Internet Access in North Dakota: Stats & Figures

INTERNET ACCESS IN North Dakota

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

North Dakota Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

86.8%

TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND COVERAGE

77.7%

WIRED LOW-PRICE PLAN ACCESS

49.1

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

22nd

STATE BROADBAND ACCESS RANKING

BROADBAND SPEEDS

94.6%

of North Dakotans have access to wired broadband 25mbps or faster.

92.9%

of North Dakotans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

89.4%

of North Dakotans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

97.8%

of North Dakotans have access to wireline service.

41.5%

of North Dakotans have access to fiber-optic service.

69.0%

of North Dakotans have access to cable service.

68.9%

of North Dakotans have access to DSL service.

Largest Competing Providers In North Dakota

Sparklight vs CenturyLink

Coverage by County in North Dakota

County Name	% Broadband Coverage
Adams	100.0%
Barnes	92.1%
Benson	37.6%
Billings	64.8%
Bottineau	92.7%
Bowman	100.0%
Burke	57.2%
Burleigh	99.4%
Cass	96.4%
Cavalier	100.0%
Dickey	99.8%
Divide	98.5%
Dunn	99.3%
Eddy	93.2%
Emmons	100.0%
Foster	100.0%
Golden Valley	65.4%
Grand Forks	89.1%
Grant	96.4%
Griggs	91.5%
Hettinger	100.0%
Kidder	100.0%
LaMoure	100.0%
Logan	100.0%
McHenry	77.4%
McIntosh	100.0%
McKenzie	85.2%
McLean	96.3%
Mercer	100.0%
Morton	95.7%
Mountrail	91.7%
Nelson	100.0%
Oliver	91.9%
Pembina	100.0%
Pierce	99.7%
Ramsey	100.0%
Ransom	99.3%
Renville	91.1%
Richland	88.6%
Rolette	92.7%
Sargent	100.0%
Sheridan	100.0%
Sioux	98.5%
Slope	99.0%
Stark	99.2%
Steele	66.9%
Stutsman	98.4%
Towner	87.2%
Traill	85.5%
Walsh	86.5%
Ward	95.6%
Wells	97.5%
Williams	96.5%

Internet Speed in Top North Dakota Cities

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Fargo	43.1 MBPS	14 Providers
2.	Bismarck	42.1 MBPS	13 Providers
3.	Grand Forks	54.4 MBPS	12 Providers
4.	Minot	73.1 MBPS	8 Providers
5.	West Fargo	91.7 MBPS	13 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in North Dakota

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Sparklight (formerly Cable One)	60.8 MBPS
Consolidated Telcom	50.1 MBPS
Consolidated Communications (Formerly Fairpoint Communications)	24.3 MBPS
702 Communications	21.6 MBPS
CenturyLink	13.8 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, North Dakota Broadband has been awarded $3,664,087 in federal grants for North Dakota's Broadband Initiative.
Another $10,781,157, accounting for 0.3% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in North Dakota.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 78.8% to 96.5% of North Dakotans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 96 internet providers in North Dakota.
There are 33,000 people in North Dakota without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 186,000 people in North Dakota that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 15,000 people in North Dakota 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.

North Dakota CITIES


Belcourt	100.0%	6 providers
Bismarck	99.4%	13 providers
Devils Lake	100.0%	8 providers
Dickinson	100.0%	10 providers
Fargo	99.3%	14 providers
Grafton	79.7%	9 providers
Grand Forks	93.2%	12 providers
Jamestown	99.2%	9 providers
Mandan	94.4%	9 providers
Minot	96.0%	8 providers
Minot Afb	97.8%	7 providers
Rugby	100.0%	8 providers
Valley City	99.1%	11 providers
Wahpeton	85.5%	11 providers
West Fargo	98.9%	13 providers
Williston	96.1%	8 providers

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Last Updated on 2/6/2020.

Internet Service in North Dakota