Broadband rate, 100 largest US metropolitan areas

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

The largest 100 metropolitan areas and their broadband adoption rates, as a percentages, are listed below. Click on a city name to see it on the national broadband adoption map.

Estimates are of the number of fixed residential broadband connections per 100 households. Internet connection speeds are measured in kilobits per second (Kbps), a standard that's 8 times faster than kilobytes per second, which is often displayed by computer software. The broadband stimulus law defines broadband as 768 Kbps download (96KB/second) and 200 Kbps upload (25KB/second). For more about the procedure used to estimate these rates, read the methodology.

Metro Area	Pop. 7/09 (thousands)	Rate 12/08	Rate 6/09	Rate 12/09	Rate 6/10	Rate 12/10
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT	901	75	77	77	78	79
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY	677	64	74	73	75	76
Honolulu, HI	908	68	69	72	72	74
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	536	68	66	70	72	73
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA	3054	71	72	71	71	72
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	1840	68	69	70	70	72
Colorado Springs, CO	626	63	69	68	71	72
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH	4589	68	71	70	72	72
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	1196	68	69	69	71	71
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	803	65	68	68	69	71
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	4318	69	71	69	68	71
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	5476	67	70	69	71	71
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	587	61	59	68	67	71
Syracuse, NY	646	73	65	67	68	70
New Haven-Milford, CT	848	65	68	69	69	70
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC	1674	62	65	66	68	69
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	2082	66	66	67	68	69
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	2747	62	63	66	68	69
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	3408	59	66	65	63	69
Worcester, MA	804	62	65	66	68	69
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME	517	71	63	63	63	68
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	3270	61	64	65	66	68
Ogden-Clearfield, UT	542	62	63	65	66	68
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO	2552	62	65	64	66	68
Rochester, NY	1036	73	62	66	66	68
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	537	58	63	64	66	68
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	858	81	64	65	66	67
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA	19070	62	66	65	67	67
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	2242	61	65	63	58	67
Pittsburgh, PA	2355	57	61	63	65	67
Salt Lake City, UT	1130	60	60	64	65	67
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA	12875	59	62	63	65	66
Raleigh-Cary, NC	1126	70	65	64	66	66
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA	1601	62	64	65	67	66
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	5968	62	65	64	65	66
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	816	58	59	61	63	66
Madison, WI	570	61	62	63	60	65
Springfield, MA	699	55	58	60	65	65
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	583	53	57	62	63	65
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA	850	61	62	63	63	65
Baltimore-Towson, MD	2691	58	62	63	64	65
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI	1560	64	63	62	63	65
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	1705	67	64	64	63	64
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	563	57	61	62	64	64
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC	659	64	62	63	63	64
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ	4364	59	58	60	60	64
Columbus, OH	1802	66	62	61	61	64
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN	2172	63	61	61	62	63
Akron, OH	700	65	60	61	62	63
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI	9581	60	62	61	61	63
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA	2127	58	60	59	61	63
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN	1744	57	60	60	60	62
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI	4403	57	60	61	61	62
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH	2091	58	57	59	59	62
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC	1746	60	59	59	60	61
Lancaster, PA	508	51	55	51	53	61
Jacksonville, FL	1328	55	58	59	61	61
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	1124	57	57	59	60	61
Tucson, AZ	1020	57	57	56	57	61
Provo-Orem, UT	556	54	58	59	58	61
Albuquerque, NM	858	53	57	57	59	60
Oklahoma City, OK	1227	56	57	57	58	60
Baton Rouge, LA	787	57	59	61	61	60
Wichita, KS	613	58	58	59	59	60
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL	5547	55	56	56	59	60
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	4143	51	54	57	58	60
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA	5475	56	59	58	57	60
Boise City-Nampa, ID	606	54	55	57	59	59
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	6448	57	59	58	58	59
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV	1903	58	58	58	58	59
St. Louis, MO-IL	2829	55	56	58	57	59
Richmond, VA	1238	51	54	56	58	59
Kansas City, MO-KS	2068	58	58	57	58	59
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA	1190	60	62	58	59	59
Greensboro-High Point, NC	715	58	52	53	56	58
Dayton, OH	835	57	54	56	55	58
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA	563	52	51	55	56	57
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX	5867	55	57	58	57	57
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	1582	54	57	55	57	57
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	549	42	45	50	54	57
Tulsa, OK	929	52	54	54	53	56
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	539	53	57	56	56	56
Stockton, CA	675	48	50	52	54	55
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	1259	51	53	54	54	55
Columbia, SC	745	66	51	50	53	55
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	685	52	54	54	54	55
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI	778	47	52	53	54	55
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	2072	23	25	54	54	55
Chattanooga, TN-GA	524	45	52	48	53	54
Modesto, CA	510	48	50	52	53	54
Knoxville, TN	699	51	53	54	55	54
El Paso, TX	751	47	47	50	52	54
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	807	46	48	50	52	53
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC	640	48	52	51	54	52
Fresno, CA	915	46	47	48	50	51
Birmingham-Hoover, AL	1131	48	50	50	49	50
Jackson, MS	541	45	49	50	51	49
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	1305	44	47	48	50	48
Toledo, OH	672	38	40	40	39	43
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	741	32	33	36	35	36

Sources: Workshop analysis of FCC data; populations are from U.S. Census. Metropolitan area adoption rates are calculated on the basis of adoption throughout an entire metropolitan statistical area, which includes, at a minimum, adjacent counties. For more see thecensus bureau's explanation.

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