Hennepin County

Table of goal data by year

Year	100/20 Mbps	1 Gbps
2025	#6 – 99.64%	#43 – 59.83%
2024	#8 – 99.4%
2023	#9 – 99.11%
2022	#10 – 98.69%
2021	#8 – 98.98%
2020	#6 – 98.97%
2019	#4 – 98.94%
2018	#3 – 98.97%
2017	#4 – 98.57%

Red dots represent unserved locations.

Hennepin County: population density helps attract broadband

Hennepin County benefits from being an urban/suburban county. It is easier to make a business case for serving broadband in most of Hennepin County.

At the time of writing, the MN BEAD final proposal has not been approved, but the current proposal would mean coverage for 1,329 locations in Hennepin County. Some locations will get fiber, but the majority of locations will get a satellite or fixed wireless connection, which does not qualify as served in the MN statute.

There is still Line Extension funding yet to be distributed, which helps connect handfuls of  houses just beyond existing infrastructure. (Hennepin has benefitted from earlier Line Extension awards. So that seems hopeful for them as well.)

Statewide, there have been changes with local and national broadband providers, which also leads to uncertainty.

Hennepin is so close to goal, they retain their Green Status.