Mahnomen County

Table of goal data by year

Year	Rank	100/20 Mbps
2022	#66 of 87	70.81%
2021	#62 of 87	71.73%
2020	#71 of 87	57.82%
2019	#86 of 87	17.31%
2018	#84 of 87	13.53%
2017	#75 of 87	13.03%

Coverage Map

Rank: 66 (out of 87) for access to 100/20 megabits per second (Mbps)

Mahnomen County ranks 66 for broadband access and 85 for digital equity out of 87 counties. They went from almost 19 percent coverage to broadband of 100 Mbps down and 20 up in 2019 to 71 percent coverage in 2021. They have seen a slight decrease this year but that is likely due to increased granularity of reporting. They have 744 households without access to broadband at that speed. Estimates indicate that it will cost $6.9 million to get to ubiquitous broadband in the county.

Mahnomen County saw a huge increase in access from 17 percent to 57 percent in 2020. They have an engaged provider but with such a low population density, it’s difficult to make a business case to serve 4.4 households per square mile.

There has not a lot of demonstrative movement toward improvement and that is why they have been bumped from yellow to red coding.

Digital Equity:

Mahnomen County ranks 85 out of 87 for digital equity. (See full Digital Equity Profile)

Mahnomen County ranks 85 out of 87 for computer ownership. 84.8 percent of homes have a computer of device as compared to statewide ownership of 95.5 percent.