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Beltrami County

Table of goal data by year
Year Rank 100/20 Mbps
2023 #12 of 87 98.75%
2022 #8 of 87 98.86%
2021 #6 of 87 99.25%
2020 #5 of 87 99.25%
2019 #6 of 87 98.79%
2018 #8 of 87 96.3%
2017 #6 of 87 96.35%

Beltrami County Well Served Thanks to Paul Bunyan

Beltrami County ranks 12 for broadband access. They have hovered around 99 percent access to broadband of 100 Mbps down and 20 up since 2019. They have 230 households without access to broadband at that speed. Estimates indicate that it will cost $230,000 to get ubiquitous broadband in the county.

Beltrami County has fallen in the ranking for broadband coverage but that’s only because others have been catching up. They have an engaged cooperative provider and it seems likely that they should reach the goal of ubiquitous broadband. It’s worth noting that they rank number 4 for Gig access.

Household Density

6.0

Number of Providers

12

As of 2023 · Source: MN DEED

Households with Device Access

A Device 86.6% 95.5%
statewide
Desktop or Laptop 76.2% 83.2%
statewide
Smartphone 70.7% 90.1%
statewide
Tablet 54.1% 65.8%
statewide
Other 1.9% 2.3%
statewide

Has Worked with Blandin Foundation

No

Has Received MN Grant(s)

Yes

2020 – Paul Bunyan received a MN Border to Border grant to bring fiber to the Leach Lake Indian Reservation and the southeast Beltrami.

Government Districts

U.S. Congress: CD 8

MN Senate: 02

MN House: 02A, 02B

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Overlapping MN Reservations

Leech Lake Reservation

Red Lake Reservation

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