Nicollet County

Table of goal data by year

Year	100/20 Mbps	1 Gbps
2025	#66 – 80.91%	#39 – 63.23%
2024	#59 – 80.72%
2023	#62 – 76.25%
2022	#53 – 77.29%
2021	#45 – 78.49%
2020	#42 – 78.29%
2019	#38 – 78.42%
2018	#73 – 33.29%
2017	#38 – 54.54%

Red dots represent unserved locations.

Nicollet County: stagnant since 2019

Nicollet County has not seen broadband progress in the last year, so they retain their Red status.

At the time of writing, the MN BEAD final proposal has not been approved, but the current proposal would mean coverage for 1,130 locations in Anoka County. Locations qualify for an even split between fiber and satellite/fixed wireless connections, which do 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. (Nicollet has not benefitted from earlier Line Extension awards. So that might be a strategy worth considering.)

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