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Koochiching County

Table of goal data by year
Year Rank 100/20 Mbps
2023 #67 of 87 73.83%
2022 #63 of 87 72.3%
2021 #60 of 87 72.85%
2020 #60 of 87 68.6%
2019 #47 of 87 73.41%
2018 #28 of 87 73.44%
2017 #27 of 87 68.55%

Koochiching County: Incremental Increases

Koochiching County ranks 67 (down 4 points) for broadband access out of 87 counties. They have 73.83 percent coverage to broadband of 100 Mbps down and 20 up. They have 1818 households without access to broadband at that speed. Estimates indicate that it will cost $16.9 million to get to ubiquitous broadband in the county.

Koochiching County has been hovering around 73 percent coverage for a while now. In 2023, Koochiching County was awarded a $77,300 Border to Border grant to serve 13 businesses along an established trucking route that is heavily used to connect Highway 53 and Highway 11 E through a partnership with Midco.

Hopefully that partnership will start a momentum toward improvement but at this point, Koochiching might need to see more demonstration of effort before losing the red ranking.

Household Density

2.2

Number of Providers

13

As of 2023 · Source: MN DEED

Households with Device Access

A Device 82.5% 95.5%
statewide
Desktop or Laptop 70.3% 83.2%
statewide
Smartphone 60.5% 90.1%
statewide
Tablet 50.3% 65.8%
statewide
Other 3.1% 2.3%
statewide

Has Worked with Blandin Foundation

Yes

Has Received MN Grant(s)

Yes

2015 – Midcontinent Little Fork Middle Mile – Grant award: $277,448

Paul Bunyan Communications – North Central Minnesota Fiber Project– GRANT $2,562,916

2023 – Koochiching County – Koochiching County International Falls Economic Development – GRANT $77,300

Government Districts

U.S. Congress: CD 8

MN Senate: 03

MN House: 03A

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