Internet speed by state

On the FCC National Broadband Map as of June 30, 2026 (file revision of November 10, 2026), 4 of the 50 states and DC have gigabit service on offer at nine in ten locations or more, led by North Dakota (95.2%) and Nevada (93.4%). At the other end, Alaska, Montana, New Mexico, Idaho and West Virginia are the five lowest, from 36.4% to 54.6%. The middle state sits at 74.1%¹.

What "speed" means in this ranking

The FCC does not measure internet speeds. Every provider reports, for every home, apartment building and small business it serves, the fastest download and upload speeds it advertises there. A location counts toward a state's figure here when at least one wired or fixed wireless provider advertises 1,000 Mbps down and 100 Mbps up or more, the definition of gigabit service used throughout this site. Satellite is left out. "Advertised" also means reported available: the provider says it can install within ten business days, and anyone can challenge a listing on the FCC map.

Rankings built from speed tests answer a different question: what a sample of users' connections delivered, which depends on the plans people choose, their equipment and their Wi-Fi. This ranking describes what is on offer, which is what a household choosing a home can check in advance.

North Dakota95.2%

Nevada93.4%

Connecticut92.9%

District of Columbia90.7%

Utah88.6%

New Hampshire88.4%

Tennessee87.5%

Kansas84.9%

New Jersey84.0%

Iowa82.0%

Kentucky81.9%

Georgia81.0%

Nebraska80.3%

Indiana80.1%

Colorado79.4%

Texas79.1%

Illinois79.0%

Maryland78.3%

Oklahoma77.7%

Hawaii77.0%

Florida76.9%

Missouri76.1%

South Dakota74.8%

Arkansas74.8%

Mississippi74.2%

Vermont74.1%

South Carolina72.8%

United States72.3%

Arizona71.7%

Minnesota70.8%

Wyoming69.5%

Pennsylvania69.4%

Oregon69.1%

Louisiana68.9%

Massachusetts68.4%

Alabama68.1%

Washington67.4%

California67.4%

Delaware66.3%

North Carolina65.3%

Maine63.7%

Ohio62.8%

New York62.7%

Virginia60.1%

Michigan58.1%

Wisconsin55.8%

Rhode Island55.5%

West Virginia54.6%

Idaho50.0%

New Mexico47.5%

Montana44.7%

Alaska36.4%

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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State	Gigabit (1,000/100)
North Dakota	95.2%
Nevada	93.4%
Connecticut	92.9%
District of Columbia	90.7%
Utah	88.6%
New Hampshire	88.4%
Tennessee	87.5%
Kansas	84.9%
New Jersey	84.0%
Iowa	82.0%
Kentucky	81.9%
Georgia	81.0%
Nebraska	80.3%
Indiana	80.1%
Colorado	79.4%
Texas	79.1%
Illinois	79.0%
Maryland	78.3%
Oklahoma	77.7%
Hawaii	77.0%
Florida	76.9%
Missouri	76.1%
South Dakota	74.8%
Arkansas	74.8%
Mississippi	74.2%
Vermont	74.1%
South Carolina	72.8%
United States	72.3%
Arizona	71.7%
Minnesota	70.8%
Wyoming	69.5%
Pennsylvania	69.4%
Oregon	69.1%
Louisiana	68.9%
Massachusetts	68.4%
Alabama	68.1%
Washington	67.4%
California	67.4%
Delaware	66.3%
North Carolina	65.3%
Maine	63.7%
Ohio	62.8%
New York	62.7%
Virginia	60.1%
Michigan	58.1%
Wisconsin	55.8%
Rhode Island	55.5%
West Virginia	54.6%
Idaho	50.0%
New Mexico	47.5%
Montana	44.7%
Alaska	36.4%

A gigabit download is common; the upload is what separates states

Drop the upload requirement and the ranking bunches up. A 1 Gbps download, at any upload speed, is advertised at 91.0% of US locations, against 72.3%¹ for the full 1,000/100 tier. The gap between those two figures is the clearest way to see which states have fast service in one direction only.

Rhode Island is the sharpest case. A 1 Gbps download is listed at 92.9% of its locations, 17th highest among the states, yet 1,000/100 reaches only 55.5%, 6th lowest. Michigan (91.1% against 58.1%), Wisconsin (85.9% against 55.8%), Ohio (91.8% against 62.8%) and Massachusetts (98.9% against 68.4%¹) show the same split. In all of them, most locations that miss the gigabit tier do so on upload speed, not download.

Upload matters for video calls, sending large files and backing up to the cloud. The table also shows wired service of at least 100 Mbps in both directions, which reaches 73.7%¹ of US locations.

Two gigabits and beyond

The fastest tier on the map has grown faster than any other. Locations where the top advertised download is 2 Gbps or more went from 13.3% of the US in June 2022 to 61.0% as of June 30, 2026. Over the same period the share whose top offer sits just below a gigabit up to 2 Gbps fell from 71.3%² to 31.0%¹. The two tiers together grew far less than the top tier alone, which suggests that most of the multi-gigabit growth came at locations that already had an offer near a gigabit.

The multi-gigabit tier is uneven. It covers 93.2% of locations in Connecticut, 92.8% in Rhode Island and 90.4% in the District of Columbia, but 13.8% in Montana. Rhode Island again stands out: almost every location there is offered a multi-gigabit download, while the 1,000/100 tier reaches 55.5%¹.

Under 25 Mbps or none25–99100–249250–499500–939940–1,9992,000 or more

United States

Rhode Island

Connecticut

Nevada

North Dakota

Alaska

Montana

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
United States	2.4%	1.6%	1.8%	1.4%	0.9%	31.0%	61.0%
Rhode Island	1.9%	0.5%	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%	4.2%	92.8%
Connecticut	0.8%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	5.5%	93.2%
Nevada	0.6%	0.4%	1.3%	1.1%	2.6%	17.7%	76.4%
North Dakota	0.1%	0.2%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	38.8%	60.3%
Alaska	17.6%	5.0%	2.9%	8.6%	0.0%	7.3%	58.7%
Montana	7.9%	6.1%	7.3%	4.6%	3.0%	57.3%	13.8%

Four years of upgrades

Gigabit service with a 100 Mbps upload was the exception on the first national map. As of June 30, 2022, it was advertised at 29.3%² of US locations; four years later the share has risen by 42.9 percentage points, and by 2.7 percentage points¹ in the latest six months alone.

The largest moves came from low starting points. The District of Columbia rose from 0.8% to 90.7%, the highest gain of any state; Maryland from 1.8% to 78.3%; Nevada from 20.1% to 93.4%. Rhode Island (0.0%) and Delaware (0.0%) started from nothing. The smallest gain was in Minnesota (+14.0 percentage points), which was already ahead with 56.8% of locations at the tier in 2022; North Dakota, at 64.2%² then, gained 31.0 percentage points¹ and now leads.

District of Columbia89.9 pts

Maryland76.5 pts

Nevada73.2 pts

Colorado67.1 pts

Delaware66.3 pts

Massachusetts65.7 pts

New Jersey64.1 pts

Pennsylvania60.6 pts

Rhode Island55.5 pts

Illinois55.4 pts

Arizona54.4 pts

Maine52.7 pts

New Hampshire51.4 pts

Wyoming51.3 pts

Washington51.2 pts

Utah49.9 pts

Virginia49.1 pts

Vermont48.5 pts

South Dakota48.2 pts

Iowa47.6 pts

Connecticut45.6 pts

Louisiana44.9 pts

Oregon43.8 pts

Oklahoma43.2 pts

United States42.9 pts

Kansas42.4 pts

Missouri42.3 pts

Georgia42.2 pts

Florida42.1 pts

Michigan41.6 pts

West Virginia41.4 pts

South Carolina41.1 pts

Nebraska40.9 pts

Indiana40.2 pts

Arkansas39.9 pts

Kentucky37.5 pts

Alabama37.4 pts

New York37.2 pts

Mississippi37.1 pts

Hawaii36.4 pts

Tennessee35.8 pts

Ohio34.3 pts

North Carolina34.2 pts

California34.0 pts

Texas33.4 pts

Alaska32.1 pts

North Dakota31.0 pts

Wisconsin30.2 pts

Montana29.6 pts

New Mexico27.3 pts

Idaho26.5 pts

Minnesota14.0 pts

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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State	Gigabit (1,000/100): change since June 30, 2022
District of Columbia	89.9 pts
Maryland	76.5 pts
Nevada	73.2 pts
Colorado	67.1 pts
Delaware	66.3 pts
Massachusetts	65.7 pts
New Jersey	64.1 pts
Pennsylvania	60.6 pts
Rhode Island	55.5 pts
Illinois	55.4 pts
Arizona	54.4 pts
Maine	52.7 pts
New Hampshire	51.4 pts
Wyoming	51.3 pts
Washington	51.2 pts
Utah	49.9 pts
Virginia	49.1 pts
Vermont	48.5 pts
South Dakota	48.2 pts
Iowa	47.6 pts
Connecticut	45.6 pts
Louisiana	44.9 pts
Oregon	43.8 pts
Oklahoma	43.2 pts
United States	42.9 pts
Kansas	42.4 pts
Missouri	42.3 pts
Georgia	42.2 pts
Florida	42.1 pts
Michigan	41.6 pts
West Virginia	41.4 pts
South Carolina	41.1 pts
Nebraska	40.9 pts
Indiana	40.2 pts
Arkansas	39.9 pts
Kentucky	37.5 pts
Alabama	37.4 pts
New York	37.2 pts
Mississippi	37.1 pts
Hawaii	36.4 pts
Tennessee	35.8 pts
Ohio	34.3 pts
North Carolina	34.2 pts
California	34.0 pts
Texas	33.4 pts
Alaska	32.1 pts
North Dakota	31.0 pts
Wisconsin	30.2 pts
Montana	29.6 pts
New Mexico	27.3 pts
Idaho	26.5 pts
Minnesota	14.0 pts

Not every change points up. Hawaii fell from 85.1%³ in the December 2025 release to 77.0%, a drop of 8.2 percentage points¹ and the largest of any state over those six months. Shifts like this come from what providers report in each filing; the map does not say why a listing changed.

Gigabit is not the same as fiber

Fiber is the technology most associated with gigabit speeds, but the two rankings diverge. Nevada has gigabit service at 93.4% of locations and fiber at 44.7%, so close to half of its locations get the 1,000/100 tier over another technology; cable reaches 77.9% there. Illinois (79.0% gigabit, 48.4% fiber) and Arizona (71.7% against 41.5%) follow the same pattern. The reverse also occurs: Rhode Island has fiber at 86.2% of locations but the full gigabit tier at 55.5%¹. The fiber ranking orders states by fiber alone, and the cable and fiber pages explain how each network reaches the home.

Where gigabit service is thinnest

The bottom of the ranking is mostly western. Alaska trails on both measures: 36.4% of its locations are offered 1,000/100 and 66.0% a 1 Gbps download, and wired service of 100 Mbps both ways reaches only 14.4%. Montana (44.7%) and New Mexico (47.5%) come next, then Idaho and West Virginia. Alaska is also moving fastest: its share rose by 22.8 percentage points since December 2025, the highest¹ gain of any state. The broadband coverage ranking shows how these states compare at the slower 100/20 Mbps standard.

Pitfalls

• Advertised is not delivered. A listing records the plan a provider says it sells at a location, not the speed a connection reaches at a given hour.
• "Gigabit" on a provider's website may mean download only. This ranking requires 100 Mbps up as well; the second column of the table above shows the download-only view.
• Available is not subscribed. The map shows what can be ordered, not what homes buy. The Census Bureau's surveys ask whether a household subscribes, not at what speed.
• Dates matter. Figures here are as of June 30, 2026 in the FCC revision of November 10, 2026; other sites often cite older releases or undated numbers. Our article on why coverage numbers disagree explains the common differences, and the methodology gives the definitions.