Wright County
| Year | 100/20 Mbps | 1 Gbps |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #44 – 88.01% | #67 – 32.02% |
| 2024 | #50 – 84.5% | |
| 2023 | #65 – 75.43% | |
| 2022 | #49 – 78.02% | |
| 2021 | #31 – 86.15% | |
| 2020 | #32 – 82.51% | |
| 2019 | #33 – 81.02% | |
| 2018 | #21 – 80.61% | |
| 2017 | #65 – 29.26% |
Red dots represent unserved locations.
Wright County: continued progress
Wright County’s broadband coverage has been increasing over the last few years. They have BEAD funding come in in for fiber, which will help them reach the state goals. Subsequently, the retain Green status.
At the time of writing, the MN BEAD final proposal has not been approved, but the current proposal would mean coverage for 5,024 locations in Wright County. The majority of locations will get fiber but some will get a satellite or fixed wireless connection, 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. (Wright has benefitted from earlier Line Extension awards. So that seems hopeful for them as well.)
Statewide, there have been changes with local and national broadband providers, which also leads to uncertainty.
Household Density
72.4
Number of Providers
23
As of 2025 · Source: MN DEED
Households with Device Access
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statewide
statewide
statewide
Has Worked with Blandin Foundation
Yes
Has Received MN Grant(s)
Yes
2024:
- County: Wright
Meeker Cooperative Light & Power Association Cokato Township
Grant: $945,133
Local Match: $1,155,163
Total Budget: $2,100,296
The Meeker Cooperative Light & Power Association Cokato Township project will provide fiber-to-the-premise broadband access to rural sites in Cokato Township in Wright County, excluding the area within the city limits of the town of Cokato Minnesota. This project will improve unserved/underserved levels of service up to 1 gigabit per second download and upload speeds resulting in more efficient and effective e-learning, telemedicine options and enhanced precision agriculture tools to 300 locations, including 189 unserved and 111 underserved addresses.
2023 – Frontier – Wright County – City of Clearwater – GRANT $829,800
2023 – Arvig (Tekstar) – Wright County Area Fiber Extension – GRANT $879,747
2023 – Meeker Coop Light & Power – French Lake Township – Wright County – GRANT $1,270,132
2022 – Spectrum Mid-America, LLC managed by Charter Communications Inc., $2,832,155.00 (Learn more)
2022 – Meeker Cooperative Light & Power Association (Vibrant Broadband) – Collinwood Lake – GRANT $104,337
Spectrum Mid-America, LLC managed by Charter Communications Inc. – Wright County Project 4 – GRANT $1,008,146
2017 – Midco (Midcontinent Communications) – Annandale East – GRANT $537,050
Meeker Coop. Light & Power Assoc. (Vibrant Broadband) – Lake Louisa/Lake Marie Project – GRANT $297,940
There is a matrix of Minnesota broadband adoption projects.
Government Districts
U.S. Congress: CD 6
MN Senate: 17, 29, 30, 34
MN House: 17A, 29A, 29B, 30A, 30B, 34A