Insights
Articles that follow one question across the country, built from the same dated federal data as the rest of the site.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_state_20m. Darker states are higher; DC is the dot. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
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| State | Fiber available: change since June 30, 2022 |
|---|---|
| Maine | 48.4 pts |
| Hawaii | 41.7 pts |
| Wyoming | 41.3 pts |
| New Hampshire | 39.6 pts |
| Vermont | 38.9 pts |
| Louisiana | 36.3 pts |
| Oklahoma | 35.7 pts |
| Kansas | 35.0 pts |
| Connecticut | 34.7 pts |
| Alabama | 34.2 pts |
| Utah | 34.1 pts |
| Mississippi | 34.0 pts |
| Arkansas | 33.2 pts |
| Iowa | 33.0 pts |
| West Virginia | 33.0 pts |
| North Carolina | 32.4 pts |
| Colorado | 31.7 pts |
| South Carolina | 31.3 pts |
| Missouri | 31.2 pts |
| Indiana | 30.4 pts |
| Wisconsin | 30.3 pts |
| Florida | 30.2 pts |
| Georgia | 29.9 pts |
| Tennessee | 28.9 pts |
| Texas | 28.8 pts |
| Ohio | 28.5 pts |
| Minnesota | 28.2 pts |
| Kentucky | 28.1 pts |
| Nebraska | 27.3 pts |
| Arizona | 27.2 pts |
| Michigan | 25.9 pts |
| Illinois | 23.9 pts |
| Montana | 23.5 pts |
| South Dakota | 22.9 pts |
| Nevada | 22.2 pts |
| Virginia | 22.0 pts |
| North Dakota | 21.3 pts |
| New Mexico | 19.2 pts |
| Pennsylvania | 18.7 pts |
| New York | 18.1 pts |
| Idaho | 17.3 pts |
| Oregon | 16.1 pts |
| California | 13.8 pts |
| Maryland | 12.8 pts |
| Washington | 11.3 pts |
| Alaska | 10.9 pts |
| Massachusetts | 10.7 pts |
| Delaware | 10.0 pts |
| New Jersey | 8.1 pts |
| Rhode Island | 6.7 pts |
| District of Columbia | 0.9 pts |
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Sources
- FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Availability as of June 30, 2026; released November 10, 2026. broadbandmap.fcc.gov
- Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_state_20m. www2.census.gov
How every figure is built: methodology. Found an error? Write to [email protected]; corrections are listed on the updates page.