Grant County

Table of goal data by year

Year	Rank	100/20 Mbps
2024	#67 of 87	75.14%
2023	#59 of 87	77.18%
2022	#50 of 87	77.71%
2021	#61 of 87	71.99%
2020	#69 of 87	60.3%
2019	#75 of 87	43.02%
2018	#65 of 87	39.93%
2017	#55 of 87	39.93%

Red dots represent unserved locations.

Wired (wireline) and wireless (fixed, non-mobile) served location percentage at various speeds.

Grant County: Code Changes From Yellow to Red

Grant County ranks 67 (down 8 places) for broadband access out of 87 counties. Growth has been stagnant in Grant County for years. One potential problem is the difference between coverage of 25/3 access and 100/20. Some residence may be currently satisfied with 25/3 but that will be less satisfactory as more applications go online and more online applications are being built for faster connections.

• Over the years, Grant County (or cities within) has invested $202,963 (total) for matches for 1 successful MN Broadband grant. This is an indicator of local government that is engaged and (literally) invested in better, local broadband.
• Grant County will not benefit from a MN Broadband grant.
• Grant County will not benefit from any line extension awards.
• Last years’ estimates indicated that it would cost $6.4 million to get ubiquitous broadband in the county. (I haven’t updated the number because recent report offers scenarios of costs based on BEAD funding rules that make current estimates less predictable than in the past. Yet, I think the number is still helpful.)
• In 2022, Grant ranked 49 using Microsoft’s Digital Equity Tool, which looks at various factors of a community.