Broadband coverage by state
Wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps reaches 99.9% of homes and businesses in the District of Columbia and 65.8% in Alaska, the top and bottom of the FCC map as of June 30, 2026. Across the US the share is 92.3%1; the gaps sit mostly in the Mountain West, Alaska and West Virginia.
Data: FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (file revision of November 10, 2026).
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.
The District of Columbia has the most complete broadband coverage of any state-level area: wired service of at least 100 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload is reported at 99.9% of its homes and businesses. North Dakota (99.3%), Massachusetts (99.1%), New Jersey (98.7%) and Connecticut (98.7%) follow. Alaska is last at 65.8%, behind Wyoming (74.9%) and Montana (76.1%1). All figures are from the FCC National Broadband Map as of June 30, 2026, file revision of November 10, 2026.
| 1 | District of Columbia | 99.9% |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | North Dakota | 99.3% |
| 3 | Massachusetts | 99.1% |
| 4 | New Jersey | 98.7% |
| 5 | Connecticut | 98.7% |
| 6 | Maryland | 98.2% |
| 7 | Delaware | 97.9% |
| 8 | New Hampshire | 97.6% |
| 9 | South Carolina | 97.2% |
| 10 | Tennessee | 97.2% |
| 11 | Rhode Island | 97.0% |
| 12 | Hawaii | 96.3% |
| 13 | New York | 96.3% |
| 14 | Florida | 96.2% |
| 15 | Georgia | 96.0% |
| 16 | Pennsylvania | 94.9% |
| 17 | South Dakota | 94.4% |
| 18 | North Carolina | 94.3% |
| 19 | Utah | 93.7% |
| 20 | Nevada | 93.5% |
| 21 | California | 93.1% |
| 22 | Ohio | 92.6% |
| 23 | Indiana | 92.4% |
| 24 | Maine | 92.1% |
| 25 | Virginia | 92.0% |
| 26 | Minnesota | 91.9% |
| 27 | Illinois | 91.5% |
| 28 | Michigan | 91.3% |
| 29 | Oregon | 91.0% |
| 30 | Kentucky | 90.7% |
| 31 | Iowa | 90.4% |
| 32 | Texas | 90.4% |
| 33 | Alabama | 90.2% |
| 34 | Vermont | 89.6% |
| 35 | Colorado | 89.4% |
| 36 | Louisiana | 89.4% |
| 37 | Kansas | 89.2% |
| 38 | Nebraska | 89.1% |
| 39 | Washington | 88.5% |
| 40 | Mississippi | 87.5% |
| 41 | Arizona | 87.3% |
| 42 | Arkansas | 87.1% |
| 43 | Wisconsin | 86.4% |
| 44 | Oklahoma | 85.6% |
| 45 | Missouri | 85.5% |
| 46 | West Virginia | 81.9% |
| 47 | New Mexico | 81.8% |
| 48 | Idaho | 77.6% |
| 49 | Montana | 76.1% |
| 50 | Wyoming | 74.9% |
| 51 | Alaska | 65.8% |
| United States | 92.3% |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Rank 1 is the highest value; "=" marks a tie at the displayed precision. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
What "coverage" means in this ranking
A location counts as covered when at least one provider reports that it can deliver service of 100/20 Mbps or faster over fiber, cable or a copper telephone line (FCC technology codes 50, 40 and 10). That speed is the one the FCC adopted as its broadband benchmark in March 2024. Locations are the FCC's broadband serviceable locations: each house, apartment building and small business counted once, not people and not households. Speeds are the maximum a provider advertises, not what a connection delivers.
Wired service is the headline because satellite would erase the differences: satellite providers report service at almost every location in the country, and adding them would put every state near the top. The full table shows three companion columns instead: any terrestrial service of 100/20 Mbps (wired plus fixed wireless), locations with no terrestrial 100/20 Mbps offer, and locations where 100/20 Mbps comes only by fixed wireless.
A near-universal top, a long tail
The top of the table is crowded. 33 states, counting DC, have wired 100/20 Mbps service at nine in ten locations or more, and the median state is at 91.9%. The first ten run from 99.9% down to 97.2% in Tennessee1; differences that small can reverse with a single FCC revision.
The spread is at the bottom. Only Alaska falls below three-quarters of locations, and the ten lowest range from 65.8% to 87.1% in Arkansas. Nationally, 9.0 million1 homes and businesses have no wired 100/20 Mbps offer.
What fills the gap where wires stop
The six lowest states do not share one kind of gap. Comparing wired coverage with all terrestrial service shows two patterns.
| State | Wired 100/20 Mbps | 100/20 Mbps (any terrestrial) | Fixed wireless only at 100/20 | No terrestrial 100/20 | Satellite only |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 65.8% | 77.3% | 11.6% | 22.7% | 7.2% |
| Wyoming | 74.9% | 90.5% | 15.5% | 9.5% | 3.8% |
| Montana | 76.1% | 85.9% | 9.8% | 14.1% | 3.5% |
| Idaho | 77.6% | 90.8% | 13.2% | 9.2% | 2.4% |
| New Mexico | 81.8% | 92.1% | 10.4% | 7.9% | 1.2% |
| West Virginia | 81.9% | 83.8% | 1.9% | 16.2% | 6.4% |
| United States | 92.3% | 95.8% | 3.6% | 4.2% | 0.8% |
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 Wyoming, Idaho and New Mexico, fixed wireless covers much of what the wires miss. Wyoming's share of locations where 100/20 Mbps is reported only by a fixed wireless provider, 15.5%, is the highest in the country; Idaho's is 13.2% and New Mexico's 10.4%. Counting those radio networks raises coverage at 100/20 Mbps to 90.5% in Wyoming, 90.8% in Idaho and 92.1% in New Mexico, against 95.8%1 nationally.
West Virginia and Alaska are different. In West Virginia fixed wireless is the only 100/20 Mbps option at just 1.9% of locations, and 16.2% have no terrestrial 100/20 Mbps offer at all, the 2nd highest share. In Alaska the share with no terrestrial 100/20 Mbps offer, 22.7%, is the highest among the states, and so is the share with no terrestrial service of any speed, 7.2%1. In both states most of the gap is locations with no terrestrial 100/20 Mbps offer at all, not locations served by radio alone.
Coverage is not choice
A high coverage share can rest on a single network. North Dakota ranks 2nd highest for coverage, yet 59.3% of its locations have exactly one wired provider at 100/20 Mbps, the highest share among the states. In the District of Columbia the same figure is 5.5%, and in Connecticut 17.9%1.
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.
Show the numbers
| Area | Two or more wired choices |
|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 94.3% |
| Connecticut | 80.8% |
| New Jersey | 63.9% |
| United States | 55.6% |
| Massachusetts | 55.4% |
| North Dakota | 40.0% |
Across the US, 55.6%1 of locations have two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps. The internet competition ranking orders the states by that share.
Who moved since 2022
Coverage rose in almost every state between the first map, as of June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2026: the national share went from 86.0% to 92.3%. The largest gains were in states that started low. The gain in Arkansas, from 71.7% to 87.1%, is the highest among the states; Mississippi (72.4% to 87.5%) and Vermont (74.7%3 to 89.6%) are 2nd highest and 3rd highest. Two of the six lowest states today also rose sharply: West Virginia by 13.4 percentage points and Montana by 13.8 percentage points1.
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.
Show the numbers
| State | Wired 100/20 Mbps: change since June 30, 2022 |
|---|---|
| Arkansas | 15.4 pts |
| Mississippi | 15.1 pts |
| Vermont | 14.9 pts |
| Montana | 13.8 pts |
| Alabama | 13.6 pts |
| West Virginia | 13.4 pts |
| Maine | 13.2 pts |
| Kentucky | 13.1 pts |
| Wisconsin | 12.1 pts |
| North Dakota | 11.6 pts |
| South Carolina | 11.4 pts |
| South Dakota | 11.1 pts |
| Louisiana | 10.7 pts |
| Missouri | 10.1 pts |
| Wyoming | 9.5 pts |
| North Carolina | 9.4 pts |
| Georgia | 9.3 pts |
| Michigan | 9.1 pts |
| Tennessee | 9.1 pts |
| Indiana | 8.0 pts |
| Iowa | 7.9 pts |
| Oklahoma | 7.9 pts |
| Virginia | 7.7 pts |
| Texas | 7.6 pts |
| Minnesota | 7.3 pts |
| Nebraska | 6.8 pts |
| United States | 6.3 pts |
| Kansas | 5.7 pts |
| New Hampshire | 5.6 pts |
| Colorado | 5.6 pts |
| Florida | 5.4 pts |
| Ohio | 5.3 pts |
| Oregon | 5.0 pts |
| Delaware | 4.4 pts |
| New Mexico | 4.4 pts |
| Idaho | 4.2 pts |
| Utah | 3.6 pts |
| Hawaii | 3.3 pts |
| Maryland | 3.2 pts |
| Illinois | 3.2 pts |
| Pennsylvania | 2.7 pts |
| Washington | 2.6 pts |
| New York | 2.0 pts |
| California | 2.0 pts |
| Massachusetts | 1.3 pts |
| Arizona | 1.0 pts |
| Nevada | 0.9 pts |
| District of Columbia | 0.8 pts |
| Connecticut | 0.5 pts |
| New Jersey | −0.2 pts |
| Rhode Island | −2.2 pts |
| Alaska | −3.7 pts |
Two states moved the other way. Alaska went from 69.4% to 65.8%, a fall of 3.7 percentage points, and Rhode Island from 99.2%3 to 97.0%1. A falling share does not by itself mean service was withdrawn: the FCC's list of locations changes with each release and providers revise their filings, so this page compares shares rather than counts (the methodology explains why).
Pitfalls when comparing coverage rankings
- Dates and thresholds differ. Other state rankings often give no as-of date, use the older 25/3 Mbps threshold, or include satellite and fixed wireless. Each choice changes the order; this page uses wired 100/20 Mbps as of June 30, 2026. Our article on why coverage numbers disagree works through the differences.
- Available means reported available. A provider's filing says it can install service within ten business days at a standard location. Anyone can challenge a listing on the FCC National Broadband Map, which is also where to check a single address.
- Coverage is not subscription. These shares count where service is offered, not who buys it; the subscription ranking uses the Census Bureau's household survey.
- Shares, not counts. A state with a high share can still have many uncovered locations if it is large; the unserved ranking shows counts under the federal BEAD definition.
Coverage questions
Which state has the best broadband coverage?
On this measure, the District of Columbia (99.9%), then North Dakota (99.3%), Massachusetts (99.1%), New Jersey (98.7%) and Connecticut (98.7%1), as of June 30, 2026. The first five are within one percentage point of each other, so a later FCC revision can reorder them.
Which state has the worst broadband coverage?
Alaska, where wired service of 100/20 Mbps is reported at 65.8% of locations. Wyoming (74.9%) and Montana (76.1%1) follow.
How many US homes and businesses have no wired 100/20 Mbps service?
9.0 million locations, 7.8% of the total, as of June 30, 2026. At 4.2 million of them a fixed wireless provider reports 100/20 Mbps; at 4.8 million1 no terrestrial provider does.
Do Starlink and 5G home internet count as coverage here?
No. Satellite providers report service at nearly every location, which would make every state look covered, and fixed wireless is shown in a separate column. The headline counts fiber, cable and copper telephone lines only.
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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
- FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2022; Availability as of June 30, 2022; released May 10, 2024. broadbandmap.fcc.gov
How every figure is built: methodology. Found an error? Write to [email protected]; corrections are listed on the updates page.