I’ll start with an important caveat; the Minnesota BEAD Final Proposal has not yet been approved. Subsequently, the information based on that latest proposal is subject to change. The Office of Broadband Development (OBD) gave a nice overview of what’s happening with BEAD and more yesterday. It sounds as if approval is expected any day now.

OBD has posted a spreadsheet of locations slated to get BEAD funding by county and by provider/mode of broadband. Below is the highest-level look at how many locations will be served in each county. (Or you can visit the OBD site for more information or check out the spreadsheet I have downloaded on Dec 18, 2025.) I was tempted to rank the counties but because not all options are the same, it’s not a apples-to-apples comparison. When you look at your own county, you want to see what types of broadband and what companies are proposed to serve your area.