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EXPLORE THE BROADBAND AFFORDABILITY GAP BY STATE

STATE

SIZE OF AFFORDABILITY GAP

% OF STATE'S DIGITAL DIVIDE

INFOGRAPHIC

ALABAMA

397,125

Households

1M

Population

64%

ALASKA

32,516

Households

90,721

Population

45%

ARIZONA

381,027

Households

1.02M

Population

65%

ARKANSAS

214,760

Households

541,195

Population

52%

CALIFORNIA

1.55M

Households

4.56M

Population

63%

COLORADO

219,287

Households

552,603

Population

59%

CONNECTICUT

207,522

Households

520,879

Population

79%

DELAWARE

60,873

Households

153,401

Population

80%

DISTRICT OF COLOMBIA

44,070

Households

100,920

Population

82%

FLORIDA

1.17M

Households

3.12M

Population

69%

GEORGIA

538,372

Households

1.45M

Population

58%

HAWAII

61,795

Households

182,295

Population

69%

IDAHO

67,901

Households

181,974

Population

49%

ILLINOIS

718,113

Households

1.82M

Population

63%

INDIANA

414,313

Households

1.04M

Population

59%

IOWA

198,597

Households

472,622

Population

59%

KANSAS

166,727

Households

415,149

Population

60%

KENTUCKY

273,109

Households

677,311

Population

55%

LOUISIANA

360,383

Households

936,995

Population

65%

MAINE

73,944

Households

168,592

Population

62%

MARYLAND

306,973

Households

813,479

Population

74%

MASSACHUSETTS

380,233

Households

954,385

Population

81%

MICHIGAN

641,861

Households

1.58M

Population

65%

MINNESOTA

262,523

Households

651,056

Population

57%

MISSISSIPPI

259,837

Households

680,772

Population

58%

MISSOURI

322,645

Households

784,028

Population

49%

MONTANA

55,418

Households

131,895

Population

51%

NEBRASKA

95,278

Households

232,478

Population

55%

NEVADA

168,216

Households

447,455

Population

70%

NEW HAMPSHIRE

62,096

Households

151,514

Population

71%

NEW JERSEY

474,710

Households

1.26M

Population

80%

NEW MEXICO

120,054

Households

310,941

Population

50%

NEW YORK

1.27M

Households

3.22M

Population

77%

NORTH CAROLINA

618,183

Households

1.56M

Population

66%

NORTH DAKOTA

55,004

Households

125,410

Population

78%

OHIO

739,700

Households

1.78M

Population

67%

OKLAHOMA

267,063

Households

686,351

Population

57%

OREGON

181,198

Households

452,966

Population

58%

PENNSYLVANIA

817,907

Households

1.98M

Population

70%

RHODE ISLAND

72,570

Households

181,426

Population

87%

SOUTH CAROLINA

365,441

Households

928,220

Population

69%

SOUTH DAKOTA

52,287

Households

125,488

Population

64%

TENNESSEE

529,465

Households

1.33M

Population

72%

TEXAS

1.54M

Households

4.38M

Population

61%

UTAH

104,614

Households

322,213

Population

65%

VERMONT

23,260

Households

53,033

Population

47%

VIRGINIA

453,814

Households

1.18M

Population

63%

WASHINGTON

262,606

Households

669,645

Population

55%

WEST VIRGINIA

95,022

Households

228,053

Population

47%

WISCONSIN

273,415

Households

650,728

Population

49%

WYOMING

27,408

Households

66,326

Population

54%