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Clearwater County

Table of goal data by year
Year Rank 100/20 Mbps
2023 #13 of 87 98.28%
2022 #9 of 87 98.85%
2021 #4 of 87 99.59%
2020 #22 of 87 89.32%
2019 #18 of 87 89.3%
2018 #13 of 87 89.3%
2017 #23 of 87 73.41%

Clearwater County: Nearly There

Clearwater County ranks 13 (down from 9) for broadband access out of 87 counties. They have 98.28 percent coverage to broadband of 100 Mbps down and 20 up. They have 60 households without access to broadband at that speed. Estimates indicate that it will cost $558,000 to get to ubiquitous broadband in the county.

Clearwater County benefited from a Garden Valley Telephone Company upgrade in 2018. They dipped in ranking this year but that’s really just other counties catching up. They rank fifth in Gig access. They retain their green ranking because they are so close to the goal.

Household Density

3.4

Number of Providers

11

As of 2023 · Source: MN DEED

Households with Device Access

A Device 80.8% 95.5%
statewide
Desktop or Laptop 69.3% 83.2%
statewide
Smartphone 61.0% 90.1%
statewide
Tablet 47.4% 65.8%
statewide
Other 2.5% 2.3%
statewide

Has Worked with Blandin Foundation

No

Has Received MN Grant(s)

Yes

In 2018, Garden Valley Telephone Company received a $20 million loan from the USDA to deploy fiber in Polk, Clearwater, Pennington, Marshall and Red Lake counties.

AT&T launched a new FirstNet cell site in Clearwater County.

Government Districts

U.S. Congress: CD 8

MN Senate: 02

MN House: 02A, 02B

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Overlapping MN Reservations

Red Lake Reservation

White Earth Reservation

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