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Pope County

Table of goal data by year
Year Rank 100/20 Mbps
2023 #43 of 87 84.65%
2022 #46 of 87 79.15%
2021 #54 of 87 74.48%
2020 #52 of 87 73%
2019 #54 of 87 68.92%
2018 #78 of 87 23.67%
2017 #70 of 87 24.33%

Pope County: Latest Grant Project Will Make a Difference

Pope County ranks 43 (up 3 points) for broadband access out of 87 counties. They have 84.65 percent coverage to broadband of 100 Mbps down and 20 up. They have 911 households without access to broadband at that speed. Estimates indicate that it will cost $8.4million to get to ubiquitous broadband in the county.

Pope County had incremental improvement to broadband until now but saw a little bump in the last year. In December 2022, Hanson Communications received $4.3 million in Border to Border money to serve 504 underserved locations and 553 unserved locations in the greater Southeast Pope County area, Minnesota.

They continue on the march with a yellow ranking.

Household Density

8.3

Number of Providers

18

As of 2023 · Source: MN DEED

Households with Device Access

A Device 84.8% 95.5%
statewide
Desktop or Laptop 75.6% 83.2%
statewide
Smartphone 67.2% 90.1%
statewide
Tablet 53.1% 65.8%
statewide
Other 2.1% 2.3%
statewide

Has Worked with Blandin Foundation

Yes

Has Received MN Grant(s)

Yes

2017 – Hanson Communications – Minnewaska Area FTTP – GRANT $4,996,791

2022 – Hanson Communications, Inc., $4,248,796.00

Government Districts

U.S. Congress: CD 7

MN Senate: 12

MN House: 12A, 12B

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