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Where fiber is being built in Alabama

As of Dec 31, 2025, FCC filings show fiber at 59% of Alabama's 2.7 million homes, and the number of fiber homes grew 8.6% from June 30, 2025.

Fiber was filed in 406 of 433 Alabama cities and towns with 250 or more homes. In 252 of them it reached more than half of homes, and in the typical one it reached 65.8%.

Nationally, fiber was filed at 55.8% of homes. FCC Broadband Data Collection, residential units, 25/3 Mbps or faster. Filed by the providers themselves. How this is computed

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Alabama counties

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CountyHomesFiber shareCable, no fiberFiber home growth
Autauga County27,96559.9%at least 35.8%+4.8%
Baldwin County149,11066.3%at least 21.1%+17.8%
Barbour County14,82953%at least 36.6%+2.6%
Bibb County10,72739.7%none filed+7.2%
Blount County28,97632.4%at least 36.2%+8.4%
Bullock County5,57798.9%none filed-3.4%
Butler County12,03851.8%at least 13.4%-4.3%
Calhoun County60,77345%at least 48.2%+10.6%
Chambers County18,66116.9%at least 70.3%-9.2%
Cherokee County18,23821.1%at least 15.1%-4.4%
Chilton County23,10784.5%at least 2.8%+8.1%
Choctaw County9,09443.8%at least 15%+2.4%
Clarke County13,9108.2%at least 42.5%+64.8%
Clay County7,97742.6%at least 19.8%-1.8%
Cleburne County8,00318.9%none filed+1.4%
Coffee County28,77793.6%at least 4.6%-1.2%
Colbert County32,34950.2%at least 42.5%+10.8%
Conecuh County8,1881.6%at least 28.2%+1.5 points (small June base)
Coosa County7,56247.6%at least 31.1%+24.1%
Covington County22,05087.9%at least 9%-0.6%
Crenshaw County8,17391.6%none filed-1.8%
Cullman County46,83483%at least 13.7%+4.9%
Dale County25,96890.1%at least 8%-0.9%
Dallas County21,7459.9%at least 64.8%+6.1%
DeKalb County35,05876.8%at least 15.1%-1.2%
Elmore County43,02862.8%at least 31.5%+16.5%
Escambia County20,21712.2%at least 49.4%+12.1 points (small June base)
Etowah County54,83742.4%at least 50.6%+12.9%
Fayette County9,28595.6%none filed-5.7%
Franklin County16,88269.5%at least 26%-4.8%
Geneva County14,96880.4%at least 10.3%+3.2%
Greene County5,33257.9%at least 0.1%-7.5%
Hale County9,80929.5%at least 31.5%-7.9%
Henry County11,41877.7%at least 6.3%-3.4%
Houston County58,65872.2%at least 22.4%+0.5%
Jackson County28,41298%at least 1.4%-3%
Jefferson County344,71158.2%at least 36.4%+9%
Lamar County8,775100%none filed-6%
Lauderdale County50,44055.8%at least 39.7%+13.2%
Lawrence County18,57183%at least 3.1%-5.7%
Lee County90,42559.4%at least 37.5%+40.8%
Limestone County50,51950.4%at least 41%+9.5%
Lowndes County5,68343.8%at least 1%+1.7%
Macon County11,15521.7%at least 50.6%-68.4%
Madison County203,08778.6%at least 20.4%+5.1%
Marengo County11,46235.4%at least 38.6%+8.5%
Marion County16,637100%none filed-4.8%
Marshall County47,81548.2%at least 44.7%+2.7%
Mobile County207,83859.6%at least 34.7%+14.9%
Monroe County12,9095.8%at least 37.7%+5.8 points (small June base)
Montgomery County131,29350.4%at least 40.4%+5.8%
Morgan County62,15067.6%at least 26.5%+1.9%
Perry County5,04126%none filed+5.1%
Pickens County11,46632.3%at least 21.2%+120.4%
Pike County18,71893.3%none filed-5%
Randolph County14,82920.9%at least 12.4%+4.1%
Russell County30,94299.2%none filed+301.8%
Shelby County101,34771.2%at least 20.3%+7.1%
St. Clair County45,19656.6%at least 30.7%-1.6%
Sumter County7,9723.7%at least 38.8%+1.9 points (small June base)
Talladega County44,88051.4%at least 34.9%-1.3%
Tallapoosa County26,59224.1%at least 63.6%-14.9%
Tuscaloosa County116,13346.5%at least 46.7%+14.8%
Walker County35,74212.3%at least 53.5%+9.8%
Washington County10,00945.1%at least 5.9%+6.8%
Wilcox County6,71513.2%at least 20%+6%
Winston County15,83190.5%at least 1.8%-2.9%
Largest cities and towns

The 30 largest places in Alabama

By number of homes. Search above for any of the other 563 cities and towns.

City or townHomesFiber shareCable, no fiberFiber home growth
Birmingham124,40242.5%at least 52%+12%
Montgomery115,51549.1%at least 42.5%+5.2%
Huntsville114,16780.9%at least 18.3%+3.3%
Mobile101,24561.8%at least 37.3%+9.7%
Tuscaloosa56,66348.5%at least 48.2%+16.7%
Auburn40,50639.2%at least 58.5%+34.8%
Dothan39,49382.3%at least 16.6%+2.2%
Hoover38,75577.4%at least 19.4%+5.9%
Decatur29,14051.5%at least 43.3%+16.7%
Madison26,84262.7%at least 35.9%+18.5%
Florence21,68048.9%at least 50.6%+10.7%
Phenix City19,92599.8%none filed+422.8%
Gadsden19,83342.2%at least 57.3%+1.1%
Opelika18,01999.9%at least 0.1%-3.7%
Prattville17,53441.7%at least 54.7%+6.4%
Vestavia Hills17,39586.3%at least 11.7%+6.3%
Daphne15,67279.3%at least 20.4%+25.5%
Gulf Shores15,10271.3%at least 26.5%+6%
Enterprise15,07895.5%at least 4.3%+1.2%
Northport14,85256.7%at least 42.5%+13.5%
Mountain Brook14,42087.9%at least 10.8%-2.5%
Anniston14,17946.3%at least 53.6%-1.8%
Orange Beach13,74264.2%at least 34.4%+12.8%
Homewood13,40170.5%at least 23.2%+5.2%
Bessemer13,28040.3%at least 53.7%+15.3%
Fairhope13,13484.9%at least 14.6%+11.3%
Foley13,03692.4%at least 0.2%+0.8%
Alabaster12,98083%at least 14.2%+7.9%
Athens12,89746.2%at least 46.5%+12.5%
Pelham11,83677.3%at least 17.7%+6.8%

The data

Every number on this page traces to one cell in the download. Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection, Fixed Broadband Summary by Geography, filings as of June 30, 2025 and Dec 31, 2025. Census figures: ACS 5-year estimates, 2020 to 2024. Grants: FCC Broadband Funding Map and the state broadband office.

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