Internet Access Data

By County

These federal, state, and local datasets reflect current health issues in Williamson, Travis, Hays, Comal, and Bexar Counties in Central Texas.

Digital Connectivity

Disconnected Texans

Nearly 1 million Texans lack adequate infrastructure to support broadband service.

Over 3 million households do not subscribe to fixed broadband service.

Geographic gap

Roughly 89% of Texans with inadequate broadband infrastructure reside in rural Texas.

Rural communities can pay up to 4 to 5 times more for fixed broadband services in comparison to urban communities.

Income gap

Less than half of the state’s households earning less than $20,000 a year subscribe to fixed broadband, whereas 82% of households earning $75,000 or more do.

Students

At the onset of the pandemic, 3.1 million K-12 Texas students did not have access to broadband or an adequate learning device.

After close to a $1 billion investment in student connectivity, over 2 million K-12 Texas students still lack in-home broadband sufficient for learning.

Telehealth

74 counties do not have a hospital; 22 rural hospitals have closed since 2010; 35 counties do not have a primary care physician - A majority of these counties also have inadequate broadband infrastructure for telemedicine access.

Broadband Coverage Map