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Below is a summary of the broadband characteristics for the area listed above. The broadband data below is as of June 30, 2012 and represents data collected by SBDD grantees. Click on the section headings to see more information.

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Number of Wireline Providers Percent Population   Nationwide
0 1.3%
3.5%
1 0.3%
9.6%
2 0.2%
31.2%
3 0.6%
38.1%
4 17.1%
13.2%
5 21.3%
3.0%
6 19.3%
0.9%
7 34.5%
0.3%
8+ 5.3%
0.2%
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Number of Wireless Providers Percent Population   Nationwide
0 0.0%
0.2%
1 0.0%
1.1%
2 0.0%
3.7%
3 0.0%
7.0%
4 0.0%
25.9%
5 87.3%
27.5%
6 12.7%
19.5%
7 0.0%
7.2%
8+ 0.0%
7.9%
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Technology Percent Population   Nationwide
DSL 98.1%
89.5%
Fiber 26.5%
20.5%
Cable 98.1%
87.6%
Wireless 100.0%
99.0%
Other 0.0%
0.0%
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Speed Percent Population   Nationwide
Unreported 0.0%
0.0%
Download > 0.768 Mbps, Upload > 0.2 Mbps 100.0%
99.6%
Download > 3 Mbps, Upload > 0.768 Mbps 100.0%
98.2%
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Broadband
Speed Test (mbps)		 Number of Tests  
Home 3,318
2.1 Median Speed: 6.0 mbps Median Speed: 6.0 mbps 15.9
Schools, Libraries, Community Centers 113
7.5 Median Speed: 19.7 mbps Median Speed: 19.7 mbps 48.3
Medium/Large Business 774
6.9 Median Speed: 21.1 mbps Median Speed: 21.1 mbps 40.0
Small Business 488
1.2 Median Speed: 2.8 mbps Median Speed: 2.8 mbps 7.8
Mobile 20,193
0.7 Median Speed: 2.0 mbps Median Speed: 2.0 mbps 5.8
Other 134
3.2 Median Speed: 19.8 mbps Median Speed: 19.8 mbps 42.0
25* percentile  median speed (mbps) median speed (mbps)    75* percentile
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0 48.3
Community
Anchor Institutions		 Total Number of Records Subscribe to Broadband  
Yes No ? *
Schools K through 12 230 188 1 41 180
University, College, other post-secondary 28 15 0 13 14
Libraries 25 23 0 2 21
Medical / Healthcare 15 5 0 10 5
Public Safety 52 51 0 1 48
Community Centers - Government support 104 48 0 56 42
Community Centers - Non-Government support 89 89 0 0 89
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CAI Speed Tiers
BTOP District Of Columbia State Funding
Recipient Project Total Award
State Data and Development
DC Office of the Chief Te… State Data and Development $4,041,816
Infrastructure
District of Columbia Gove… DC Community Access Network $17,457,764
University Corporation fo… United States Unified Community Anchor Network … $62,540,162
Public Computer Centers
Government of the Distric… DC Community Computing Resources $1,553,310
Sustainable Adoption
Communication Service for… Project Endeavor $14,988,657
District of Columbia Gove… DC Broadband Education, Training and Adoption (… $4,196,777
One Economy Corporation 21st Century Information and Support Ecosystem:… $28,519,482
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Demographics
Total area (sq miles) 61
Population 617,628
Housing Units 307,232
Age Area (%)   Nationwide
under 5 4.0%
5.2%
5 - 19 13.8%
20.5%
20 - 34 20.2%
19.8%
35 - 59 40.1%
33.6%
60+ 21.9%
21.0%
Race Area (%)   Nationwide
White 38.9%
70.5%
Black 50.3%
11.3%
Hispanic 7.9%
13.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander 2.9%
4.0%
Native American 0.1%
0.5%
Income Area (%)   Nationwide
Median income $70,085 $58,283
Poverty rate 18.8%
15.8%
Below $25k 24.1%
24.1%
$25k-$50k 23.6%
30.0%
$50k-$100k 26.7%
30.6%
$100k-$200k 20.0%
16.5%
$200k or more 9.4%
4.2%
Education Area (%)   Nationwide
High School
graduate		 77.3%
80.0%
Bachelor's
degree or higher		 39.9%
24.8%
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