Monday, 3 October 2022

Minnesota County Digital Equity Profiles- how does your county rank?

Ann Treacy

Oct 3

Every year, the Blandin on Broadband blog does County Broadband Profiles (and will do again when the new maps come out) but given federal opportunities are making it possible to get funding for access and adoption, I thought I'd try to present information for counties to assess their digital equity standing and give options for who to contact locally for more information.

I am using the Microsoft Digital Equity Tool to determine needs by county and make high level recommendations for next steps to consider based on the data. With special thanks to Carter Grupp, Broadband Coordinator Broadband Coordinator at American Connection Project for Otter Tail County, for running the numbers for me. (I suspect Carter will find more ways to share this information in a more dynamic way soon!)

You can see how your county compares in the chart below. Clicking through to the individual profiles you can learn more about what specifically factors into the ranking. (The reports will post before 6am on October 3.)

County Name	Average Ranking of All Fields	Total Ranking
Dakota County	7.555	1
Carver County	8.1111	2
Scott County	9.888	3
Washington County	12.111	4
Olmsted County	13.611	5
Anoka County	14	6
Hennepin County	15.833	7
Sherburne County	18	8
Dodge County	19.055	9
Wright County	20.944	10
Goodhue County	24	11
Rice County	24.611	12
Ramsey County	25.388	13
Steele County	27.111	14
Douglas County	29.388	15
Chisago County	30.3888	16
Nicollet County	30.555	17
Blue Earth County	30.5555	18
Houston County	30.777	19
Winona County	31.166	20
Rock County	31.555	21
Crow Wing County	31.666	22
Waseca County	31.833	23
Wabasha County	32	24
Stevens County	32.833	25
Le Sueur County	33.166	26
Clay County	33.333	27
Lyon County	34.5	28
Cook County	35.888	29
Benton County	36.05555	30
Stearns County	36.333	31
McLeod County	36.555	32
Kandiyohi County	37.111	33
Brown County	37.2222	34
Pennington County	37.888	35
Jackson County	38.555	36
Lake County	38.555	37
Becker County	39.11111	38
Hubbard County	39.38	39
Beltrami County	39.4444	40
Lac qui Parle County	39.888	41
Wilkin County	40.277	42
Otter Tail County	43.333	43
Polk County	44.333	44
Isanti County	45.111	45
Pope County	45.833	46
St. Louis County	45.944	47
Itasca County	46.333	48
Grant County	46.722	49
Meeker County	48.111	50
Mower County	48.333	51
Freeborn County	49	52
Sibley County	49.722	53
Chippewa County	49.7222	54
Pipestone County	50.277	55
Red Lake County	50.388	56
Faribault County	50.611	57
Yellow Medicine County	50.777	58
Fillmore County	50.888	59
Martin County	51.277	60
Marshall County	51.777	61
Murray County	52.72	62
Big Stone County	53	63
Swift County	53.944	64
Lincoln County	54.666	65
Renville County	55.277	66
Kittson County	55.666	67
Cass County	56.2777	68
Nobles County	56.833	69
Redwood County	57.055	70
Traverse County	57.166	71
Norman County	57.888	72
Carlton County	58.6111	73
Roseau County	58.666	74
Clearwater County	58.888	75
Cottonwood County	58.944	76
Wadena County	59.611	77
Koochiching County	61.333	78
Watonwan County	62.111	79
Morrison County	62.222	80
Mille Lacs County	63.555	81
Lake of the Woods County	66.333	82
Todd County	68.333	83
Aitkin County	68.38888	84
Mahnomen County	70.666	85
Pine County	71.111	86
Kanabec County	71.611	87