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

39.3

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.	Fort Ripley	831.2 MBPS	9 Providers
2.	Racine	156.5 MBPS	12 Providers
3.	Lucan	118.0 MBPS	9 Providers
4.	Hugo	98.3 MBPS	11 Providers
5.	Geneva	87.8 MBPS	9 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Minnesota

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
XFINITY from Comcast	55.4 MBPS
Charter Spectrum	39.2 MBPS
CenturyLink	21.7 MBPS
Nextera Communications	13.7 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 94.2% of Minnesotans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 253 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


Aitkin	36.2%	12 providers
Albany	93.5%	13 providers
Albert Lea	96.9%	17 providers
Albertville	99.8%	11 providers
Alexandria	79.9%	10 providers
Andover	99.8%	14 providers
Annandale	60.9%	10 providers
Anoka	96.1%	16 providers
Austin	92.2%	12 providers
Avon	78.3%	12 providers
Bagley	100.0%	10 providers
Baxter	98.6%	13 providers
Becker	81.9%	10 providers
Belle Plaine	76.8%	12 providers
Bemidji	100.0%	8 providers
Benson	73.1%	11 providers
Bethel	87.3%	12 providers
Big Lake	92.6%	10 providers
Blue Earth	83.8%	8 providers
Bovey	79.7%	10 providers
Braham	54.1%	9 providers
Brainerd	92.7%	13 providers
Breckenridge	79.7%	9 providers
Buffalo	87.1%	12 providers
Burnsville	98.7%	25 providers
Byron	76.6%	18 providers
Caledonia	67.0%	8 providers
Cambridge	66.2%	11 providers
Cannon Falls	78.8%	15 providers
Carver	87.7%	14 providers
Cass Lake	93.8%	10 providers
Cedar	95.5%	13 providers
Champlin	100.0%	16 providers
Chanhassen	99.7%	18 providers
Chaska	92.4%	19 providers
Chatfield	64.3%	12 providers
Chisago City	85.4%	11 providers
Chisholm	89.4%	10 providers
Circle Pines	99.9%	15 providers
Clear Lake	45.6%	10 providers
Clearwater	40.5%	12 providers
Cloquet	81.0%	10 providers
Cokato	56.5%	13 providers
Cold Spring	81.1%	14 providers
Cottage Grove	98.9%	14 providers
Crookston	79.1%	10 providers
Dassel	45.8%	15 providers
Deer River	92.6%	9 providers
Delano	80.1%	12 providers
Detroit Lakes	90.7%	7 providers
Dilworth	98.9%	11 providers
Dodge Center	69.5%	14 providers
Duluth	93.0%	23 providers
East Grand Forks	90.1%	10 providers
Eden Prairie	100.0%	26 providers
Elk River	91.8%	16 providers
Elko New Market	72.5%	14 providers
Ely	59.7%	8 providers
Esko	69.9%	10 providers
Eveleth	86.4%	11 providers
Excelsior	99.1%	16 providers
Fairmont	83.6%	10 providers
Faribault	88.2%	16 providers
Farmington	94.4%	13 providers
Fergus Falls	83.1%	13 providers
Foley	43.8%	12 providers
Forest Lake	97.1%	14 providers
Frazee	70.8%	8 providers
Glencoe	20.5%	14 providers
Glenwood	69.2%	12 providers
Grand Rapids	94.5%	10 providers
Granite Falls	68.8%	13 providers
Hamel	94.2%	15 providers
Hastings	92.6%	13 providers
Hawley	76.3%	10 providers
Hibbing	88.3%	9 providers
Hinckley	50.4%	9 providers
Hopkins	99.7%	23 providers
Howard Lake	53.9%	13 providers
Hugo	96.2%	11 providers
Hutchinson	97.6%	13 providers
International Falls	84.0%	8 providers
Inver Grove Heights	99.9%	19 providers
Isanti	65.3%	9 providers
Jackson	77.4%	17 providers
Janesville	56.5%	11 providers
Jordan	67.9%	14 providers
Kasson	87.0%	14 providers
La Crescent	95.8%	9 providers
Lake City	82.1%	12 providers
Lake Crystal	63.2%	12 providers
Lake Elmo	99.4%	13 providers
Lakeville	95.6%	16 providers
Le Center	61.6%	11 providers
Le Sueur	71.0%	16 providers
Lindstrom	62.3%	10 providers
Litchfield	76.2%	12 providers
Little Falls	77.1%	17 providers
Long Lake	96.4%	14 providers
Long Prairie	56.5%	9 providers
Lonsdale	97.8%	12 providers
Luverne	99.3%	10 providers
Mankato	93.5%	13 providers
Maple Lake	80.9%	11 providers
Maple Plain	76.2%	13 providers
Marshall	90.2%	13 providers
Melrose	82.0%	11 providers
Menahga	88.1%	10 providers
Milaca	35.4%	11 providers
Minneapolis	99.3%	33 providers
Minnetonka	99.9%	16 providers
Montevideo	81.6%	14 providers
Montgomery	80.8%	15 providers
Monticello	92.8%	10 providers
Montrose	81.6%	12 providers
Moorhead	94.9%	10 providers
Moose Lake	72.9%	8 providers
Mora	42.6%	10 providers
Morris	100.0%	14 providers
Mound	98.5%	12 providers
New London	60.1%	13 providers
New Prague	94.6%	12 providers
New Ulm	95.9%	11 providers
Nisswa	95.4%	11 providers
North Branch	71.6%	12 providers
Northfield	93.3%	20 providers
Onamia	33.2%	10 providers
Osakis	64.0%	9 providers
Osseo	98.8%	18 providers
Owatonna	91.0%	14 providers
Park Rapids	97.6%	10 providers
Paynesville	72.1%	12 providers
Pelican Rapids	0.3%	7 providers
Pequot Lakes	90.7%	10 providers
Perham	96.1%	7 providers
Pierz	42.7%	11 providers
Pine City	48.6%	9 providers
Pine Island	51.4%	13 providers
Pine River	66.1%	8 providers
Pipestone	75.4%	12 providers
Plainview	79.1%	11 providers
Princeton	46.0%	10 providers
Prior Lake	92.5%	13 providers
Red Wing	94.6%	19 providers
Redwood Falls	81.2%	12 providers
Rice	21.0%	13 providers
Richmond	52.2%	11 providers
Rochester	98.6%	23 providers
Rockford	95.1%	13 providers
Rogers	96.1%	12 providers
Roseau	67.1%	9 providers
Rosemount	97.6%	16 providers
Rush City	66.4%	11 providers
Saint Bonifacius	97.2%	10 providers
Saint Charles	79.8%	10 providers
Saint Cloud	95.5%	16 providers
Saint Francis	93.4%	11 providers
Saint James	75.4%	12 providers
Saint Joseph	85.5%	14 providers
Saint Michael	96.4%	11 providers
Saint Paul	99.4%	31 providers
Saint Paul Park	98.5%	10 providers
Saint Peter	74.9%	11 providers
Sandstone	67.1%	10 providers
Sartell	99.3%	15 providers
Sauk Centre	77.1%	9 providers
Sauk Rapids	89.8%	14 providers
Savage	99.9%	15 providers
Shakopee	98.0%	18 providers
Sleepy Eye	91.5%	10 providers
South Saint Paul	100.0%	15 providers
Spicer	90.9%	14 providers
Spring Valley	58.3%	15 providers
Stacy	78.5%	11 providers
Staples	70.5%	13 providers
Stewartville	82.2%	14 providers
Stillwater	96.3%	13 providers
Thief River Falls	89.2%	10 providers
Two Harbors	93.4%	10 providers
Victoria	99.3%	14 providers
Virginia	95.4%	12 providers
Wabasha	94.5%	9 providers
Waconia	94.1%	13 providers
Wadena	81.7%	11 providers
Waite Park	99.2%	16 providers
Warroad	74.2%	7 providers
Waseca	72.6%	13 providers
Watertown	80.4%	11 providers
Wayzata	99.3%	21 providers
Willmar	95.4%	17 providers
Windom	87.2%	14 providers
Winona	95.0%	12 providers
Worthington	90.0%	14 providers
Wyoming	97.2%	13 providers
Zimmerman	88.4%	10 providers
Zumbrota	76.7%	14 providers

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Last Updated on 11/30/2017.

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