Year

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% of population with active broadband subscriptions

U.S. Average

North Carolina

Broadband Adoption

Percentage of homes with active broadband internet access

What does this mean?

Broadband adoption measures the extent to which the population accesses broadband infrastructure.

Why does this matter?

Use of broadband increases access to education, employment, and business opportunities, which lead to income growth and lower unemployment.

* Source: North Carolina Department of Information Technology

Note: State to state comparison is not currently available using reliable data. For this reason, Broadband is not represented in the NC Infrastructure Index ranking.

For more information related to broadband trends and metrics within the state of North Carolina, please visit our partner: North Carolina Department of Information Technology.

Broadband Adoption

Region:

Region	2017	2018	2019
Alamance	46.99	46.73	48.17
Alexander	32.68	30.01	32.41
Alleghany	18.64	8.94	13.06
Anson	26.41	21.94	20.56
Ashe	30.86	28.75	29.34
Avery	27.60	25.81	25.03
Beaufort	22.48	23.33	23.12
Bertie	8.09	7.51	2.60
Bladen	18.15	11.71	11.38
Brunswick	44.41	41.55	42.68
Buncombe	63.52	63.60	60.58
Burke	25.34	24.07	21.89
Cabarrus	79.94	80.22	81.23
Caldwell	35.50	36.33	35.09
Camden	55.43	54.33	59.12
Carteret	49.86	49.57	48.49
Caswell	19.29	17.62	13.79
Catawba	48.24	47.30	45.42
Chatham	54.63	50.49	51.37
Cherokee	22.90	20.53	22.31
Chowan	28.99	26.43	24.66
Clay	30.97	24.18	21.39
Cleveland	31.20	27.41	26.67
Columbus	17.23	13.65	13.72
Craven	56.00	54.64	53.41
Cumberland	63.13	60.40	58.48
Currituck	63.65	63.71	62.71
Dare	67.24	66.90	68.43
Davidson	45.29	43.88	42.01
Davie	50.91	49.86	49.14
Duplin	5.95	2.87	4.45
Durham	73.12	71.65	70.81
Edgecombe	22.55	20.74	17.13
Forsyth	62.49	59.98	58.92
Franklin	50.38	47.96	48.00
Gaston	49.28	48.62	49.04
Gates	29.21	27.12	20.55
Graham	7.08	1.10	0.44
Granville	51.70	51.03	51.86
Greene	14.46	10.75	11.11
Guilford	63.97	62.17	61.52
Halifax	14.96	13.68	11.35
Harnett	62.00	60.10	62.18
Haywood	34.35	32.45	30.58
Henderson	46.32	44.89	42.33
Hertford	19.10	14.20	14.03
Hoke	56.56	55.57	47.50
Hyde	21.63	31.77	14.07
Iredell	65.54	64.53	65.13
Jackson	46.32	42.58	40.33
Johnston	64.52	62.51	62.41
Jones	7.59	4.09	2.64
Lee	41.05	37.84	36.65
Lenoir	17.94	17.89	12.51
Lincoln	54.11	51.88	54.35
Macon	24.65	24.08	24.19
Madison	39.96	43.46	41.50
Martin	23.50	20.95	22.21
McDowell	29.86	27.21	27.45
Mecklenburg	81.71	81.04	82.05
Mitchell	19.58	20.44	19.45
Montgomery	13.98	12.58	17.86
Moore	53.71	53.08	54.06
Nash	42.47	43.06	42.27
New Hanover	72.58	70.57	71.14
North Carolina	63.79	64.92	66.35
Northampton	2.28	1.30	0.00
Onslow	89.22	85.94	84.80
Orange	94.17	92.58	92.22
Pamlico	32.17	23.96	21.33
Pasquotank	48.46	46.62	46.63
Pender	46.11	48.52	51.01
Perquimans	30.66	29.63	23.94
Person	33.97	31.26	32.38
Pitt	63.74	62.12	59.54
Polk	39.66	36.97	29.34
Randolph	39.98	38.41	37.85
Richmond	20.47	22.92	20.00
Robeson	14.33	12.05	12.07
Rockingham	34.39	33.11	28.89
Rowan	46.42	45.60	43.47
Rutherford	23.44	21.87	19.86
Sampson	16.86	12.20	15.03
Scotland	20.76	18.71	14.34
Stanly	50.13	50.83	51.18
Stokes	39.20	34.24	31.36
Surry	26.27	22.73	21.39
Swain	8.12	11.41	18.31
Transylvania	44.77	44.62	43.31
Tyrrell	0.00	0.00	9.98
Union	89.09	88.90	89.99
Vance	27.68	30.67	31.55
Wake	100.00	100.00	100.00
Warren	14.05	7.95	6.74
Washington	6.56	3.59	0.08
Watauga	76.05	73.77	74.51
Wayne	37.49	35.34	35.52
Wilkes	28.05	27.11	28.06
Wilson	37.86	33.96	33.99
Yadkin	33.93	31.93	31.86
Yancey	17.11	15.34	19.63
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