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.

90%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

17%

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

41.0

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

26th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

90.5%

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

87.0%

of Minnesotans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

29.0%

of Minnesotans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

97.2%

of Minnesotans have access to wireline service.

19.8%

of Minnesotans have access to fiber-optic service.

83.1%

of Minnesotans have access to cable service.

90.3%

of Minnesotans have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

100.0%

of Minnesotans have access to mobile broadband service.

82.1%

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.	Fort Ripley	831.2 MBPS	9 Providers
2.	Lucan	110.5 MBPS	9 Providers
3.	Hugo	93.8 MBPS	12 Providers
4.	New Auburn	93.6 MBPS	11 Providers
5.	Lake Elmo	89.5 MBPS	14 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Minnesota

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
XFINITY from Comcast	58.0 MBPS
Charter Spectrum	41.5 MBPS
CenturyLink	22.7 MBPS
Nextera Communications	14.2 MBPS
TDS Telecom	12.8 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 94.8% of Minnesotans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 258 internet providers in Minnesota.
There are 521,000 people in Minnesota without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 748,000 people in Minnesota that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 153,000 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	38.9%	13 providers
Albany	94.6%	13 providers
Albert Lea	97.0%	16 providers
Albertville	100.0%	11 providers
Alexandria	80.4%	10 providers
Andover	99.7%	14 providers
Annandale	79.1%	10 providers
Anoka	96.1%	14 providers
Austin	92.3%	12 providers
Avon	78.2%	12 providers
Bagley	100.0%	10 providers
Baxter	98.6%	12 providers
Becker	83.2%	9 providers
Belle Plaine	82.7%	13 providers
Bemidji	100.0%	8 providers
Benson	73.1%	11 providers
Bethel	88.4%	12 providers
Big Lake	94.5%	10 providers
Blue Earth	83.8%	8 providers
Bovey	84.7%	10 providers
Braham	77.3%	9 providers
Brainerd	94.0%	13 providers
Breckenridge	82.5%	9 providers
Buffalo	87.8%	14 providers
Burnsville	98.7%	23 providers
Byron	76.7%	18 providers
Caledonia	69.1%	8 providers
Cambridge	69.5%	11 providers
Cannon Falls	85.5%	15 providers
Carver	88.5%	14 providers
Cass Lake	93.8%	10 providers
Cedar	96.5%	14 providers
Champlin	100.0%	16 providers
Chanhassen	99.9%	16 providers
Chaska	94.1%	18 providers
Chatfield	66.1%	12 providers
Chisago City	85.8%	11 providers
Chisholm	91.0%	11 providers
Circle Pines	99.9%	15 providers
Clear Lake	52.3%	10 providers
Clearwater	39.9%	12 providers
Cloquet	90.4%	11 providers
Cokato	56.1%	13 providers
Cold Spring	86.5%	15 providers
Cottage Grove	98.9%	14 providers
Crookston	92.4%	10 providers
Dassel	53.2%	14 providers
Deer River	94.0%	9 providers
Delano	80.1%	13 providers
Detroit Lakes	92.6%	8 providers
Dilworth	99.2%	12 providers
Dodge Center	73.0%	15 providers
Duluth	93.9%	21 providers
East Grand Forks	91.6%	10 providers
Eden Prairie	100.0%	26 providers
Elk River	92.5%	15 providers
Elko New Market	88.7%	13 providers
Ely	61.7%	9 providers
Esko	87.5%	11 providers
Eveleth	91.9%	10 providers
Excelsior	99.7%	15 providers
Fairmont	84.1%	10 providers
Faribault	93.8%	17 providers
Farmington	94.5%	13 providers
Fergus Falls	92.7%	12 providers
Foley	44.7%	12 providers
Forest Lake	96.9%	14 providers
Frazee	77.9%	8 providers
Glencoe	20.5%	13 providers
Glenwood	70.1%	12 providers
Grand Rapids	97.7%	10 providers
Granite Falls	70.1%	12 providers
Hamel	94.1%	14 providers
Hastings	93.0%	14 providers
Hawley	82.4%	11 providers
Hibbing	93.6%	10 providers
Hinckley	50.3%	9 providers
Hopkins	99.7%	23 providers
Howard Lake	67.7%	12 providers
Hugo	96.9%	12 providers
Hutchinson	98.2%	11 providers
International Falls	85.5%	8 providers
Inver Grove Heights	99.9%	18 providers
Isanti	65.4%	9 providers
Jackson	79.8%	17 providers
Janesville	64.1%	11 providers
Jordan	71.0%	14 providers
Kasson	87.0%	15 providers
La Crescent	96.1%	10 providers
Lake City	86.6%	12 providers
Lake Crystal	68.3%	12 providers
Lake Elmo	99.6%	14 providers
Lakeville	95.6%	15 providers
Le Center	62.5%	11 providers
Le Sueur	74.5%	16 providers
Lindstrom	63.1%	9 providers
Litchfield	82.7%	12 providers
Little Falls	78.0%	17 providers
Long Lake	99.8%	12 providers
Long Prairie	57.4%	9 providers
Lonsdale	99.7%	11 providers
Luverne	99.6%	11 providers
Mankato	93.7%	14 providers
Maple Lake	81.0%	11 providers
Maple Plain	86.5%	13 providers
Marshall	90.2%	13 providers
Melrose	82.0%	11 providers
Menahga	88.1%	10 providers
Milaca	38.6%	12 providers
Minneapolis	99.3%	33 providers
Minnetonka	99.9%	16 providers
Montevideo	80.7%	14 providers
Montgomery	86.4%	15 providers
Monticello	92.6%	10 providers
Montrose	83.0%	13 providers
Moorhead	98.2%	11 providers
Moose Lake	80.7%	8 providers
Mora	65.4%	10 providers
Morris	97.2%	13 providers
Mound	99.5%	11 providers
New London	65.5%	14 providers
New Prague	94.6%	14 providers
New Ulm	95.9%	12 providers
Nisswa	95.4%	10 providers
North Branch	73.7%	13 providers
Northfield	94.2%	19 providers
Onamia	33.2%	10 providers
Osakis	64.1%	9 providers
Osseo	99.5%	17 providers
Owatonna	91.1%	15 providers
Park Rapids	97.6%	10 providers
Paynesville	73.4%	13 providers
Pelican Rapids	67.2%	7 providers
Pequot Lakes	90.7%	10 providers
Perham	96.3%	7 providers
Pierz	43.2%	12 providers
Pine City	51.0%	9 providers
Pine Island	51.4%	14 providers
Pine River	68.1%	8 providers
Pipestone	75.7%	11 providers
Plainview	79.1%	11 providers
Princeton	67.1%	12 providers
Prior Lake	97.3%	12 providers
Red Wing	94.8%	20 providers
Redwood Falls	88.7%	11 providers
Rice	82.7%	12 providers
Richmond	52.6%	11 providers
Rochester	98.7%	22 providers
Rockford	95.7%	14 providers
Rogers	96.9%	11 providers
Roseau	67.1%	9 providers
Rosemount	97.6%	14 providers
Rush City	66.4%	12 providers
Saint Bonifacius	99.6%	10 providers
Saint Charles	79.9%	10 providers
Saint Cloud	96.2%	19 providers
Saint Francis	93.4%	11 providers
Saint James	78.7%	12 providers
Saint Joseph	85.5%	14 providers
Saint Michael	96.4%	10 providers
Saint Paul	99.5%	30 providers
Saint Paul Park	98.5%	10 providers
Saint Peter	84.2%	11 providers
Sandstone	66.5%	11 providers
Sartell	99.3%	14 providers
Sauk Centre	77.2%	9 providers
Sauk Rapids	91.9%	14 providers
Savage	99.8%	14 providers
Shakopee	98.6%	18 providers
Sleepy Eye	92.6%	9 providers
South Saint Paul	99.8%	14 providers
Spicer	92.7%	15 providers
Spring Valley	61.9%	15 providers
Stacy	79.0%	11 providers
Staples	70.5%	13 providers
Stewartville	82.2%	14 providers
Stillwater	96.7%	14 providers
Thief River Falls	89.2%	9 providers
Two Harbors	94.1%	11 providers
Victoria	99.3%	14 providers
Virginia	96.6%	13 providers
Wabasha	94.5%	10 providers
Waconia	96.7%	13 providers
Wadena	81.9%	12 providers
Waite Park	99.1%	16 providers
Warroad	74.2%	7 providers
Waseca	75.7%	13 providers
Watertown	81.4%	12 providers
Wayzata	99.9%	20 providers
Willmar	96.6%	17 providers
Windom	88.6%	14 providers
Winona	95.0%	12 providers
Worthington	91.3%	14 providers
Wyoming	97.8%	14 providers
Zimmerman	88.8%	10 providers
Zumbrota	76.8%	14 providers

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Last Updated on 11/13/2018.

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