapids	98.2%	12 providers
Paynesville	76.3%	13 providers
Pelican Rapids	72.3%	7 providers
Pequot Lakes	91.2%	11 providers
Perham	98.0%	7 providers
Pierz	45.1%	12 providers
Pine City	50.2%	9 providers
Pine Island	51.4%	14 providers
Pine River	68.5%	8 providers
Pipestone	76.7%	12 providers
Plainview	80.0%	11 providers
Princeton	86.8%	12 providers
Prior Lake	97.5%	13 providers
Red Wing	94.8%	19 providers
Redwood Falls	89.5%	11 providers
Rice	85.9%	13 providers
Richmond	72.5%	12 providers
Rochester	98.9%	22 providers
Rockford	95.1%	16 providers
Rogers	97.4%	11 providers
Roseau	74.0%	8 providers
Rosemount	97.7%	13 providers
Rush City	69.9%	12 providers
Saint Bonifacius	98.4%	12 providers
Saint Charles	80.9%	10 providers
Saint Cloud	96.4%	19 providers
Saint Francis	98.8%	11 providers
Saint James	83.5%	13 providers
Saint Joseph	89.6%	13 providers
Saint Michael	98.6%	10 providers
Saint Paul	99.5%	33 providers
Saint Paul Park	98.5%	11 providers
Saint Peter	83.0%	11 providers
Sandstone	66.5%	12 providers
Sartell	99.3%	14 providers
Sauk Centre	79.6%	10 providers
Sauk Rapids	94.4%	13 providers
Savage	99.9%	15 providers
Shakopee	98.7%	20 providers
Sleepy Eye	92.8%	10 providers
South Saint Paul	99.8%	15 providers
Spicer	92.7%	15 providers
Spring Valley	65.9%	15 providers
Stacy	88.8%	11 providers
Staples	71.5%	12 providers
Stewartville	82.8%	14 providers
Stillwater	97.4%	14 providers
Thief River Falls	94.8%	9 providers
Two Harbors	69.1%	12 providers
Victoria	99.1%	14 providers
Virginia	97.2%	13 providers
Wabasha	94.5%	10 providers
Waconia	99.0%	16 providers
Wadena	88.9%	12 providers
Waite Park	99.7%	15 providers
Warroad	86.3%	7 providers
Waseca	76.9%	13 providers
Watertown	84.2%	12 providers
Wayzata	99.8%	20 providers
Willmar	97.5%	16 providers
Windom	88.6%	14 providers
Winona	95.4%	13 providers
Worthington	91.7%	16 providers
Wyoming	98.5%	13 providers
Zimmerman	95.5%	10 providers
Zumbrota	76.8%	14 providers

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Last Updated on 2/6/2020.

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