If you’re looking for Georgia’s most internet-connected counties, head to the Atlanta metro area. According to new data from the US Census Bureau, nine of Georgia’s 10 most wired counties are located within a 70 mile radius of the state’s largest city and capital.
The U.S. Census Bureau and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released on Sept. 9 the 2022 Local Estimates of Internet Adoption (LEIA), an experimental data product that measures Internet adoption at the county level.
According to the Census report, the agency used “small area estimation methods, restricted microdata from the American Community Survey, public data from the Federal Communications Commission and the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates” to produce single year estimates for all counties in the United States.
Forsyth and Cobb counties are the state’s most wired areas, according to the report, with the highest proportion of residents having access to high speed internet access. The Census Bureau estimated that 88.8% of Forsyth County residents had high speed internet access, based on 2022 data. Cobb County was a close second place, with 87.1% of residents having high speed internet access.