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Houston County

Table of goal data by year
Year Rank 100/20 Mbps
2023 #36 of 87 85.89%
2022 #38 of 87 82.98%
2021 #51 of 87 75.26%
2020 #58 of 87 69.66%
2019 #57 of 87 67.81%
2018 #37 of 87 66.63%
2017 #30 of 87 65.08%

Houston County: Incremental Change

Houston County ranks 36 (up 2) for broadband access out of 87 counties. They have 85.89 percent coverage to broadband of 100 Mbps down and 20 up. They have 1130 households without access to broadband at that speed. Estimates indicate that it will cost $10.5 million to get to ubiquitous broadband in the county.

Houston County has seen incremental improvement since we started tracking it. Last year, they were part of a larger ReConnect project.

With slow progress, Houston County receives a yellow ranking.

Household Density

14.1

Number of Providers

16

As of 2023 · Source: MN DEED

Households with Device Access

A Device 86.4% 95.5%
statewide
Desktop or Laptop 78.2% 83.2%
statewide
Smartphone 65.5% 90.1%
statewide
Tablet 51.7% 65.8%
statewide
Other 3.5% 2.3%
statewide

Has Worked with Blandin Foundation

No

Has Received MN Grant(s)

Yes

2019 – AcenTek – Rural Houston Exchange FTTH – GRANT $2,895,318

2022 – The investment, provided through the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s ReConnect program, will help connect over 6,000 people, 150 businesses, and 680 farms across Freeborn, Morrison, Stearns, Houston, and Todd counties.

Government Districts

U.S. Congress: CD 1

MN Senate: 26

MN House: 26B

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