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.

91%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

17%

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

43.4

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

24th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

91.5%

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

87.9%

of Minnesotans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

30.4%

of Minnesotans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

97.4%

of Minnesotans have access to wireline service.

21.7%

of Minnesotans have access to fiber-optic service.

83.0%

of Minnesotans have access to cable service.

89.5%

of Minnesotans have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

100.0%

of Minnesotans have access to mobile broadband service.

82.2%

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	426.4 MBPS	9 Providers
2.	Lake Elmo	120.6 MBPS	11 Providers
3.	Lucan	98.8 MBPS	9 Providers
4.	Wayzata	96.6 MBPS	19 Providers
5.	Stillwater	94.6 MBPS	14 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Minnesota

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
XFINITY from Comcast	62.0 MBPS
Charter Spectrum	45.6 MBPS
CenturyLink	24.3 MBPS
Nextera Communications	14.0 MBPS
TDS Telecom	14.0 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 95.4% of Minnesotans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 263 internet providers in Minnesota.
There are 463,000 people in Minnesota without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 796,000 people in Minnesota that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 141,000 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	73.6%	14 providers
Albany	95.4%	14 providers
Albert Lea	97.1%	16 providers
Albertville	100.0%	11 providers
Alexandria	83.7%	10 providers
Andover	99.7%	14 providers
Annandale	80.6%	11 providers
Anoka	97.7%	14 providers
Austin	92.4%	13 providers
Avon	80.0%	12 providers
Bagley	100.0%	10 providers
Baxter	99.3%	12 providers
Becker	76.3%	9 providers
Belle Plaine	83.1%	12 providers
Bemidji	100.0%	8 providers
Benson	91.4%	12 providers
Bethel	90.1%	12 providers
Big Lake	94.4%	10 providers
Blue Earth	83.8%	8 providers
Bovey	82.8%	10 providers
Braham	81.7%	9 providers
Brainerd	97.4%	13 providers
Breckenridge	85.9%	9 providers
Buffalo	88.4%	12 providers
Burnsville	98.8%	22 providers
Byron	76.7%	17 providers
Caledonia	68.5%	8 providers
Cambridge	73.3%	11 providers
Cannon Falls	87.0%	15 providers
Carver	88.4%	13 providers
Cass Lake	93.8%	10 providers
Cedar	97.2%	13 providers
Champlin	100.0%	15 providers
Chanhassen	99.2%	17 providers
Chaska	95.1%	17 providers
Chatfield	69.9%	12 providers
Chisago City	86.0%	11 providers
Chisholm	97.5%	9 providers
Circle Pines	99.9%	14 providers
Clear Lake	53.2%	11 providers
Clearwater	40.8%	11 providers
Cloquet	91.3%	10 providers
Cokato	83.7%	13 providers
Cold Spring	87.1%	14 providers
Cottage Grove	99.0%	14 providers
Crookston	92.4%	10 providers
Dassel	79.2%	14 providers
Deer River	94.0%	9 providers
Delano	80.2%	13 providers
Detroit Lakes	95.7%	7 providers
Dilworth	99.2%	11 providers
Dodge Center	72.0%	14 providers
Duluth	94.0%	21 providers
East Grand Forks	94.1%	9 providers
Eden Prairie	100.0%	26 providers
Elk River	96.3%	13 providers
Elko New Market	85.3%	13 providers
Ely	62.8%	8 providers
Esko	91.0%	10 providers
Eveleth	92.3%	9 providers
Excelsior	99.7%	16 providers
Fairmont	84.7%	9 providers
Faribault	95.0%	16 providers
Farmington	94.5%	13 providers
Fergus Falls	96.2%	14 providers
Foley	74.4%	12 providers
Forest Lake	98.6%	13 providers
Frazee	80.0%	8 providers
Glencoe	21.0%	13 providers
Glenwood	71.0%	12 providers
Grand Rapids	97.8%	10 providers
Granite Falls	71.4%	15 providers
Hamel	95.8%	14 providers
Hastings	93.6%	14 providers
Hawley	82.9%	10 providers
Hibbing	93.7%	9 providers
Hinckley	50.3%	9 providers
Hopkins	99.7%	21 providers
Howard Lake	77.7%	12 providers
Hugo	97.9%	11 providers
Hutchinson	98.1%	12 providers
International Falls	85.0%	9 providers
Inver Grove Heights	99.8%	17 providers
Isanti	87.2%	9 providers
Jackson	79.8%	16 providers
Janesville	62.0%	11 providers
Jordan	75.6%	15 providers
Kasson	87.4%	13 providers
La Crescent	97.7%	9 providers
Lake City	86.4%	11 providers
Lake Crystal	65.7%	12 providers
Lake Elmo	99.6%	11 providers
Lakeville	95.7%	15 providers
Le Center	63.4%	11 providers
Le Sueur	80.5%	15 providers
Lindstrom	63.4%	9 providers
Litchfield	82.8%	12 providers
Little Falls	77.4%	17 providers
Long Lake	99.4%	13 providers
Long Prairie	70.9%	10 providers
Lonsdale	99.7%	12 providers
Luverne	99.6%	11 providers
Mankato	93.6%	14 providers
Maple Lake	81.4%	11 providers
Maple Plain	89.6%	13 providers
Marshall	90.2%	13 providers
Melrose	88.0%	12 providers
Menahga	88.1%	10 providers
Milaca	48.8%	12 providers
Minneapolis	99.3%	33 providers
Minnetonka	99.9%	15 providers
Montevideo	81.8%	15 providers
Montgomery	88.3%	15 providers
Monticello	92.6%	12 providers
Montrose	84.0%	13 providers
Moorhead	98.0%	9 providers
Moose Lake	82.3%	8 providers
Mora	89.5%	10 providers
Morris	99.5%	13 providers
Mound	99.7%	11 providers
New London	65.8%	14 providers
New Prague	96.4%	12 providers
New Ulm	95.9%	11 providers
Nisswa	95.6%	11 providers
North Branch	86.4%	12 providers
Northfield	94.4%	18 providers
Onamia	36.9%	11 providers
Osakis	66.9%	9 providers
Osseo	99.5%	16 providers
Owatonna	91.1%	14 providers
Park Rapids	97.6%	10 providers
Paynesville	76.0%	13 providers
Pelican Rapids	68.8%	7 providers
Pequot Lakes	91.1%	11 providers
Perham	98.0%	7 providers
Pierz	45.1%	11 providers
Pine City	51.4%	9 providers
Pine Island	51.4%	13 providers
Pine River	68.7%	8 providers
Pipestone	76.6%	12 providers
Plainview	79.6%	11 providers
Princeton	85.0%	12 providers
Prior Lake	97.0%	13 providers
Red Wing	94.8%	20 providers
Redwood Falls	89.5%	12 providers
Rice	85.9%	13 providers
Richmond	72.4%	11 providers
Rochester	98.7%	22 providers
Rockford	95.1%	14 providers
Rogers	97.2%	11 providers
Roseau	72.8%	9 providers
Rosemount	97.6%	13 providers
Rush City	67.5%	11 providers
Saint Bonifacius	96.5%	10 providers
Saint Charles	80.9%	10 providers
Saint Cloud	96.2%	19 providers
Saint Francis	98.9%	11 providers
Saint James	83.7%	12 providers
Saint Joseph	85.5%	14 providers
Saint Michael	98.2%	10 providers
Saint Paul	99.5%	30 providers
Saint Paul Park	98.5%	10 providers
Saint Peter	81.6%	11 providers
Sandstone	66.6%	11 providers
Sartell	99.3%	15 providers
Sauk Centre	79.6%	10 providers
Sauk Rapids	94.6%	14 providers
Savage	98.5%	13 providers
Shakopee	98.6%	18 providers
Sleepy Eye	92.8%	10 providers
South Saint Paul	99.8%	14 providers
Spicer	92.7%	14 providers
Spring Valley	63.5%	15 providers
Stacy	84.5%	11 providers
Staples	71.5%	13 providers
Stewartville	82.8%	14 providers
Stillwater	97.4%	14 providers
Thief River Falls	89.2%	9 providers
Two Harbors	94.5%	10 providers
Victoria	97.8%	13 providers
Virginia	96.4%	12 providers
Wabasha	94.5%	9 providers
Waconia	97.8%	15 providers
Wadena	89.0%	11 providers
Waite Park	99.5%	15 providers
Warroad	84.3%	7 providers
Waseca	76.4%	13 providers
Watertown	81.4%	11 providers
Wayzata	99.6%	19 providers
Willmar	97.3%	17 providers
Windom	88.6%	14 providers
Winona	95.4%	12 providers
Worthington	91.7%	13 providers
Wyoming	98.1%	12 providers
Zimmerman	91.8%	10 providers
Zumbrota	76.8%	14 providers

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Last Updated on 3/6/2019.

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