Mississippi internet, where the unserved list shrank fastest
Fiber is available at 71.2% of the 1,325,975 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Mississippi, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 87.5%. 45.7% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 41.8% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
South region, East South Central division
In June 2022, 22.1%2 of Mississippi's homes and businesses had no reliable service of even 25/3 Mbps; four years later the share was 1.1%1, the steepest fall of any state. The map changed in two ways at once: electric cooperatives built fiber in the northeast and on the coast, and one fixed wireless network now reports 100/20 Mbps across most of the state. Parts of the Delta and the southwest still have no wired 100/20 offer.
C Spire, AT&T and the rest of the provider list
One company reports service almost everywhere in Mississippi. As of June 30, 2026, C Spire lists 93.0% of the state's 1.3 million broadband serviceable locations, and at 92.9% it advertises 100/20 Mbps or more. Its footprint is mostly radio: it reports fiber at 17.2% of the state's locations and licensed fixed wireless across most of the rest. AT&T is second at 62.1%, with fiber at 26.7% and copper DSL across much of the remainder, so it offers 100/20 at only 28.5%1. A listing means a provider reports it can install service within ten business days; anyone can challenge it on the FCC map.
| C Spire | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 93.0% | 92.9% | 10 Gbps | 2.1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 62.1% | 28.5% | 5 Gbps | 1.5% |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 55.7% | 14.6% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 33.0% | 13.8% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Xfinity | Fiber Cable | 27.4% | 27.4% | 2 Gbps | 7.6% |
| Sparklight | Fiber Cable | 18.5% | 18.5% | 1 Gbps | 5.0% |
| Buckeye Cablesystem | Fiber Cable | 7.8% | 7.8% | 10 Gbps | 2.0% |
| CoastConnect | Fiber | 5.0% | 5.0% | 2 Gbps | 1.3% |
| Singing River Connect | Fiber | 4.9% | 4.9% | 2 Gbps | 1.3% |
| Tombigbee Fiber, LLC | Fiber | 3.3% | 3.3% | 2 Gbps | 1.3% |
| defastlink | Fiber | 2.9% | 2.9% | 1 Gbps | 1.7% |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Share of the area's broadband serviceable locations where the provider reports service as of June 30, 2026. "Only wired option" is the share of locations where it is the single wired provider at 100/20 Mbps. Provider-reported and challengeable; speeds are advertised maximums, not measured; no prices. Satellite providers (HughesNet, Starlink, Viasat) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
Cable is thinner here than in almost any state: it reaches 56.0% of locations, the 4th lowest share, against 80.3% nationally. Xfinity covers metro Jackson and the Memphis suburbs in DeSoto County, Sparklight much of the coast, and Buckeye Cablesystem part of the northeast. Where they are the only wired 100/20 provider, the shares are small: 7.6% of locations for Xfinity and 5.0%1 for Sparklight.
Two wires around the cities, one elsewhere
Choice is concentrated in the metro counties. 45.7% of Mississippi locations have two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps, the 15th lowest share, against 55.6% nationally; 41.8% have exactly one and 12.5% none. The coast leads: in Jackson County, where C Spire, AT&T and Sparklight overlap, the share with two or more is 91.5%, and in DeSoto County it is 83.4%. In Jackson, the capital, it is 53.4%1, up from 28.5%2 in 2022.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Different wired providers (fiber, cable or DSL; FCC provider IDs) reporting 100 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up or more at the same location. Fixed wireless and satellite are not counted.
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| Area | None | One | Two | Three or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 12.5% | 41.8% | 31.6% | 14.0% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
Some of that competition is fiber against fiber. Two or more fiber networks overlap at 20.2% of locations, the 8th highest1 share among the states, up from 5.3%2 in 2022.
The unserved share fell further than in any other state
In the first location-based map, as of June 30, 2022, 22.1% of Mississippi's locations were unserved: no reliable service of at least 25/3 Mbps. By June 30, 2026 the share was 1.1%. That fall of 20.9 percentage points is the largest of any state; nationally the share fell by 5.0 percentage points. The share without any terrestrial 100/20 offer dropped from 27.2%2 to 1.5%1.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2022; FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of December 31, 2025; FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Shares of broadband serviceable locations in each FCC release (latest revision of each); the small number is the change in percentage points since June 30, 2022. The FCC's count of locations is updated with each release, so shares are compared rather than counts.
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| Measure | June 30, 2022 | December 31, 2025 | June 30, 2026 | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unserved | 22.1% | 4.2% | 1.1% | −20.9 pts |
| Fixed wireless 100/20 | 6.6% | 73.3% | 84.7% | 78.1 pts |
| Wired 100/20 Mbps | 72.4% | 86.6% | 87.5% | 15.1 pts |
| Fiber available | 37.2% | 68.8% | 71.2% | 34.0 pts |
| Fixed wireless only at 100/20 | 0.4% | 7.9% | 11.1% | 10.7 pts |
Two things moved at once. Wired service of 100/20 Mbps rose from 72.4% to 87.5% of locations, the 2nd highest gain among the states, and fiber from 37.2% to 71.2%. The larger jump was in radio. The share where a licensed fixed wireless provider advertises 100/20 Mbps went from 6.6%2 to 84.7%, the highest in the country, against 47.9%1 nationally. Part of that arrived in the latest filing: in December 2025 the share was 73.3%3. Under NTIA's BEAD rules, licensed fixed wireless counts as reliable service, so a location it reaches at 25/3 or more is no longer unserved.
A radio link at 100 Mbps
C Spire's filing is the main source of that radio coverage. It reports licensed fixed wireless at 1.0 million Mississippi locations, every one of them at 100/20, with a maximum advertised download of 100 Mbps1. Across the four states where it reports service, C Spire's footprint grew by 1,210,6522 locations since June 2022, +196,4733 of them since December 2025.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Share of broadband serviceable locations where at least one provider reports the technology, at any speed; a location can have several. Satellite is reported almost everywhere and is left out.
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| Technology | Mississippi | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 71.2% | 62.6% |
| Cable | 56.0% | 80.3% |
| DSL (copper) | 47.6% | 36.2% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 95.3% | 87.3% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 0.9% | 19.7% |
T-Mobile and Verizon, the national 5G home internet networks, report service at 55.7% and 33.0% of locations, but each offers 100/20 at fewer than one in five (14.6% and 13.8%). Licensed fixed wireless in any form is reported at 95.3% of locations, a share that ranks the highest1 among the states.
The consequence is a large group of homes and businesses where 100/20 Mbps is on offer only over the air. At 146,767 locations, 11.1% of the state, fixed wireless is the only way to get that speed without satellite, up from 0.4% in 2022 and the 4th highest share in the country. The speed tiers show it too: at 10.7%1 of locations the best offer tops out between 100 Mbps and 250 Mbps, a tier that barely existed in 2022 (0.8%2).
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Maximum advertised download speed (Mbps) of any wired or fixed wireless offer at the location, as reported by providers to the FCC; satellite excluded. Advertised, not measured.
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| Area | Under 25 Mbps or none | 25–99 | 100–249 | 250–499 | 500–939 | 940–1,999 | 2,000 or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 1.2% | 0.3% | 10.7% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 35.0% | 52.3% |
| United States | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 31.0% | 61.0% |
Electric cooperatives wired the northeast and the coast
The Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act, signed in January 2019, let the state's electric cooperatives own or operate broadband systems through affiliates. By late 2022 the Lieutenant Governor's office reported cooperative-owned subsidiaries serving customers across the state. Two of the largest on the FCC list are CoastConnect, owned by Coast Electric, which reports fiber at 5.0% of the state's locations, and Singing River Connect, owned by Singing River Electric, at 4.9%1. Both report fiber at every location they list.
Other local fiber networks show up county by county. Tombigbee Fiber reports 3.3% of the state's locations; in Union County, ACE Fiber reaches 60.8% of locations, in Tishomingo County Tishomingo Connect reaches 97.9%, and in Prentiss County Prentiss Connect 88.7%. In Walthall County, on the Louisiana line, fiber rose by 93.7 percentage points since 2022, the largest gain of any county, and Conexon Connect reports 82.3%1 of its locations.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
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| Area | Fiber available |
|---|---|
| Tishomingo County | 99.8% |
| Alcorn County | 99.7% |
| Prentiss County | 99.1% |
| Union County | 97.4% |
| Jackson County | 96.7% |
| Walthall County | 93.9% |
| Mississippi | 71.2% |
| United States | 62.6% |
| Simpson County | 23.4% |
| Washington County | 12.1% |
| Claiborne County | 9.2% |
| Yazoo County | 1.5% |
Across the state, fiber gained 34.0 percentage points in four years, the 12th highest rise among the states; in 15 of the 824 counties it gained 50 percentage points or more. The number of companies reporting fiber in Mississippi grew from 332 to 431.
The Delta and the southwest: radio instead of wire
Where the new fiber did not reach, the wired map has holes. Yazoo County has fiber at 1.5% of its 11,106 locations and changed by +0.8 percentage points since 2022. Washington County, around Greenville, has fiber at 12.1%, but with Optimum cable reported at 64.0% of locations, wired 100/20 reaches 81.9%. The one clear fall in fiber's share is in Tippah County, in the north, at −8.7 percentage points, though fiber there still reaches 88.5%1 of locations.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. Darker counties have larger gaps. Point at a county for its value; the county table has every figure. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
In a band of southwestern and central counties, fixed wireless is the only route to 100/20 for most locations. In Simpson County, southeast of Jackson, that is true at 74.7% of locations, and only 24.1% have a wired 100/20 offer. Jefferson County (69.3%), Issaquena County (66.7%) and Claiborne County (59.2%1) follow.
| Area | Fixed wireless only at 100/20 | Wired 100/20 Mbps | Fiber available | Fixed wireless 100/20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simpson County, Mississippi | 74.7% | 24.1% | 23.4% | 88.3% |
| Jefferson County, Mississippi | 69.3% | 25.1% | 25.1% | 93.4% |
| Issaquena County, Mississippi | 66.7% | 29.4% | 29.4% | 86.2% |
| Claiborne County, Mississippi | 59.2% | 9.5% | 9.2% | 67.8% |
| Yazoo County, Mississippi | 45.1% | 47.1% | 1.5% | 92.0% |
| Mississippi | 11.1% | 87.5% | 71.2% | 84.7% |
| United States | 3.6% | 92.3% | 62.6% | 47.9% |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
In Claiborne County no location has two wired providers at 100/20, and wired 100/20 reaches only 9.5%1, the lowest share of any county.
Benton, Claiborne and Marshall: the last unserved locations
The unserved share, locations without even reliable 25/3 service, is highest in Benton County, on the Tennessee line: 34.8% of its 4,676 locations, and satellite is the only service reported at 22.3%. Claiborne County, in the southwest, comes next at 22.5%. Marshall County, Benton's neighbor, is third at 15.2%, even though fiber reaches 74.8% of its locations, led by Northcentral Connect at 44.3%. Statewide, 8,0101 locations have satellite as their only option.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. Darker counties have larger gaps. Point at a county for its value; the county table has every figure. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
BEAD in Mississippi: mostly fiber, most of the money unassigned
Mississippi's BEAD plan leans on fiber more than most. Of its $1.20 billion5 allocation from the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, the approved Final Proposal covers 93,283 locations at a BEAD cost of $508.4 million, or $5,450 per location; providers committed $321.6 million more. Fiber is assigned to 85.0% of the locations, the 5th highest fiber share of any state plan, low-Earth-orbit satellite to 14.4%6, and fixed wireless to none.
Source: NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs. Locations in the state's approved BEAD Final Proposal by technology of the selected projects, as printed in NTIA's Final Proposal overview; subject to NTIA and NIST final review and award.
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| Technology | Share of BEAD locations |
|---|---|
| Fiber | 85.0% |
| Cable | 0.6% |
| Fixed wireless | 0.0% |
| Low-Earth-orbit satellite | 14.4% |
$695.2 million6 of the allocation is not assigned to construction in the plan; its use was not settled as of November 2026. The program is run by the state's Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi office, which also ran the challenge process. Earlier federal money is listed below, including $162.6 million7 from the Treasury's Capital Projects Fund and RDOF support for 121,2178 locations reported as built.
| Program | Amount | As of |
|---|---|---|
| BEAD allocation (NTIA, announced June 26, 2023) | $1,203,561,563 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: locations to be connected | 93,283 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: deployment cost | $508,353,205 | |
| BEAD cost per location | $5,450 | |
| BEAD allocation not assigned to deployment | $695,208,358 | |
| Treasury Capital Projects Fund allocation | $162,609,351 | |
| RDOF: locations built with support (cumulative) | 121,217 | |
| USDA ReConnect grants reported to USAspending | $54,770,777 | |
| Lifeline subscribers claimed | 62,956 | |
| Lifeline participation rate | 23.0% | |
| Households in the Affordable Connectivity Program, February 2024 | 244,280 |
Source: NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Award Recipients pages; NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs; Department of the Treasury, Capital Projects Fund Awards Made to States, Territories, and Freely Associated States, to date; USAC, CAF Disbursements and Locations Data; Department of the Treasury, spending_by_award API for Assistance Listings 10.752; Universal Service Administrative Co., Lifeline Disbursements; USAC, Lifeline participation rate; USAC, ACP Enrollments by County as of February 8, 2024. BEAD figures are as printed in NTIA's Final Proposal overview, subject to final review; "not assigned to deployment" is the allocation minus the deployment cost (NTIA calls it savings; how it may be used is not settled). The ACP stopped taking applications on February 8, 2024 and ended on June 1, 2024.
Phones instead of home lines
Coverage has run ahead of subscriptions. In the Census Bureau's 2025 survey, 68.6% of Mississippi households subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (margin of error ±0.9 percentage points), a share that ranks tied for 2nd lowest among the states. 16.1% relied only on a cellular data plan (±0.7 percentage points), the 2nd highest share, and 8.9%13 had no internet subscription at all. The survey counts households over a year and the FCC counts locations on one date, so the two sets of figures cannot be subtracted.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables. Availability is a share of locations as of June 30, 2026 (FCC); subscriptions are a share of households from the American Community Survey, 2025 (whiskers: 90% margin of error). Different units and dates: read the gap as a sign, not an exact number.
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| Measure | Share | MOE |
|---|---|---|
| Wired 100/20 Mbps available (FCC, share of locations) | 87.5% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 68.6% | ±0.9 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 16.1% | ±0.7 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 8.9% | ±0.6 |
The gap has narrowed. In 2019 the same survey put wired subscriptions at 49.6% and the share with no subscription at 23.0%14. Income still separates households: 79.8% of those earning under $20,000 had a broadband subscription of any kind, against 96.4%13 of those earning $75,000 or more. In NTIA's 2023 Internet Use Survey, 21.7%15 of Mississippi households that did not go online at home named cost as the main reason.
Every Mississippi county and city
| Adams County | 14,684 | 39.5% | 78.4% | 39.0% | 0.8% | C Spire | 58.1% ±3.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcorn County | 16,488 | 99.7% | 99.9% | 59.7% | 0.0% | First Light Fiber, LLC dba ACE Fiber | 59.2% ±3.5 |
| Amite County | 8,035 | 34.3% | 34.3% | 7.1% | 6.9% | C Spire | 27.7% ±5.3 |
| Attala County | 8,765 | 30.4% | 54.4% | 17.0% | 14.4% | AT&T | 47.7% ±5.0 |
| Benton County | 4,676 | 52.0% | 55.5% | 10.8% | 34.8% | AT&T | 39.5% ±5.7 |
| Bolivar County | 14,945 | 50.4% | 87.0% | 35.2% | 0.0% | C Spire | 55.1% ±3.8 |
| Calhoun County | 7,917 | 91.3% | 94.9% | 44.7% | 0.0% | NT Spark LLC | 58.3% ±4.2 |
| Carroll County | 5,420 | 90.6% | 96.4% | 18.0% | 0.3% | Delta Fiber | 58.5% ±6.2 |
| Chickasaw County | 8,609 | 84.8% | 87.0% | 42.2% | 0.0% | NT Spark LLC | 47.3% ±4.2 |
| Choctaw County | 4,409 | 91.2% | 91.2% | 56.0% | 0.4% | C Spire | 53.3% ±5.3 |
| Claiborne County | 4,649 | 9.2% | 9.5% | 0.0% | 22.5% | C Spire | 44.6% ±6.5 |
| Clarke County | 8,637 | 86.1% | 94.6% | 31.1% | 0.2% | C Spire | 53.1% ±4.4 |
| Clay County | 9,181 | 84.4% | 91.0% | 49.8% | 0.0% | C Spire | 54.3% ±5.0 |
| Coahoma County | 10,244 | 24.2% | 85.8% | 17.5% | 0.1% | C Spire | 32.6% ±3.8 |
| Copiah County | 13,517 | 34.4% | 38.8% | 0.3% | 4.1% | C Spire | 50.0% ±4.0 |
| Covington County | 9,139 | 67.8% | 67.8% | 1.8% | 0.1% | AT&T | 36.1% ±5.6 |
| DeSoto County | 74,573 | 93.4% | 98.8% | 83.4% | 0.6% | Xfinity | 76.6% ±1.3 |
| Forrest County | 29,882 | 57.0% | 96.4% | 37.5% | 0.0% | C Spire | 63.5% ±2.8 |
| Franklin County | 4,821 | 52.7% | 52.7% | 0.2% | 0.6% | C Spire | 55.6% ±6.3 |
| George County | 11,916 | 95.3% | 98.4% | 36.7% | 0.0% | C Spire | 54.9% ±4.7 |
| Greene County | 6,297 | 87.2% | 87.2% | 1.4% | 0.1% | C Spire | 37.7% ±5.3 |
| Grenada County | 10,599 | 60.7% | 92.1% | 41.2% | 0.9% | C Spire | 57.5% ±4.3 |
| Hancock County | 23,052 | 95.9% | 99.1% | 67.9% | 0.0% | C Spire | 71.0% ±3.2 |
| Harrison County | 80,934 | 87.6% | 99.9% | 83.4% | 0.0% | C Spire | 73.1% ±1.2 |
| Hinds County | 91,198 | 55.1% | 92.4% | 51.6% | 0.9% | C Spire | 69.2% ±1.2 |
| Holmes County | 8,293 | 17.6% | 63.7% | 0.0% | 6.9% | Sparklight | 38.8% ±4.4 |
| Humphreys County | 4,002 | 51.2% | 76.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | C Spire | 44.1% ±4.7 |
| Issaquena County | 926 | 29.4% | 29.4% | 0.0% | 3.8% | C Spire | 25.4% ±10.8 |
| Itawamba County | 11,464 | 87.4% | 87.7% | 28.2% | 0.1% | Tombigbee Fiber, LLC | 62.9% ±4.1 |
| Jackson County | 61,118 | 96.7% | 99.5% | 91.5% | 0.0% | C Spire | 71.8% ±1.7 |
| Jasper County | 8,494 | 49.9% | 62.5% | 6.2% | 2.8% | TEC, Bay Springs Division | 46.2% ±5.4 |
| Jefferson County | 4,279 | 25.1% | 25.1% | 0.0% | 5.3% | C Spire | 46.8% ±9.0 |
| Jefferson Davis County | 6,693 | 42.1% | 46.7% | 6.3% | 0.0% | C Spire | 49.1% ±6.3 |
| Jones County | 30,552 | 75.0% | 96.9% | 40.8% | 0.0% | C Spire | 56.5% ±2.4 |
| Kemper County | 4,940 | 98.7% | 98.7% | 0.7% | 0.2% | East Mississippi Connect, LLC | 51.4% ±7.0 |
| Lafayette County | 23,354 | 94.7% | 95.6% | 60.6% | 0.0% | C Spire | 77.2% ±2.3 |
| Lamar County | 24,963 | 80.0% | 96.9% | 47.0% | 0.0% | C Spire | 61.0% ±3.1 |
| Lauderdale County | 32,125 | 61.7% | 98.8% | 46.1% | 0.0% | C Spire | 63.8% ±2.1 |
| Lawrence County | 6,658 | 44.4% | 44.4% | 0.2% | 0.5% | C Spire | 39.5% ±4.6 |
| Leake County | 9,139 | 31.6% | 31.7% | 0.7% | 8.6% | AT&T | 34.4% ±3.8 |
| Lee County | 36,494 | 88.9% | 97.6% | 69.8% | 0.0% | C Spire | 67.2% ±2.4 |
| Leflore County | 11,983 | 47.6% | 87.3% | 32.4% | 0.0% | C Spire | 41.9% ±3.6 |
| Lincoln County | 16,798 | 75.3% | 85.4% | 31.5% | 0.4% | C Spire | 51.5% ±3.9 |
| Lowndes County | 25,511 | 85.9% | 97.4% | 72.7% | 0.0% | C Spire | 63.5% ±3.0 |
| Madison County | 44,621 | 85.4% | 95.2% | 71.7% | 0.3% | C Spire | 78.7% ±2.0 |
| Marion County | 12,509 | 93.8% | 93.8% | 0.6% | 0.0% | C Spire | 50.6% ±4.4 |
| Marshall County | 17,424 | 74.8% | 80.8% | 28.7% | 15.2% | Northcentral Connect, Inc. | 51.7% ±4.1 |
| Monroe County | 17,530 | 79.2% | 88.5% | 45.1% | 0.1% | AT&T | 55.9% ±3.6 |
| Montgomery County | 5,327 | 75.3% | 92.0% | 41.8% | 0.8% | Sparklight | 52.5% ±5.4 |
| Neshoba County | 14,021 | 36.2% | 46.1% | 16.4% | 0.0% | C Spire | 49.3% ±3.4 |
| Newton County | 10,762 | 59.4% | 78.4% | 9.4% | 1.7% | AT&T | 46.0% ±4.0 |
| Noxubee County | 5,466 | 76.6% | 76.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | C Spire | 32.8% ±7.4 |
| Oktibbeha County | 18,306 | 88.1% | 92.3% | 49.5% | 0.0% | C Spire | 69.8% ±2.3 |
| Panola County | 15,810 | 76.3% | 88.3% | 36.6% | 0.4% | Tallahatchie Valley Internet Services | 47.7% ±3.7 |
| Pearl River County | 26,966 | 86.8% | 96.8% | 49.4% | 0.0% | C Spire | 69.0% ±2.9 |
| Perry County | 6,037 | 76.2% | 76.2% | 1.2% | 0.1% | C Spire | 49.9% ±6.3 |
| Pike County | 20,188 | 48.1% | 89.8% | 22.6% | 0.0% | C Spire | 51.6% ±3.8 |
| Pontotoc County | 14,946 | 93.3% | 93.5% | 49.8% | 0.0% | AT&T | 47.6% ±3.3 |
| Prentiss County | 12,157 | 99.1% | 99.1% | 52.4% | 0.0% | Prentiss Connect | 64.7% ±3.4 |
| Quitman County | 3,644 | 11.1% | 64.7% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Sparklight | 28.3% ±4.3 |
| Rankin County | 62,545 | 69.4% | 90.4% | 61.8% | 0.0% | C Spire | 75.6% ±1.4 |
| Scott County | 11,613 | 29.6% | 54.3% | 2.9% | 1.1% | AT&T | 48.2% ±4.6 |
| Sharkey County | 2,171 | 34.8% | 47.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | C Spire | 32.2% ±5.9 |
| Simpson County | 12,707 | 23.4% | 24.1% | 7.2% | 0.8% | C Spire | 46.6% ±4.3 |
| Smith County | 8,107 | 61.7% | 61.7% | 0.7% | 3.7% | TEC, Bay Springs Division | 43.8% ±5.0 |
| Stone County | 8,395 | 80.3% | 89.3% | 29.7% | 0.0% | C Spire | 55.5% ±4.9 |
| Sunflower County | 10,071 | 20.9% | 81.4% | 1.7% | 0.0% | C Spire | 35.0% ±3.7 |
| Tallahatchie County | 5,967 | 44.0% | 78.8% | 2.7% | 0.4% | Tallahatchie Valley Internet Services | 19.7% ±4.1 |
| Tate County | 12,181 | 76.4% | 89.1% | 39.0% | 7.2% | AT&T | 57.4% ±3.2 |
| Tippah County | 10,610 | 88.5% | 93.9% | 48.8% | 0.1% | TEPAConnect | 66.0% ±4.5 |
| Tishomingo County | 11,112 | 99.8% | 99.8% | 38.7% | 0.0% | Tishomingo Connect | 58.3% ±3.9 |
| Tunica County | 3,570 | 42.7% | 67.0% | 41.9% | 13.5% | Aristotle | 41.1% ±7.6 |
| Union County | 12,639 | 97.4% | 97.5% | 60.2% | 0.0% | First Light Fiber, LLC dba ACE Fiber | 63.5% ±3.9 |
| Walthall County | 8,047 | 93.9% | 93.9% | 0.8% | 0.0% | C Spire | 35.4% ±5.6 |
| Warren County | 19,768 | 49.3% | 82.3% | 44.8% | 0.2% | C Spire | 66.7% ±3.3 |
| Washington County | 21,613 | 12.1% | 81.9% | 6.6% | 0.2% | AT&T | 34.4% ±2.9 |
| Wayne County | 10,054 | 84.2% | 99.5% | 23.4% | 0.0% | defastlink | 48.2% ±4.1 |
| Webster County | 5,264 | 92.2% | 93.1% | 12.1% | 0.3% | NT Spark LLC | 63.3% ±4.9 |
| Wilkinson County | 5,586 | 36.1% | 36.1% | 0.0% | 7.5% | C Spire | 43.3% ±8.8 |
| Winston County | 9,506 | 77.1% | 97.5% | 28.2% | 0.0% | East Mississippi Connect, LLC | 43.3% ±3.7 |
| Yalobusha County | 7,256 | 94.8% | 94.8% | 48.3% | 0.0% | Tallahatchie Valley Internet Services | 49.5% ±4.5 |
| Yazoo County | 11,106 | 1.5% | 47.1% | 2.9% | 6.7% | C Spire | 41.1% ±4.5 |
| Mississippi | 1,325,975 | 71.2% | 87.5% | 45.7% | 1.1% | 61.6% |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year detailed tables. Shares of broadband serviceable locations as of June 30, 2026 (FCC). 2+ wired choices: two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps. Unserved: BEAD definition. Largest wired provider: reports fiber, cable or DSL at the most locations. Wired subscription: households with a cable, fiber or DSL subscription, American Community Survey 2020–2024 (± 90% margin of error).
| Jackson | 141,196 | 50.3% | 96.6% | 53.4% | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gulfport | 76,506 | 84.9% | 84.9% | 85.5% | 4 |
| Southaven | 57,819 | 92.0% | 97.1% | 91.4% | 5 |
| Hattiesburg | 48,802 | 41.8% | 41.7% | 40.7% | 4 |
| Biloxi | 48,516 | 84.6% | 84.6% | 85.3% | 6 |
| Olive Branch | 47,563 | 98.7% | 99.8% | 98.2% | 3 |
| Tupelo | 38,087 | 84.8% | 87.6% | 83.8% | 3 |
| Meridian | 33,370 | 34.4% | 34.4% | 34.3% | 2 |
| Pearl | 28,864 | 74.0% | 89.1% | 73.6% | 3 |
| Madison | 28,575 | 97.3% | 97.3% | 95.6% | 3 |
| Oxford | 26,773 | 94.8% | 94.8% | 73.4% | 4 |
| Horn Lake | 26,741 | 89.6% | 96.9% | 89.4% | 2 |
| Clinton | 26,640 | 85.4% | 86.1% | 83.4% | 3 |
| Greenville | 26,530 | 3.5% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 2 |
| Brandon | 26,122 | 86.1% | 87.5% | 86.4% | 3 |
| Starkville | 25,754 | 92.4% | 92.4% | 66.9% | 4 |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates; Census Bureau, 2020 Census Block Assignment Files. Shares of broadband serviceable locations inside city limits (2020 census blocks), as of June 30, 2026. Population: July 1, 2025 estimate. Gigabit: 1,000/100 Mbps.
Questions and answers
What internet providers serve Mississippi?
Apart from satellite, the largest by reported reach as of June 30, 2026 are C Spire (93.0% of locations; fiber and DSL and licensed fixed wireless), AT&T (62.1%), T-Mobile (55.7%, licensed fixed wireless), Verizon (33.0%) and the cable networks of Xfinity (27.4%) and Sparklight (18.5%1). Electric cooperative fiber networks such as CoastConnect and Singing River Connect cover smaller areas.
How much of Mississippi has fiber internet?
Fiber is reported at 71.2% of Mississippi's homes and businesses as of June 30, 2026, up from 37.2%2 in June 2022. It ranges from 99.8% of locations in Tishomingo County to 1.5%1 in Yazoo County.
How many Mississippi homes lack broadband?
By the BEAD test, very few: 14,937 homes and businesses (1.1%) lacked reliable wired or licensed fixed wireless service of 25/3 Mbps on June 30, 2026, against 22.1%2 in 2022, the largest fall of any state. Wires are another matter: 166,0551 locations had no wired provider offering 100/20 Mbps, and many of them rely on fixed wireless.
Is there cheap or low-income internet in Mississippi?
The FCC data contain no prices. Lifeline, the federal discount on phone or internet service, reached 23.0% of eligible Mississippi households, the 11th highest11 participation rate among states. The Affordable Connectivity Program, which had 244,28012 Mississippi households enrolled in February 2024, ended on June 1, 2024. Each provider's broadband facts label lists the price of every plan.
Checking one address in Mississippi
The figures on this page describe the whole area. Which providers report service at a single home or apartment is shown only on the FCC's own map: search the address at broadbandmap.fcc.gov. If a provider is listed there but cannot actually connect you within ten business days, or the location is missing or misplaced, the map has a button to file a challenge; providers must respond, and corrections flow into later releases. Prices and plans are not part of the FCC data: each provider must show them on its broadband facts label at the point of sale.
More on internet in and around Mississippi
Large cities with their own page: Jackson.
Neighboring states: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee. Put Mississippi side by side with any state or large city in the comparison tool.
| Ranking | Value | Rank (1 = highest) |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber internet availability by state | 71.2% | 15th of 51 |
| Internet speed by state: where gigabit service is offered | 74.2% | 25th of 51 |
| Broadband coverage by state | 87.5% | 40th of 51 |
| Internet provider competition by state | 45.7% | 37th of 51 |
| Unserved and underserved broadband locations by state | 1.1% | 40th of 51 |
| Where fiber has grown since 2022 | 34.0% | 12th of 51 |
| 5G home internet and licensed fixed wireless by state | 95.3% | 1st of 51 |
| Households with an internet subscription by state | 91.0% | 49th of 51 |
| BEAD broadband funding by state | 5,450.0% | 16th of 50 |
Sources
- FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Availability as of June 30, 2026; released November 10, 2026. broadbandmap.fcc.gov
- FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2022; Availability as of June 30, 2022; released May 10, 2024. broadbandmap.fcc.gov
- FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of December 31, 2025; Availability as of December 31, 2025; released November 3, 2026. broadbandmap.fcc.gov
- Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. www2.census.gov
- NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Award Recipients pages; Allocations announced 2023-06-26; released June 26, 2023. broadbandusa.ntia.gov
- NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs. broadbandusa.ntia.gov
- Department of the Treasury, Capital Projects Fund Awards Made to States, Territories, and Freely Associated States, to date; Allocations under ARPA sec. 604 (awards announced 2022-06 to 2023). home.treasury.gov
- USAC, CAF Disbursements and Locations Data. opendata.usac.org
- Department of the Treasury, spending_by_award API for Assistance Listings 10.752; Awards with action dates FY2008 to 2026-09-30. api.usaspending.gov
- Universal Service Administrative Co., Lifeline Disbursements; Support months 2018-01 to 2026-09. opendata.usac.org
- USAC, Lifeline participation rate; released August 17, 2026. www.usac.org
- USAC, ACP Enrollments by County as of February 8, 2024; Enrolled households as of 2024-02-08 (Data Month January 2024 file). www.usac.org
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables; 2025 (calendar-year sample); released October 29, 2026. api.census.gov
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 1-year detailed tables; 2019. api.census.gov
- NTIA Data Explorer "Analyze Table"; November 2023 (also all prior waves 1994-2021). www.ntia.gov
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year detailed tables; 2020-2024; released January 29, 2026. api.census.gov
- Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates; July 1, 2025; released May 14, 2026. www.census.gov
- Census Bureau, 2020 Census Block Assignment Files; released December 11, 2020. www2.census.gov
Margins of error (±) are at the 90% confidence level. A difference is called significant only when it passes the Census Bureau's test at that level. How every figure is built: methodology. Found an error? Write to [email protected]; corrections are listed on the updates page.