Welcome to Connect Minnesota's new interactive online mapping tool. This tool is an addition to our Interactive Broadband Map and is designed to equip Minnesotans with Census Block level broadband data and arm applicants with required data for broadband infrastructure funds now available through the U.S. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

BIP Grant Program Eligibility of Rural and Non-Rural Areas in Minnesota

This is a statewide map displaying rural and non-rural areas as defined in the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP) and Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP). This is a useful tool for applicants submitting for broadband stimulus grants and loans.

Census Block level broadband data

This new addition to Connect Minnesota's interactive online mapping tool is designed to provide interested BTOP and BIP grant program applicants in Minnesota with Census Block level broadband data. This information is essential to applicants in identifying areas of eligibility under the grant programs funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

To Identify a Census Block

For more detailed instructions, click here.

1. On the toolbar, click the Identify tool.
2. In the map display, click on a location within the Census Block you want to identify. An identify icon will be placed on the map at the location selected. After a few moments, an entry for the location will appear in the Results section.
3. Expand the result by clicking the plus sign. This displays the Census Blocks layer that had features identified.
4. Expand the Census Blocks layer to display the ID of the selected Census Block.
5. Expand the ID to get more information on the selected Census Block, including the total number of households in the Census Block, the number of served households, and the number of unserved households.

Note: Totals of served and unserved households may not equal the total number of households in the Census Block due to rounding.

Census Block Level Broadband Data

Provides data about the number of households that are served and unserved within census block