Pope County

Table of goal data by year

Year	100/20 Mbps	1 Gbps
2025	#8 – 99.53%	#22 – 75.7%
2024	#3 – 99.75%
2023	#43 – 84.65%
2022	#46 – 79.15%
2021	#54 – 74.48%
2020	#52 – 73%
2019	#54 – 68.92%
2018	#78 – 23.67%
2017	#70 – 24.33%

Red dots represent unserved locations.

Pope County: so close

Pope County is very close to reaching the state broadband goal; they retain their Green status.

At the time of writing, the MN BEAD final proposal has not been approved, but the current proposal would mean coverage for 30 locations in Anoka County. However, all of locations are slated to get satellite, which does 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. (Pope has not benefitted from earlier Line Extension awards. So that may be a strategy worth considering.)

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