NTIA - Digital Equity Act Population Viewer
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The Digital Equity Act Population Viewer includes five (5) thematic maps to explore. The Digital Equity Act of 2021 was established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, also called the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Sections 60301-60307). The State Digital Equity Planning Grant Program is the first of three Digital Equity Act programs that will be administered by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Under the legislation, NTIA allocates awards to participating States (including the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico) based on their populations, demographics, and availability and adoption of broadband. This map viewer depicts the data used in the funding allocation formula.
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Total population: 2,096,829
Total covered population: 1,916,000 Covered population: 91.4%
Population in households lacking computer or broadband subscription: 18.6% Population not using the internet: 19.5% |
US Census
Access Census Data Profiles
Data Profiles are available by state, county, county subdivision, place, census tract, zip code tabulation area, metropolitan/micropolitan statistical area, American Indian homeland, as well as by year.
Data Profiles are available by state, county, county subdivision, place, census tract, zip code tabulation area, metropolitan/micropolitan statistical area, American Indian homeland, as well as by year.
- Social Characteristics — includes Education, Marital Status, Relationships, Fertility, Grandparents...
- Economic Characteristics — includes Income, Employment, Occupation, Commuting to Work...
- Housing Characteristics — includes Occupancy and Structure, Housing Value and Costs, Utilities...
- Demographic Characteristics — includes Sex and Age, Race, Hispanic Origin, Housing Units...
Access Broadband Dashboard
Includes 21 thematic maps to explore. It allows users to analyze maps displaying broadband access statistics and select social and economic indicators. Indicators include statistics on employment, small business establishments, wages and income, poverty, home values, population change and migration, educational attainment, and Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Note that some indicators may not have data available for all mapped areas. The map's underlying data files, which include the margins of error for the survey estimates, are also available for download (here).
Includes 21 thematic maps to explore. It allows users to analyze maps displaying broadband access statistics and select social and economic indicators. Indicators include statistics on employment, small business establishments, wages and income, poverty, home values, population change and migration, educational attainment, and Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Note that some indicators may not have data available for all mapped areas. The map's underlying data files, which include the margins of error for the survey estimates, are also available for download (here).
ACP and EBB Enrollment Maps
ACP Enrollment Maps
"Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) Enrollment Visualization. The ACP is a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program that alleviates the cost burden of essential broadband connection and internet-connected devices for low income households. The ACP visualization maps a granular depiction of ACP participation, displaying, by ZIP code, the percent of eligible households enrolled in ACP. The average participation in the ACP nationwide is estimated to be 14%. Other features of the ACP visualization include Rural LISC Digital Navigator Partner Site Locations, terrestrial broadband access, and most recently, the Digital Divide Index (DDI). The DDI gives a visual representation on how deeply each neighborhood is impacted by the digital divide (on a scale from 0-100)."
"Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) Enrollment Visualization. The ACP is a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program that alleviates the cost burden of essential broadband connection and internet-connected devices for low income households. The ACP visualization maps a granular depiction of ACP participation, displaying, by ZIP code, the percent of eligible households enrolled in ACP. The average participation in the ACP nationwide is estimated to be 14%. Other features of the ACP visualization include Rural LISC Digital Navigator Partner Site Locations, terrestrial broadband access, and most recently, the Digital Divide Index (DDI). The DDI gives a visual representation on how deeply each neighborhood is impacted by the digital divide (on a scale from 0-100)."
EBB Enrollment Map
"A previous FCC program, the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB), was in effect from May 2021 – December 2021. Access the EBB Enrollment Map to explore EBB enrollment for that period.
https://www.lisc.org/ruralacp/
Purdue - Digital Distress Map
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The Digital Distress Map created by Purdue University uses data from the U.S. Census American Community Survey and shows digital distress at the county, census tract, and congressional district levels. Data was obtained for all U.S. census tracts and categorized into low, moderate, and high digital distress. Four variables from the U.S. Census American Community Survey were used:
1) the percent of homes with no internet access, 2) using only cellular data, as well as 3) the percent of homes relying on mobile devices only, or 4) having no computing devices. Purdue University considers "the digital divide is the number one threat to community economic development in the 21st century. " Four variables from the U.S. Census American Community Survey were used: 1) the percent of homes with no internet access, 2) using only cellular data, as well as 3) the percent of homes relying on mobile devices only, or 4) having no computing devices. Data was obtained for all U.S. census tracts and categorized into low, moderate, and high digital distress.
Read the article View the Map to see Digital Distress factors by: county,census tract, or congressional district |
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Digital Distress by County in New Mexico
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Purdue - Digital Divide Index (DDI)
Purdue University considers "the digital divide is the number one threat to community economic development in the 21st century. " Read about the Digital Divide Index and browse variables included:
Read about the Digital Divide Index and browse variables included:
The State of the Digital Divide in the United States – Purdue Center for Regional Development
This analysis provides a look at 2020 data using Digital Divide Index (DDI) county groups and a host of socioeconomic, households, and workforce variables. It can serve as a national "baseline" for states gearing up for the Digital Equity Act (DEA) and the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) planning. We have included some of the variables that were listed as target populations in the DEA NOFO.
- Digital Divide Score
- Average Download Speed (Mbps)
- Average Upload Speed (Mbps)
- Population with no access to 100/20 (Mbps)
- No internet access
- No computer device
- Less than HS degree
- Poverty Rate
- Age 65+
- Disability Rate
- Internet Income Ratio
- Infrastructure Score
- Socioeconomic Score
Read about the Digital Divide Index and browse variables included:
The State of the Digital Divide in the United States – Purdue Center for Regional Development
This analysis provides a look at 2020 data using Digital Divide Index (DDI) county groups and a host of socioeconomic, households, and workforce variables. It can serve as a national "baseline" for states gearing up for the Digital Equity Act (DEA) and the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) planning. We have included some of the variables that were listed as target populations in the DEA NOFO.
Purdue - County Connectivity Landscape Dashboard
The County Connectivity Landscape Dashboard was created by Purdue University with funding from eXtension Foundation to help Cooperative Extension professionals as they plan online programming and outreach methods.
Microsoft Digital Equity Data Maps
Microsoft released a new interactive tool to help identify places in the United States with significant digital equity gaps. Created by Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab and in the spirit of leaning deep into data to help solve hard problems, the dashboard creates one of the most complete pictures of digital equity in the United States to date.
The Microsoft dashboard goes census tract by census tract, examining 20 different indicators of digital equity -- such as broadband access, usage, education, and poverty rates, aggregating public data from the Census Bureau, FCC, BroadbandNow and Microsoft’s own broadband usage data. This data, taken together, provides an aggregated “score” of digital inequity in the community.
How it works: The dashboard goes census tract by census tract, examining 20 different indicators of digital equity -- such as broadband access, usage, education, and poverty rates, aggregating public data from the Census Bureau, FCC, BroadbandNow and Microsoft’s own broadband usage data. This data, taken together, provides an aggregated “score” of digital inequity in the community.
Why it matters: The dashboard was created with the best data possible as a resource to assist policymakers in identifying key places and communities within their state so they can direct funding and programmatic investments. We hope that this dashboard will empower policymakers to implement programs that foster sustainable and inclusive economic opportunity and deliver on this fundamental need to close the digital divide.
Read the blog announcement:
https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2022/07/14/digital-inequity-dashboard-broadband-access/
Access Microsoft Digital Equity data maps for all states: LINK
The Microsoft dashboard goes census tract by census tract, examining 20 different indicators of digital equity -- such as broadband access, usage, education, and poverty rates, aggregating public data from the Census Bureau, FCC, BroadbandNow and Microsoft’s own broadband usage data. This data, taken together, provides an aggregated “score” of digital inequity in the community.
How it works: The dashboard goes census tract by census tract, examining 20 different indicators of digital equity -- such as broadband access, usage, education, and poverty rates, aggregating public data from the Census Bureau, FCC, BroadbandNow and Microsoft’s own broadband usage data. This data, taken together, provides an aggregated “score” of digital inequity in the community.
Why it matters: The dashboard was created with the best data possible as a resource to assist policymakers in identifying key places and communities within their state so they can direct funding and programmatic investments. We hope that this dashboard will empower policymakers to implement programs that foster sustainable and inclusive economic opportunity and deliver on this fundamental need to close the digital divide.
Read the blog announcement:
https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2022/07/14/digital-inequity-dashboard-broadband-access/
Access Microsoft Digital Equity data maps for all states: LINK
Internet Access Index (IAI)
"Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne) developed the Internet Access Index (IAI) to better understand the challenges many households face in connecting to high-speed internet, whether due to lack of broadband availability from internet service providers or difficulties in subscribing to a broadband service."
IAI is calculated as the product of 3 factors:
quality and availability of high-speed internet
the public’s ability to subscribe to high-speed internet services
The IAI scores United States’ census tracts on a [0,1] scale, where values near 0 represent areas with less internet access and values approaching 1 represent more internet access. The maximum score (1.0) of the IAI would mean that all census blocks within a census tract have high speed internet available at the highest national speed (currently 1000 mbps), and that all households within the tract have a fixed broadband subscription of some type. To better visualize the results, Argonne binned the data into 5 relative bins (darker colored bins means better internet access) and created maps available in the accompanying story map.
IAI is calculated as the product of 3 factors:
quality and availability of high-speed internet
the public’s ability to subscribe to high-speed internet services
The IAI scores United States’ census tracts on a [0,1] scale, where values near 0 represent areas with less internet access and values approaching 1 represent more internet access. The maximum score (1.0) of the IAI would mean that all census blocks within a census tract have high speed internet available at the highest national speed (currently 1000 mbps), and that all households within the tract have a fixed broadband subscription of some type. To better visualize the results, Argonne binned the data into 5 relative bins (darker colored bins means better internet access) and created maps available in the accompanying story map.
BroadbandNow - New Mexico ISP Providers
National Map is here https://broadbandnow.com/national-broadband-map
NTIA Archive of Previous Grant Awards Map
.Archive of previous NTIA grant awards to New Mexico including NTIA Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) and State Broadband Initiative (SBI)
Community Networks Map
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Community Networks Map
https://muninetworks.org/communitymap Community Networks https://muninetworks.org Institute for Local Self-Reliance https://ilsr.org ACP Data Map https://acpdashboard.com |
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Rural Electric Cooperatives in NM
ESRI Resources for Mapping Our Way to Digital Equity
Community resources for data gathering and mapping connectivity to help supplement strategic planning and applications for Internet funding.
ESRI Broadband Hub
ESRI Broadband Hub Gallery
ESRI Broadband Hub
ESRI Broadband Hub Gallery
Other Mapping Resources
2015-2019 American Communitv Survev 5-vear (ACS)
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-kits/2020/acs-5-year.html
2017-2020 FCC Form 477
https://www.fcc.gov/form-477-county-data-internet-access-services
2017-2018 Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Surveys https://data.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet https://www.bls.gov/cpi/factsheets/telecommunications.htm
BroadbandNow
https://broadbandnow.com/speedtest
M-Lab
https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/archive-measurement-lab/ndt;tab=objects?pli=1&prefix=&forceOnObjectsSortingFiltering=false
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-kits/2020/acs-5-year.html
2017-2020 FCC Form 477
https://www.fcc.gov/form-477-county-data-internet-access-services
2017-2018 Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Surveys https://data.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet https://www.bls.gov/cpi/factsheets/telecommunications.htm
BroadbandNow
https://broadbandnow.com/speedtest
M-Lab
https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/archive-measurement-lab/ndt;tab=objects?pli=1&prefix=&forceOnObjectsSortingFiltering=false
Additional Resources
- The Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program Overview
- Frequently Asked Questions – Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program
- Digital Equity Act (DEA) Programs Overview
- FCC National Broadband Map
- NTIA – Broadband 101
- National Digital Inclusion Alliance
- U.S. Department of Agriculture ReConnect Loan and Grant Program