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US states by households with a broadband internet subscription

Washington had the highest households with a broadband internet subscription of 51 states in 2021, at 91.3%. Mississippi had the lowest, at 78%. The median was 86.9% and the figure for the United States was 87%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest91.3Washington
Lowest78Mississippi
Median86.951 states
United States87History

Map of states, 2021

Alabama: 82.1 %Alaska: 88.4 %Arizona: 88.2 %Arkansas: 79.7 %California: 90.4 %Colorado: 90.9 %Connecticut: 88.9 %Delaware: 89.3 %District of Columbia: 87.2 %Florida: 87.2 %Georgia: 86.2 %Hawaii: 88.7 %Idaho: 88 %Illinois: 86.9 %Indiana: 85.2 %Iowa: 84.9 %Kansas: 86.5 %Kentucky: 83.6 %Louisiana: 81.2 %Maine: 86 %Maryland: 89.7 %Massachusetts: 89.6 %Michigan: 86.4 %Minnesota: 88.6 %Mississippi: 78 %Missouri: 85.1 %Montana: 85.2 %Nebraska: 87.3 %Nevada: 87.3 %New Hampshire: 90.1 %New Jersey: 89.4 %New Mexico: 80.1 %New York: 86.9 %North Carolina: 85.4 %North Dakota: 84.3 %Ohio: 86.3 %Oklahoma: 84 %Oregon: 89.5 %Pennsylvania: 85.8 %Rhode Island: 88.2 %South Carolina: 83.2 %South Dakota: 85.2 %Tennessee: 83.8 %Texas: 87 %Utah: 90.8 %Vermont: 84.6 %Virginia: 87.6 %Washington: 91.3 %West Virginia: 80.8 %Wisconsin: 86.4 %Wyoming: 87.3 %
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%, 2021. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2021

Washington: 91.3 %Washington91.3Colorado: 90.9 %Colorado90.9Utah: 90.8 %Utah90.8California: 90.4 %California90.4New Hampshire: 90.1 %New Hampshire90.1Maryland: 89.7 %Maryland89.7Massachusetts: 89.6 %Massachusetts89.6Oregon: 89.5 %Oregon89.5New Jersey: 89.4 %New Jersey89.4Delaware: 89.3 %Delaware89.3Connecticut: 88.9 %Connecticut88.9Hawaii: 88.7 %Hawaii88.7Minnesota: 88.6 %Minnesota88.6Alaska: 88.4 %Alaska88.4Rhode Island: 88.2 %Rhode Island88.2Arizona: 88.2 %Arizona88.2Idaho: 88 %Idaho88Virginia: 87.6 %Virginia87.6Nevada: 87.3 %Nevada87.3Wyoming: 87.3 %Wyoming87.3Nebraska: 87.3 %Nebraska87.3Florida: 87.2 %Florida87.2District of Columbia: 87.2 %District of Columbia87.2Texas: 87 %Texas87Illinois: 86.9 %Illinois86.9New York: 86.9 %New York86.9Kansas: 86.5 %Kansas86.5Wisconsin: 86.4 %Wisconsin86.4Michigan: 86.4 %Michigan86.4Ohio: 86.3 %Ohio86.3Georgia: 86.2 %Georgia86.2Maine: 86 %Maine86Pennsylvania: 85.8 %Pennsylvania85.8North Carolina: 85.4 %North Carolina85.4Indiana: 85.2 %Indiana85.2South Dakota: 85.2 %South Dakota85.2Montana: 85.2 %Montana85.2Missouri: 85.1 %Missouri85.1Iowa: 84.9 %Iowa84.9Vermont: 84.6 %Vermont84.6North Dakota: 84.3 %North Dakota84.3Oklahoma: 84 %Oklahoma84Tennessee: 83.8 %Tennessee83.8Kentucky: 83.6 %Kentucky83.6South Carolina: 83.2 %South Carolina83.2Alabama: 82.1 %Alabama82.1Louisiana: 81.2 %Louisiana81.2West Virginia: 80.8 %West Virginia80.8New Mexico: 80.1 %New Mexico80.1Arkansas: 79.7 %Arkansas79.7Mississippi: 78 %Mississippi78Washington: 91.3 %Washington91.3Colorado: 90.9 %Colorado90.9Utah: 90.8 %Utah90.8California: 90.4 %California90.4New Hampshire: 90.1 %New Hampshire90.1Maryland: 89.7 %Maryland89.7Massachusetts: 89.6 %Massachusetts89.6Oregon: 89.5 %Oregon89.5New Jersey: 89.4 %New Jersey89.4Delaware: 89.3 %Delaware89.3Connecticut: 88.9 %Connecticut88.9Hawaii: 88.7 %Hawaii88.7Minnesota: 88.6 %Minnesota88.6Alaska: 88.4 %Alaska88.4Rhode Island: 88.2 %Rhode Island88.2Arizona: 88.2 %Arizona88.2Idaho: 88 %Idaho88Virginia: 87.6 %Virginia87.6Nevada: 87.3 %Nevada87.3Wyoming: 87.3 %Wyoming87.3Nebraska: 87.3 %Nebraska87.3Florida: 87.2 %Florida87.2District of Columbia: 87.2 %District of Columbia87.2Texas: 87 %Texas87Illinois: 86.9 %Illinois86.9New York: 86.9 %New York86.9Kansas: 86.5 %Kansas86.5Wisconsin: 86.4 %Wisconsin86.4Michigan: 86.4 %Michigan86.4Ohio: 86.3 %Ohio86.3Georgia: 86.2 %Georgia86.2Maine: 86 %Maine86Pennsylvania: 85.8 %Pennsylvania85.8North Carolina: 85.4 %North Carolina85.4Indiana: 85.2 %Indiana85.2South Dakota: 85.2 %South Dakota85.2Montana: 85.2 %Montana85.2Missouri: 85.1 %Missouri85.1Iowa: 84.9 %Iowa84.9Vermont: 84.6 %Vermont84.6North Dakota: 84.3 %North Dakota84.3Oklahoma: 84 %Oklahoma84Tennessee: 83.8 %Tennessee83.8Kentucky: 83.6 %Kentucky83.6South Carolina: 83.2 %South Carolina83.2Alabama: 82.1 %Alabama82.1Louisiana: 81.2 %Louisiana81.2West Virginia: 80.8 %West Virginia80.8New Mexico: 80.1 %New Mexico80.1Arkansas: 79.7 %Arkansas79.7Mississippi: 78 %Mississippi78
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankStates2021 (%)
1Washington91.3
2Colorado90.9
3Utah90.8
4California90.4
5New Hampshire90.1
6Maryland89.7
7Massachusetts89.6
8Oregon89.5
9New Jersey89.4
10Delaware89.3
11Connecticut88.9
12Hawaii88.7
13Minnesota88.6
14Alaska88.4
15Rhode Island88.2
16Arizona88.2
17Idaho88
18Virginia87.6
19Nevada87.3
20Wyoming87.3
21Nebraska87.3
22Florida87.2
23District of Columbia87.2
24Texas87
25Illinois86.9
25New York86.9
27Kansas86.5
28Wisconsin86.4
29Michigan86.4
30Ohio86.3
31Georgia86.2
32Maine86
33Pennsylvania85.8
34North Carolina85.4
35Indiana85.2
36South Dakota85.2
37Montana85.2
38Missouri85.1
39Iowa84.9
40Vermont84.6
41North Dakota84.3
42Oklahoma84
43Tennessee83.8
44Kentucky83.6
45South Carolina83.2
46Alabama82.1
47Louisiana81.2
48West Virginia80.8
49New Mexico80.1
50Arkansas79.7
51Mississippi78

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About this ranking

Households with a broadband internet subscription of any type (cellular data plan, cable, fiber optic, DSL, satellite or other non-dial-up service), as a percentage of all households. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Counts a paid subscription, so households that only use free access (a library or public wifi) are not included. A cellular data plan alone counts as broadband. A separate series from households_internet_access_share, the Eurostat share of households with internet access at home.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B28002: households with a broadband subscription of any type as a percentage of all households, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b28002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B28002: households with a broadband subscription of any type as a percentage of all households, calculated with stored inputs (US states by households with a broadband internet subscription, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b28002.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B28002: households with a broadband subscription of any type as a percentage of all households, calculated with stored inputs, US states by households with a broadband internet subscription, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b28002.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households-broadband-subscription/us-states?period=2021. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B28002: households with a broadband subscription of any type as a percentage of all households, calculated with stored inputs. US states by households with a broadband internet subscription, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b28002.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households-broadband-subscription/us-states?period=2021.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B28002: households with a broadband subscription of any type as a percentage of all households, calculated with stored inputs, US states by households with a broadband internet subscription, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b28002.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/households-broadband-subscription/us-states?period=2021 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B28002: households with a broadband subscription of any type as a percentage of all households, calculated with stored inputs: US states by households with a broadband internet subscription, 2021}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-18},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households-broadband-subscription/us-states?period=2021. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B28002: households with a broadband subscription of any type as a percentage of all households, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b28002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-18.},
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Which state has the highest households with a broadband internet subscription?

Washington, with 91.3% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest households with a broadband internet subscription?

Mississippi, with 78% in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B28002: households with a broadband subscription of any type as a percentage of all households, calculated with stored inputs. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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