The Census reports on their slick new broadband map…

The U.S. Census Bureau, in partnership with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), today announced the launch of the ACCESS BROADBAND Dashboard. …

The dashboard includes a series of maps showing different broadband access measures, as well as economic characteristics that research suggests could be influenced by increased access to broadband. Maps display statistics on employment, small business establishments, wages and income, poverty, home values, population change and migration, educational attainment, and gross domestic product (GDP).

You can zoom into get data at the county level and the data will be updated annually. Here are items tracked:

• Households with a broadband subscription:
• Population with access to broadband services of at least 25/3 Mbps:
• Employed:
• Labor force participation:
• Unemployed:
• Annual change in employment:
• Workers self-employed:
• Workers that work from home:
• Weekly wage:
• Median household income:
• Poverty (SAIPE):
• Poverty (ACS):
• Establishment entry rate:
• Annual change in establishments with less than 20 employees:
• Annual change in establishments with less than 500 employees:
• Annual change in Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP):
• Median home value:
• Annual change in population:
• Net migration rate (per 1,000 population):
• Population with a bachelor’s degree or higher:
• High school-aged population not enrolled, not a graduate:

It’s great to see the subscription rate. It’s frustrating to not see access to broadband at speeds of 100/20 or higher.