Internet Access in Washington: Stats & Figures

INTERNET ACCESS IN Washington

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Washington Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

94%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

44.7

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

15th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

95.0%

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

92.5%

of Washingtonians have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

23.1%

of Washingtonians have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

98.2%

of Washingtonians have access to wireline service.

33.7%

of Washingtonians have access to fiber-optic service.

91.0%

of Washingtonians have access to cable service.

92.3%

of Washingtonians have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

99.9%

of Washingtonians have access to mobile broadband service.

45.2%

of Washingtonians have access to fixed wireless service.

Largest Competing Providers In Washington

CenturyLink vs Xfinity

Frontier vs Xfinity

Spectrum vs CenturyLink

Spectrum vs Frontier

Xfinity vs FairPoint

Top 5 Fastest cities in Washington

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Nine Mile Falls	409.7 MBPS	18 Providers
2.	Mukilteo	117.3 MBPS	15 Providers
3.	Mercer Island	104.9 MBPS	16 Providers
4.	Toutle	101.9 MBPS	11 Providers
5.	Grapeview	91.0 MBPS	13 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Washington

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
XFINITY from Comcast	57.7 MBPS
Charter Spectrum	35.1 MBPS
CenturyLink	29.0 MBPS
Frontier Communications	25.7 MBPS
Startouch	8.7 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, Washington State Broadband Project has been awarded $7,314,042 in federal grants for Washington's Broadband Initiative.
Another $166,058,182, accounting for 4.8% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in Washington.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 90.4% to 97.3% of Washingtonians.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 240 internet providers in Washington.
There are 357,000 people in Washington without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 514,000 people in Washington that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 127,000 people in Washington 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.

Washington CITIES


Aberdeen	98.9%	13 providers
Airway Heights	63.8%	16 providers
Anacortes	99.1%	15 providers
Arlington	82.1%	15 providers
Auburn	99.4%	22 providers
Bainbridge Island	100.0%	13 providers
Battle Ground	91.0%	13 providers
Belfair	88.4%	14 providers
Bellevue	99.6%	23 providers
Bellingham	99.1%	17 providers
Benton City	68.6%	16 providers
Black Diamond	95.2%	11 providers
Blaine	88.6%	13 providers
Bonney Lake	98.8%	12 providers
Bothell	99.6%	19 providers
Bow	84.7%	13 providers
Bremerton	98.9%	19 providers
Brewster	10.4%	14 providers
Brush Prairie	96.2%	14 providers
Buckley	98.5%	11 providers
Burlington	96.5%	15 providers
Camano Island	98.3%	12 providers
Camas	99.0%	16 providers
Carnation	96.2%	12 providers
Cashmere	91.4%	12 providers
Castle Rock	89.7%	12 providers
Centralia	93.5%	17 providers
Chattaroy	95.3%	18 providers
Chehalis	68.0%	16 providers
Chelan	83.6%	15 providers
Cheney	79.8%	16 providers
Chewelah	100.0%	11 providers
Clarkston	97.3%	13 providers
Cle Elum	60.9%	13 providers
Clinton	100.0%	13 providers
Colbert	73.9%	18 providers
Colfax	72.1%	15 providers
College Place	100.0%	16 providers
Colville	100.0%	13 providers
Concrete	90.4%	11 providers
Connell	1.8%	13 providers
Coupeville	96.5%	14 providers
Davenport	98.8%	10 providers
Deer Park	97.5%	16 providers
Dupont	100.0%	9 providers
Duvall	94.7%	15 providers
East Wenatchee	98.5%	13 providers
Eatonville	70.7%	11 providers
Edmonds	99.8%	17 providers
Elk	100.0%	18 providers
Ellensburg	92.9%	13 providers
Elma	74.2%	12 providers
Enumclaw	92.2%	11 providers
Ephrata	100.0%	16 providers
Everett	99.2%	21 providers
Everson	84.5%	13 providers
Fall City	95.3%	11 providers
Federal Way	99.0%	16 providers
Ferndale	91.4%	13 providers
Forks	38.4%	9 providers
Freeland	100.0%	12 providers
Friday Harbor	93.4%	11 providers
Gig Harbor	96.9%	16 providers
Gold Bar	89.5%	10 providers
Goldendale	0.0%	14 providers
Graham	98.5%	13 providers
Grandview	78.2%	13 providers
Granger	75.0%	12 providers
Granite Falls	90.5%	13 providers
Greenacres	96.6%	20 providers
Hoquiam	89.3%	13 providers
Issaquah	99.8%	18 providers
Kalama	93.9%	11 providers
Kelso	94.0%	13 providers
Kenmore	99.5%	13 providers
Kennewick	99.3%	20 providers
Kent	98.6%	22 providers
Kettle Falls	100.0%	12 providers
Kingston	94.4%	11 providers
Kirkland	99.9%	17 providers
La Center	77.5%	16 providers
La Conner	90.8%	11 providers
Lacey	99.1%	15 providers
Lake Stevens	98.9%	11 providers
Lakebay	94.0%	12 providers
Lakewood	98.9%	14 providers
Langley	100.0%	13 providers
Leavenworth	75.0%	12 providers
Liberty Lake	96.2%	20 providers
Longview	98.9%	14 providers
Lynden	92.6%	13 providers
Lynnwood	99.7%	23 providers
Mabton	67.5%	12 providers
Maple Valley	99.1%	13 providers
Marysville	95.7%	19 providers
Mattawa	59.7%	11 providers
Mead	89.4%	18 providers
Medical Lake	93.2%	16 providers
Mercer Island	99.9%	16 providers
Milton	94.6%	13 providers
Monroe	94.2%	14 providers
Montesano	89.7%	11 providers
Moses Lake	99.6%	15 providers
Mount Vernon	93.8%	13 providers
Mountlake Terrace	99.9%	16 providers
Moxee	80.6%	13 providers
Mukilteo	99.9%	15 providers
Naches	18.3%	15 providers
Newman Lake	96.6%	15 providers
Newport	100.0%	13 providers
Nine Mile Falls	89.8%	18 providers
North Bend	98.7%	11 providers
Oak Harbor	98.4%	13 providers
Ocean Park	98.0%	11 providers
Ocean Shores	74.6%	11 providers
Okanogan	76.2%	11 providers
Olalla	99.5%	11 providers
Olympia	98.9%	20 providers
Omak	72.8%	12 providers
Onalaska	42.6%	12 providers
Oroville	49.7%	12 providers
Orting	96.0%	11 providers
Othello	15.1%	16 providers
Otis Orchards	99.9%	15 providers
Pacific	100.0%	11 providers
Pasco	96.5%	19 providers
Port Angeles	89.6%	13 providers
Port Ludlow	97.9%	10 providers
Port Orchard	98.2%	15 providers
Port Townsend	97.2%	10 providers
Poulsbo	96.9%	14 providers
Prosser	63.2%	16 providers
Pullman	88.8%	15 providers
Puyallup	99.9%	25 providers
Quincy	79.8%	20 providers
Rainier	98.9%	9 providers
Raymond	79.0%	9 providers
Redmond	99.4%	19 providers
Renton	99.4%	21 providers
Richland	99.1%	23 providers
Ridgefield	97.1%	18 providers
Rochester	92.0%	11 providers
Roy	90.5%	12 providers
Royal City	7.9%	13 providers
Sammamish	99.8%	17 providers
Seabeck	94.9%	11 providers
Seattle	98.8%	28 providers
Sedro Woolley	91.4%	13 providers
Selah	97.4%	15 providers
Sequim	91.7%	14 providers
Shelton	94.7%	13 providers
Silverdale	94.8%	17 providers
Snohomish	98.5%	14 providers
Snoqualmie	95.1%	13 providers
Soap Lake	100.0%	16 providers
Spanaway	99.8%	12 providers
Spokane	97.7%	25 providers
Stanwood	89.5%	13 providers
Steilacoom	79.9%	10 providers
Sultan	95.9%	11 providers
Sumner	99.8%	15 providers
Sunnyside	81.7%	13 providers
Tacoma	98.2%	24 providers
Tenino	99.8%	11 providers
Toledo	99.9%	11 providers
Tonasket	41.4%	14 providers
Toppenish	74.5%	13 providers
University Place	99.9%	14 providers
Vancouver	99.4%	25 providers
Vashon	99.3%	12 providers
Veradale	99.8%	20 providers
Walla Walla	99.9%	17 providers
Wapato	56.5%	15 providers
Warden	8.2%	15 providers
Washougal	80.7%	14 providers
Wenatchee	98.8%	14 providers
West Richland	92.7%	16 providers
White Salmon	78.2%	13 providers
Winlock	12.8%	13 providers
Woodinville	99.5%	18 providers
Woodland	77.4%	17 providers
Yacolt	20.0%	12 providers
Yakima	94.3%	18 providers
Yelm	99.2%	10 providers
Zillah	59.7%	13 providers

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Last Updated on 3/6/2019.

Broadband Service in Washington