How does the MINNESOTA Broadband map rank your MN county for broadband access to 100 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up? (2025)

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In preparation for the 2025 County Broadband Profiles, I’m looking at the county ranking for broadband access. I am looking at STATE and NATIONAL data. (Read more about why.)

Below is information from the Minnesota maps. There are three posts looking at:

I looked at percentage of households with access to broadband at speeds of at least 25 Mbps down and 3 Mbps up (in an earlier post) because the state goal is to have all Minnesota businesses and homes must have access to high-speed broadband with minimum download speeds of 100 Mbps and minimum upload speeds of 20 Mbps by 2026.”

Here are the top ranked counties:

county 100/20 10020 rank
Red Lake 100 1
Lac qui Parle 99.94 2
Ramsey 99.92 3
Stevens 99.91 4
Rock 99.91 4
Hennepin 99.64 6
Beltrami 99.6 7
Pope 99.53 8
Lincoln 99.48 9
Pennington 99.44 10

Here are the bottom ranked counties:

county 100/20 10020 rank
Cottonwood 73.21 78
Yellow Medicine 72.93 79
Jackson 72.89 80
Renville 71.78 81
Watonwan 71.32 82
Pine 71.29 83
Cass 70.59 84
Todd 63.35 85
Sibley 61.19 86
Murray 57.44 87

Congratulations to the most improved counties, based on ranking. Some of these leaps are inspiring. Below are the most improved with by number of places improved.

county 2025

2024

 delta
Kanabec 51 87 46
Isanti 39 79 40
Grant 4 38 34
Wilkin 10 30 20
Aitkin 56 75 18
Morrison 49 59 10
Mille Lacs 57 67 10
Kittson 15 23 8
Le Sueur 58 64 8
Norman 20 27 7
Waseca 66 73 7

Below is the complete list:

county 100/20 10020 rank
Red Lake 100 1
Lac qui Parle 99.94 2
Ramsey 99.92 3
Stevens 99.91 4
Rock 99.91 4
Hennepin 99.64 6
Beltrami 99.6 7
Pope 99.53 8
Lincoln 99.48 9
Pennington 99.44 10
Wadena 99.32 11
Kittson 98.82 12
Big Stone 98.81 13
Swift 98.7 14
Polk 98.7 14
Clearwater 98.37 16
Carver 97.85 17
Anoka 97.82 18
Benton 97.54 19
Dakota 97.39 20
Hubbard 97.35 21
Washington 96.97 22
Marshall 96.95 23
Roseau 96.72 24
Itasca 96.17 25
Olmsted 96.16 26
Faribault 95.77 27
Scott 95.6 28
Grant 95.54 29
Sherburne 95.11 30
Wilkin 94.99 31
Crow Wing 94.83 32
Chippewa 93.64 33
Clay 93.61 34
Cook 92.97 35
Lake of the Woods 91.79 36
Stearns 91.07 37
Isanti 90.69 38
Redwood 90.5 39
Otter Tail 90.16 40
Winona 89.67 41
Dodge 88.86 42
Freeborn 88.72 43
Wright 88.01 44
Traverse 87.4 45
Mower 87.19 46
Morrison 87.02 47
Pipestone 86.3 48
Kanabec 86.16 49
Aitkin 86.13 50
Lyon 85.89 51
Nobles 85.58 52
Houston 85.51 53
Steele 85.5 54
Douglas 85.49 55
Le Sueur 85.29 56
Becker 84.4 57
Waseca 84.34 58
Brown 84.13 59
Mille Lacs 84.06 60
Chisago 83.98 61
Rice 83.95 62
Meeker 81.4 63
McLeod 81.33 64
St. Louis 81.23 65
Nicollet 80.91 66
Kandiyohi 80.69 67
Blue Earth 80.52 68
Lake 80.02 69
Mahnomen 79.83 70
Koochiching 79.7 71
Goodhue 79.15 72
Fillmore 78.93 73
Martin 77.22 74
Wabasha 74.86 75
Carlton 74.04 76
Norman 73.33 77
Cottonwood 73.21 78
Yellow Medicine 72.93 79
Jackson 72.89 80
Renville 71.78 81
Watonwan 71.32 82
Pine 71.29 83
Cass 70.59 84
Todd 63.35 85
Sibley 61.19 86
Murray 57.44 87
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Librarian who follows rural broadband in MN and good uses of new technology (blandinonbroadband.org), hosts a radio show on MN music (mostlyminnesota.com), supports people experiencing homelessness in Minnesota (elimstrongtowershelters.org) and helps with social justice issues through Women’s March MN.

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