Olmsted County

Table of goal data by year

Year	Rank	100/20 Mbps
2022	#17 of 87	94.38%
2021	#17 of 87	93.9%
2020	#16 of 87	92.87%
2019	#15 of 87	92.66%
2018	#62 of 87	41.29%
2017	#62 of 87	34%

Coverage Map

Rank: 17 (out of 87) for access to 100/20 megabits per second (Mbps)

Olmsted County ranks 17 for broadband access and 5 for digital equity out of 87 counties. They have had slow steady progress since 2019, landing at 94.38 percent coverage to broadband of 100 Mbps down and 20 up in 2021 to 60.36 percent coverage in 2022. They have 3893 households without access to broadband at that speed. Estimates indicate that it will cost $36.2 million to get to ubiquitous broadband in the county.

Olmsted County will benefit from a border to border grant announced in December 2022:

• Kasson & Mantorville Telephone Company, $1,620,007.00

Olmsted County is nearly there, which is why they retain the green code. They are the home of the Mayo Clinic, which acts as an anchor for providers looking to expand service.

Digital Equity:

Olmsted County ranks 5 out of 87 for digital equity. (See full Digital Equity Profile)

Olmsted County ranks 8 out of 87 for computer ownership. 96.2 percent of homes have a computer of device as compared to statewide ownership of 95.5 percent.