BROADBAND IN Minnesota

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Minnesota Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

87%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

17%

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

27.9

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

27th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

88.6%

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

84.4%

of Minnesotans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

12.2%

of Minnesotans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

96.8%

of Minnesotans have access to wireline service.

16.6%

of Minnesotans have access to fiber-optic service.

81.8%

of Minnesotans have access to cable service.

90.8%

of Minnesotans have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

100.0%

of Minnesotans have access to mobile broadband service.

85.1%

of Minnesotans have access to fixed wireless service.

Top 5 Fastest Cities In Minnesota

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Inver Grove Heights

66.8 MBPS

66.8">%

Hopkins

55.6 MBPS

55.6">%

Cottage Grove

53.8 MBPS

53.8">%

Eden Prairie

53.7 MBPS

53.7">%

Minnetonka

53.0 MBPS

53.0">%

Largest Competing Providers In Minnesota

CenturyLink vs XFINITY

Charter Spectrum vs CenturyLink

CenturyLink vs TDS

XFINITY vs TDS

CenturyLink vs Mediacom

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 93.8% of Minnesotans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 243 broadband providers in Minnesota.
There are 621,000 people in Minnesota without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 778,000 people in Minnesota that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 174,000 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%	19 providers
Anoka	95.3%	19 providers
Bemidji	87.3%	12 providers
Burnsville	98.9%	37 providers
Cottage Grove	98.3%	19 providers
Duluth	93.0%	26 providers
Eden Prairie	99.7%	43 providers
Elk River	91.7%	20 providers
Farmington	94.4%	15 providers
Hopkins	99.6%	33 providers
Inver Grove Heights	99.1%	26 providers
Lakeville	95.6%	18 providers
Mankato	93.5%	17 providers
Minneapolis	99.1%	55 providers
Moorhead	94.8%	13 providers
Osseo	98.8%	22 providers
Rochester	98.6%	30 providers
Saint Cloud	95.5%	26 providers
Saint Paul	99.3%	52 providers
Shakopee	97.9%	26 providers
Stillwater	96.0%	18 providers
Winona	93.1%	17 providers

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Last Updated on 7/11/2017.