Three USDA rural broadband programs : areas and populations served / John Pender, Joshua Goldstein, Devika Mahoney-Nair, and Hanna Charankevich.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Pender, John, author.

Goldstein, Joshua (Statistician), author.

Mahoney-Nair, Devika, author.

Charankevich, Hanna, author.

Contributor:

United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service, issuing body.

Series:

Economic information bulletin ; no. 258.

Economic information bulletin ; number 258

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Broadband Infrastructure Program (U.S.).

ReConnect Program (U.S.).

Rural telecommunication--Economic aspects--United States.

Rural telecommunication.

Rural telecommunication--Government policy--United States.

Broadband communication systems--Government policy--United States.

Broadband communication systems.

Internet access--Economic aspects--United States.

Internet access.

Broadband communication systems--United States--Finance.

Minorities--Services for--United States--Finance.

Minorities.

Rural development--Finance.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iii, 48 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.

Other Title:

Three United States Department of Agriculture rural broadband programs : areas and populations served

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2023.

Summary:

This study investigates the areas and populations served by three USDA rural broadband programs-- the Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP), the Community Connect grant program, and the ReConnect program. BIP was the largest of these programs (through fiscal year 2021) in terms of net obligations and population in areas served (more than 1.3 percent of the U.S. population). However, BIP projects had the smallest value of obligations per person ($875 in 2020 dollars) and per square mile of approved project service areas ($26,000 in 2020 dollars). The populations served by all three programs tended to be more rural, less educated, poorer, and older than those in areas not served (for BIP) or ineligible (for Community Connect and ReConnect). All programs reached a larger share of the American Indian/ Alaska Native (AIAN) and White populations than other races and a larger share of the non-Hispanic than Hispanic population. A larger share of the AIAN population was served by Community Connect and ReConnect because a larger share of the AIAN population was eligible. However, a smaller share of the eligible AIAN population lived in approved ReConnect project service areas than most other racial groups because a smaller share of eligible AIANs lived in areas that applied to ReConnect.

Notes:

"October 2023."

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Catalog and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-42).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (USDA, viewed 17 November 2023).

OCLC:

1409632194