Sibley County

Table of goal data by year

Year	Rank	100/20 Mbps
2022	#74 of 87	65.63%
2021	#70 of 87	65.29%
2020	#68 of 87	62.86%
2019	#61 of 87	62.87%
2018	#42 of 87	62.84%
2017	#41 of 87	51.01%

Coverage Map

Rank: 74 (out of 87) for access to 100/20 megabits per second (Mbps)

Sibley County ranks 74 for broadband access and 52 for digital equity out of 87 counties. They have hovered from 62-65 percent coverage to broadband of 100 Mbps down and 20 up since 2018. They have 2218 households without access to broadband at that speed. Estimates indicate that it will cost $20.6 million to get to ubiquitous broadband in the county.

Sibley County has been working on better broadband for more than 10 years. They have been a Blandin Broadband Community. But their connectivity has been stagnant since 2018. There hasn’t been a demonstration of recent engagement with broadband, which is why their code has gone from yellow to red.

Digital Equity:

Sibley County ranks 53 out of 87 for digital equity. (See full Digital Equity Profile)

Sibley County ranks 60 out of 87 for computer ownership. 89.2 percent of homes have a computer of device as compared to statewide ownership of 95.5 percent.