Texas Internet Coverage & Availability in 2023

Texas Internet Facts in 2023

  • Texas currently ranks among states in BroadbandNow’s annual rankings of internet coverage, speed and availability.

  • This means that roughly in ten Texas residents are not able to purchase an internet plan of at least 25Mbps download and 3Mbps upload.

  • This means that nearly seven in ten residents are not able to purchase broadband at a price of $60/month or less (excluding promotions and government programs).

  • This means that in ten residents are unable to purchase a fiber internet plan.

  • The U.S. has more than 2,963 internet service providers, with most covering very small areas. It is worth searching by zip code to see who is available in your town.

At BroadbandNow, we advocate for a definition of broadband internet to be at least 100Mbps, as opposed to the FCC definition of 25Mbps, which would be considered slow for many internet-intensive activities.

Texas, with 91% of people having access to 100Mbps broadband, ranked 28th (tying with Colorado, Michigan and Minnesota) among all states.

Internet Availability by County

100 Mbps Coverage By County, Highest and Lowest

Highest
Dallam 100%
Lampasas 99.86%
Dallas 99.80%
El Paso 99.21%
Tarrant 99.15%
Cottle 99.07%
Bexar 98.45%
Comal 98.42%
Val Verde 98.07%
Webb 98.03%
Lowest
Kenedy 0%
Stephens 0%
Kinney 0%
Palo Pinto 0%
Camp 0.31%
Karnes 0.37%
Jim Hogg 0.43%
Scurry 0.45%
Fisher 0.70%
Crane 0.80%

Texas, with 55.9% of people having access to 1G broadband, ranked 38th among all states.

Internet Coverage by Demographic in Texas

Individuals or households with no internet access by characteristic (includes broadband and non-broadband packages)

Percentage of households with and without any type of internet access

  • With: 86%
  • Without: 14%

Type of internet connection

  • Dialup only: <1%
  • Broadband of any type: 86%
  • Cellular data only: 14%
  • Satellite: 8%

Individuals or households with no internet access by characteristic

  • <18: 7%
  • 18-64: 7%
  • 65+ adults: 9%

  • <$20,000: 36%
  • $20,000-$74,999: 16%
  • $75,000+: 5%

  • Black: 9%
  • Native American/Alaska Native: 10%
  • Asian: 3%
  • Mixed race: 5%
  • Hispanic or Latino: 10%
  • White: 5%

  • Employed: 6%
  • Unemployed: 7%

  • Less than high school: 14%
  • Some college or associate degree: 8%
  • Bachelor’s degree: 3%

Internet Speed in Top Texas Cities

City Avg. Download Speed No. of Providers
Houston 202.2 MBPS 48 Providers
San Antonio 188.2 MBPS 42 Providers
Dallas 231.4 MBPS 42 Providers
Austin 226.6 MBPS 41 Providers
Fort Worth 144.6 MBPS 37 Providers

Fastest Major Providers in Texas

Provider Avg. Download Speed
AT&T Internet 260.3 MBPS
Xfinity 232.8 MBPS
Spectrum 189.1 MBPS
Nextlink Internet 46.3 MBPS
Rise Broadband 23.6 MBPS

Metro & Rural County Coverage

County Name % Broadband Coverage
Coleman 46.1%
Comal 98.4%
Galveston 97.2%
Kaufman 68.8%
Kenedy 6.0%
Liberty 65.6%
McCulloch 27.1%
Marion 60.5%
Nolan 6.0%
Ochiltree 91.4%
Rains 12.3%
Roberts 65.8%
Stephens 1.0%
Trinity 82.9%
Ward 58.2%
Webb 98.9%
Brazoria 93.2%
Collingsworth 85.3%
Ellis 78.2%
Hidalgo 91.2%
Kleberg 84.9%
La Salle 69.1%
Lipscomb 85.4%
Orange 88.9%
Potter 29.3%
San Jacinto 69.9%
San Saba 82.4%
Somervell 88.7%
Titus 4.5%
Upshur 81.4%
Brooks 90.2%
Concho 44.4%
Edwards 48.5%
Guadalupe 89.5%
Harrison 85.5%
Hopkins 67.4%
Lubbock 90.2%
Mason 66.3%
Maverick 97.4%
Parmer 93.0%
Reeves 75.9%
Rockwall 98.2%
Anderson 61.0%
Aransas 96.8%
Castro 84.0%
Culberson 92.4%
DeWitt 56.1%
Hamilton 65.1%
Knox 100.0%
Mitchell 9.0%
Morris 86.8%
Schleicher 19.0%
Victoria 9.5%
Wise 51.5%
Zavala 72.5%
Camp 2.9%
Crane 93.8%
Eastland 37.9%
Fannin 42.1%
Fort Bend 95.6%
Glasscock 83.0%
Goliad 25.6%
Irion 45.1%
Jeff Davis 37.6%
Jefferson 94.1%
Midland 88.2%
Montgomery 75.0%
Sterling 50.5%
Wilbarger 93.9%
Willacy 94.3%
Williamson 81.4%
Archer 87.2%
Bexar 98.5%
Brown 64.3%
Cameron 93.1%
Cherokee 44.5%
Dawson 77.3%
Grayson 79.0%
Hansford 61.9%
Hutchinson 91.1%
Lee 55.0%
Martin 91.9%
Medina 54.1%
Motley 94.9%
Runnels 82.9%
Shelby 23.5%
Taylor 17.2%
Van Zandt 19.2%
Atascosa 50.0%
Brazos 9.5%
Brewster 86.0%
Coryell 81.8%
Gregg 85.0%
Haskell 97.1%
Howard 9.1%
Llano 84.6%
Oldham 85.2%
Panola 64.5%
Real 74.6%
Rusk 54.3%
Sabine 83.3%
Shackelford 20.9%
Sherman 95.5%
Young 84.0%
Bowie 97.5%
Chambers 88.4%
Colorado 62.7%
Donley 81.6%
Garza 95.3%
Hale 33.9%
Hudspeth 75.0%
Lampasas 99.9%
Live Oak 64.9%
Parker 62.7%
Refugio 70.9%
San Augustine 21.5%
Smith 7.9%
Bandera 55.6%
Calhoun 92.9%
Coke 44.6%
Dickens 98.5%
Ector 93.7%
El Paso 99.3%
Fisher 0.8%
Hays 95.6%
Hockley 85.5%
Houston 77.7%
Kerr 96.5%
Pecos 82.2%
Reagan 48.3%
Swisher 86.6%
Wharton 66.2%
Zapata 92.4%
Burleson 46.3%
Carson 69.7%
Childress 95.2%
Crockett 41.0%
Dallam 100.0%
Franklin 38.0%
Hall 80.2%
Hardeman 10.4%
Hemphill 83.4%
Jack 18.2%
Menard 35.4%
Wilson 64.3%
Yoakum 91.5%
Baylor 99.8%
Borden 64.1%
Callahan 86.7%
Deaf Smith 95.0%
Dimmit 84.7%
Henderson 47.5%
Kimble 63.3%
Leon 72.6%
Loving 58.5%
Mills 88.8%
Nacogdoches 6.7%
Presidio 47.1%
Tarrant 99.5%
Throckmorton 78.1%
Val Verde 98.1%
Waller 51.1%
Wood 40.7%
Collin 96.8%
Comanche 49.9%
Gaines 72.7%
Grimes 69.6%
Karnes 0.6%
Kendall 94.1%
Kent 90.7%
Kinney 0.0%
McLennan 88.7%
Madison 58.1%
Navarro 71.8%
Newton 36.5%
Palo Pinto 11.5%
Robertson 65.2%
San Patricio 90.7%
Starr 94.5%
Tyler 43.2%
Austin 60.9%
Burnet 86.8%
Cooke 48.2%
Duval 80.1%
Falls 35.9%
Fayette 79.3%
Frio 88.5%
Gonzales 51.0%
Hartley 97.2%
Hood 93.5%
Jim Hogg 0.8%
Jones 47.6%
Lynn 96.1%
Red River 85.5%
Tom Green 32.0%
Uvalde 85.8%
Walker 52.5%
Angelina 30.2%
Bee 80.9%
Bosque 47.3%
Briscoe 89.1%
Clay 51.5%
Delta 57.5%
Hardin 83.5%
King 85.0%
Matagorda 80.2%
Milam 26.6%
Moore 98.5%
Scurry 0.5%
Terry 93.0%
Andrews 90.1%
Bailey 83.6%
Bastrop 71.8%
Cass 62.9%
Crosby 94.7%
Denton 96.2%
Floyd 0.9%
Foard 100.0%
Gillespie 82.4%
Harris 96.8%
Jackson 74.2%
Jasper 37.6%
Lamar 48.8%
Lamb 89.7%
McMullen 70.4%
Montague 68.0%
Randall 60.4%
Stonewall 96.1%
Sutton 79.3%
Wheeler 39.1%
Wichita 87.7%
Winkler 60.5%
Armstrong 86.6%
Bell 96.6%
Blanco 26.5%
Caldwell 71.5%
Cochran 84.0%
Cottle 99.1%
Dallas 99.8%
Erath 75.3%
Freestone 79.4%
Gray 87.9%
Hill 45.2%
Hunt 53.3%
Jim Wells 80.4%
Johnson 91.4%
Lavaca 48.0%
Limestone 74.3%
Nueces 97.8%
Polk 84.5%
Terrell 90.0%
Travis 99.1%
Upton 12.7%
Washington 40.9%

Internet Providers By City in Texas

Abilene 14.7% 21 providers
Alamo 98.1% 17 providers
Alice 86.5% 14 providers
Allen 99.7% 25 providers
Alvarado 87.1% 20 providers
Alvin 92.0% 23 providers
Amarillo 45.8% 22 providers
Angleton 85.7% 20 providers
Argyle 99.2% 14 providers
Arlington 100.0% 26 providers
Athens 40.7% 14 providers
Aubrey 90.3% 20 providers
Austin 99.9% 41 providers
Azle 61.1% 19 providers
Balch Springs 99.6% 16 providers
Bastrop 72.2% 23 providers
Bay City 84.7% 15 providers
Baytown 95.8% 19 providers
Beaumont 90.2% 19 providers
Bedford 100.0% 18 providers
Beeville 88.9% 16 providers
Belton 97.4% 20 providers
Big Spring 5.6% 14 providers
Boerne 98.7% 16 providers
Brenham 47.6% 14 providers
Brownsville 99.1% 17 providers
Brownwood 73.8% 16 providers
Bryan 4.6% 23 providers
Buda 94.7% 19 providers
Burleson 99.8% 20 providers
Canyon 30.4% 14 providers
Carrollton 99.9% 23 providers
Cedar Hill 100.0% 17 providers
Cedar Park 100.0% 15 providers
Channelview 100.0% 15 providers
Cibolo 99.5% 16 providers
Cleburne 88.9% 23 providers
Cleveland 76.0% 18 providers
College Station 12.6% 22 providers
Colleyville 100.0% 19 providers
Conroe 55.8% 26 providers
Converse 99.6% 21 providers
Coppell 100.0% 18 providers
Copperas Cove 99.9% 16 providers
Corpus Christi 99.6% 24 providers
Corsicana 81.6% 16 providers
Crosby 90.5% 15 providers
Crowley 99.4% 22 providers
Cypress 99.3% 22 providers
Dallas 100.0% 42 providers
Dayton 61.7% 16 providers
Deer Park 99.9% 16 providers
Del Rio 98.3% 11 providers
Del Valle 99.3% 19 providers
Denison 93.6% 19 providers
Denton 99.1% 24 providers
Desoto 100.0% 18 providers
Dickinson 97.0% 17 providers
Donna 87.8% 16 providers
Duncanville 98.5% 17 providers
Eagle Pass 97.9% 12 providers
Edinburg 86.2% 21 providers
El Paso 99.4% 29 providers
Elgin 65.8% 17 providers
Ennis 72.6% 17 providers
Euless 100.0% 22 providers
Flower Mound 100.0% 20 providers
Forney 97.4% 19 providers
Fort Hood 100.0% 8 providers
Fort Worth 99.7% 37 providers
Fredericksburg 81.9% 19 providers
Fresno 88.4% 15 providers
Friendswood 98.0% 21 providers
Frisco 99.8% 22 providers
Fulshear 94.4% 16 providers
Gainesville 38.1% 16 providers
Galveston 98.0% 18 providers
Garland 100.0% 19 providers
Gatesville 51.2% 13 providers
Georgetown 7.8% 24 providers
Gilmer 96.3% 15 providers
Granbury 94.5% 17 providers
Grand Prairie 100.0% 21 providers
Grapevine 100.0% 18 providers
Greenville 80.1% 26 providers
Haltom City 100.0% 13 providers
Harker Heights 100.0% 13 providers
Harlingen 97.2% 19 providers
Haslet 94.9% 16 providers
Helotes 97.5% 16 providers
Henderson 36.2% 20 providers
Houston 97.4% 48 providers
Humble 95.6% 21 providers
Huntsville 55.7% 19 providers
Hurst 100.0% 20 providers
Hutto 88.6% 15 providers
Irving 100.0% 26 providers
Jacksonville 39.3% 15 providers
Katy 99.2% 25 providers
Keller 98.8% 18 providers
Kerrville 98.5% 20 providers
Kilgore 81.5% 18 providers
Killeen 99.7% 20 providers
Kingsville 88.1% 17 providers
Kingwood 56.4% 19 providers
Kyle 98.8% 16 providers
La Porte 99.1% 19 providers
Lake Jackson 99.9% 16 providers
Lancaster 98.2% 17 providers
Laredo 99.1% 19 providers
League City 98.7% 17 providers
Leander 98.5% 20 providers
Lewisville 100.0% 25 providers
Little Elm 98.3% 17 providers
Livingston 94.8% 13 providers
Longview 95.3% 25 providers
Los Fresnos 76.6% 16 providers
Lubbock 92.4% 27 providers
Lufkin 21.9% 14 providers
Mabank 39.9% 15 providers
Magnolia 98.6% 18 providers
Manor 89.0% 15 providers
Mansfield 99.8% 16 providers
Manvel 99.6% 16 providers
Marshall 84.4% 18 providers
Mcallen 99.9% 22 providers
Mckinney 99.2% 27 providers
Mercedes 71.7% 17 providers
Mesquite 99.9% 21 providers
Midland 88.1% 27 providers
Midlothian 96.2% 19 providers
Mission 89.3% 18 providers
Missouri City 99.8% 21 providers
Montgomery 68.6% 18 providers
Mount Pleasant 2.2% 16 providers
Nacogdoches 1.1% 17 providers
Nederland 99.8% 12 providers
New Braunfels 99.3% 20 providers
New Caney 70.7% 15 providers
North Richland Hills 100.0% 17 providers
Odessa 95.2% 22 providers
Orange 79.3% 12 providers
Palestine 68.9% 14 providers
Paris 64.0% 19 providers
Pasadena 95.7% 23 providers
Pearland 99.6% 22 providers
Pflugerville 98.3% 20 providers
Pharr 99.7% 18 providers
Plainview 22.7% 17 providers
Plano 100.0% 28 providers
Port Arthur 100.0% 13 providers
Porter 75.9% 15 providers
Princeton 71.0% 21 providers
Prosper 99.1% 21 providers
Red Oak 94.9% 19 providers
Richardson 100.0% 26 providers
Richmond 95.2% 22 providers
Rio Grande City 95.9% 13 providers
Roanoke 98.7% 20 providers
Robstown 77.6% 18 providers
Rockwall 98.8% 26 providers
Rosenberg 95.3% 19 providers
Rosharon 54.9% 18 providers
Round Rock 100.0% 22 providers
Rowlett 100.0% 21 providers
Royse City 86.3% 20 providers
Sachse 100.0% 18 providers
San Angelo 31.7% 17 providers
San Antonio 99.4% 42 providers
San Benito 80.2% 15 providers
San Juan 99.6% 17 providers
San Marcos 98.3% 20 providers
Schertz 99.6% 22 providers
Seabrook 99.8% 19 providers
Seguin 83.5% 15 providers
Sherman 93.1% 21 providers
Southlake 100.0% 16 providers
Spring 99.9% 27 providers
Stafford 98.1% 21 providers
Stephenville 79.9% 15 providers
Sugar Land 98.7% 26 providers
Sulphur Springs 76.6% 20 providers
Temple 94.7% 18 providers
Terrell 49.8% 22 providers
Texarkana 99.5% 14 providers
Texas City 98.3% 15 providers
The Colony 99.4% 18 providers
Tomball 99.2% 19 providers
Tyler 1.4% 25 providers
Victoria 6.6% 27 providers
Vidor 93.4% 12 providers
Waco 96.5% 22 providers
Waxahachie 83.1% 23 providers
Weatherford 75.8% 21 providers
Webster 94.7% 20 providers
Weslaco 93.0% 17 providers
Wichita Falls 95.5% 25 providers
Willis 6.8% 21 providers
Woodway 100.0% 17 providers
Wylie 99.6% 18 providers