Norman County

Table of goal data by year

Year	100/20 Mbps	1 Gbps
2025	#77 – 73.33%	#84 – 20.79%
2024	#81 – 63.1%
2023	#83 – 54.22%
2022	#80 – 55.52%
2021	#75 – 55%
2020	#74 – 54.44%
2019	#85 – 20.62%
2018	#80 – 20.55%
2017	#71 – 20.52%

Red dots represent unserved locations.

Norman County: recent progress but needs more

Norman County has seen a nice increase in broadband in the last year, unfortunately they still have a long way to go. They are not in line for any BEAD funding and I haven’t seen any action in the county. 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 0 locations in Norman County. It’s telling to see that a county with need would not get any bids for service.

There is still Line Extension funding yet to be distributed, which helps connect handfuls of  houses just beyond existing infrastructure. (Norman has not benefitted from earlier Line Extension awards. So that seems like a strategy worth considering.)

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