This measure tracks the percentage of households with access to a high speed (broadband) internet subscription, a cellular data connection, or satellite internet. Subscription rates are broken down by race and ethnicity. Note that there is not enough data to show for the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander category. Access to high speed internet is critical to our region's prosperity, allowing users to communicate with each other. Ensuring that all racial and ethnic groups have access to broadband aids SEMCOG's goal of improving resilience, access, and sustainability for essential utilities and services for everyone.
Household subscriptions to high-speed internet grew for all racial and ethic groups from 2021 to 2022. Subscription rates now range from 85% for Black or African American households to 97% for Asian households.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year Estimate[Table code: S2802]
This chart uses 5-year American Community Survey data which is not directly comparable to the 1-year American Community Survey data. The observation year represents that last year of the 5-year survey, for example, year 2022 represents the 5-year survey collection period of 2018-2022. Some race categories have a small sample size, resulting in large observational variances. For some years, data are suppressed and there is a break in the time series.