HighSpeedInternet has compiled the fastest and slowest average download speeds for the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Rhode Island beat out two-time winner Maryland. According to this data, the national average internet speed is 99.3 Mbps.
Speeds indeed are increasing. In the organizations 2020 report, the top ten finishers had average speeds ranging from 67.2 Mbps to 84.1 Mbps. This year, 34 states beat the previous average speed leader and all but seven exceeded 67.2 Mbps.
The Ten Fastest States Include:
- Rhode Island 129.0 Mbps
- New Jersey 120.4 Mbps
- Delaware 119.1 Mbps
- Maryland 118.2 Mbps
- Washington, DC 117.7 Mbps
- Virginia 116.7 Mbps
- Massachusetts 116.4 Mbps
- Texas 110.7 Mbps
- California 110.0 Mbps
- New York 108.8 Mbps
The Ten Slowest States Include:
- Montana 54.4 Mbps
- West Virginia 55.2 Mbps
- Idaho 55.4 Mbps
- Maine 56.3 Mbps
- Wyoming 60.0 Mbps
- Alaska 61.5 Mbps
- Arkansas 64.9 Mbps
- South Dakota 70.8 Mbps
- Iowa 71.7 Mbps
- New Mexico 72.2 Mbps
HighSpeedInternet conducted the speed tests in 3,105 cities from February 1, 2020 to March 16, 2021. A total of 1,761,079 results were generated. Cities must have included at least 100 tests to be included. Incomplete, duplicate and cellular phone data was filtered out in an effort to isolate data from laptops, desktops and home-connected devices.