South Dakota Broadband Audit

The map above shows the broadband reality of South Dakota. It highlights the unserved and underserved broadband serviceable locations of South Dakota by county. To learn more about what qualifies as an unserved or underserved location, click here.

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South Dakota broadband performance trends

Of the 399,404 broadband serviceable locations in South Dakota, 26,502 are unserved and 72,603 are underserved.

Here are the top 5 counties ranked by highest number of unserved and underserved locations

Pennington county

33.8^%

out of 42,211 broadband serviceable locations

Todd county

78.0^%

out of 2,220 broadband serviceable locations

Brown county

32.9^%

out of 16,772 broadband serviceable locations

Charles Mix county

29.9^%

out of 5,239 broadband serviceable locations

Corson county

23.3^%

out of 1,830 broadband serviceable locations

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Unserved and Underserved Anchor Institutions in South Dakota

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Non-residential demand points

Commercial

Community

Education

Government

Health

Outdoor

Updated October 1, 2022

The map above shows the distribution of anchor institutions accross South Dakota colored by type. Anchor institutions are crucial entities such as schools, hospitals, and more that require greater use of broadband services. They often cater to vulnerable populations and ensuring they receive high quality broadband coverage is a high priority.

South Dakota places of interest

Of the 94,633 places of interest in South Dakota, 3,466 are community anchor institutions.

Here is the breakdown of places of interest by category.

Commercial

91,167

All types of businesses.

Community

1,703

Includes community centers, etc.

Education

695

Includes schools, colleges, learning centers, etc

Government

686

Includes libraries, fire departments, etc.

Health

382

Includes clinics, public hospitals, etc.

The table below displays the list of place of interest in South Dakota area alongwith their provider and current download and upload speeds.

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Place of interest	Industry	Provider	Rank	Download/Upload (mbps)
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Local Internet Service Providers and Types of Service Provided in South Dakota

The bar chart below displays local internet service providers in South Dakota and a breakdown of their broadband performance. The performance data is generated by combining multiple industry leading speed tests including MLab and Ookla. We have excluded performance data from national providers like AT&T, Comcast, T-mobile, and Cable One.

South Dakota local providers

Of the 96 providers in South Dakota, 71 provide residential service.

Here is the breakdown of providers by type of service provided.

Fiber

42.7^%

41 fiber providers

Wireless

31.3^%

30 wireless providers

Satellite

4.2^%

4 satellite providers

Other

21.9^%

21 other providers

The table below displays a list of providers in the South Dakota area. Please enroll for free to see more.

AllWirelessFiberOther

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Provider	service type	Download/upload (mbps)	Performance breakdown
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Demographics in South Dakota

Up-to-date information on the population of South Dakota including broadband coverage, income, housing type, and more.

Poverty threshold

21.0

Individuals with income below 150% poverty threshold

% with Internet

86.7

Households with an internet subscription

Education level

29.3

Population over age 25 with a bachelor degree

Household Income

$59,896.00

Median household income

Population breakdown

Population

879,336

Households

347,878

Housing units

396,817

2020 FCC estimate

Racial breakdown

Asian

1.4%

Black

2.1%

Native

8.5%

White

83.6%

Other

4.2%

ACS 5-year estimates (2015-2019)

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