How does the NATIONAL Broadband map rank your MN county for broadband access to 25 Mbps down and 3 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 National/FCC maps. There are three posts looking at:

Notes on Ranking for 25/3

I look at percentage of households with access to broadband at speeds of at least 25 Mbps down and 3 Mbps up because the state goal was “by 2022, all Minnesota businesses and homes must have access to high-speed broadband with minimum download speeds of 25 Mbps and minimum upload speeds of 3 Mbps.”

As you can see below, most of the counties have more than 90 percent access at this speed. Not being having access to 90 percent is a red flag.

county 25/3 25/3 rank
Red Lake 100 1
Pennington 100 1
Freeborn 100 1
Wilkin 100 1
Steele 100 1
Dodge 100 1
Waseca 100 1
Murray 100 1
Chippewa 100 1
Watonwan 100 1
Pipestone 100 1
Nobles 100 1
Martin 100 1
Lyon 100 1
Jackson 99.98 15
Yellow Medicine 99.97 16
Stevens 99.96 17
Ramsey 99.96 17
Traverse 99.96 17
Lac qui Parle 99.95 20
Cottonwood 99.93 21
Grant 99.92 22
Carver 99.9 23
Hennepin 99.87 24
Swift 99.86 25
Kandiyohi 99.86 25
Pope 99.85 27
Polk 99.84 28
Clay 99.82 29
Dakota 99.75 30
Mower 99.65 31
Renville 99.63 32
Scott 99.57 33
Wadena 99.52 34
Blue Earth 99.5 35
Clearwater 99.44 36
Beltrami 99.43 37
Rice 99.4 38
Olmsted 99.36 39
Anoka 99.32 40
McLeod 99.28 41
Meeker 99.2 42
Nicollet 99.18 43
Kittson 99.14 44
Brown 99.12 45
Washington 99.06 46
Faribault 98.89 47
Rock 98.77 48
Le Sueur 98.49 49
Hubbard 98.37 50
Marshall 98.36 51
Redwood 98.29 52
Stearns 98.18 53
Big Stone 97.97 54
Benton 97.62 55
Sherburne 97.54 56
Norman 97.2 57
Crow Wing 96.89 58
Otter Tail 96.69 59
Sibley 96.67 60
Morrison 96.62 61
Mille Lacs 96.48 62
Winona 96.32 63
Goodhue 96.3 64
Itasca 96.24 65
Roseau 96.21 66
Wright 95.81 67
Douglas 95.31 68
Becker 94.6 69
Fillmore 94.3 70
Cook 93.04 71
Lake of the Woods 91.41 72
Cass 91.31 73
Isanti 90.4 74
Houston 89.61 75
Chisago 89.57 76
Wabasha 88.42 77
Aitkin 87.31 78
Lake 86.07 79
St. Louis 85.37 80
Mahnomen 84.69 81
Carlton 84.45 82
Lincoln 81.62 83
Kanabec 81.38 84
Todd 79.47 85
Koochiching 78.38 86
Pine 76.7 87

You can also check out county maps of coverage. The darker the color, the better the coverage.

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About Ann Treacy

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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