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Where fiber is being built in Tennessee

As of Dec 31, 2025, FCC filings show fiber at 74% of Tennessee's 3.5 million homes, and the number of fiber homes grew 7% from June 30, 2025.

Fiber was filed in 373 of 381 Tennessee cities and towns with 250 or more homes. In 305 of them it reached more than half of homes, and in the typical one it reached 95.9%.

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

Every county

Tennessee counties

Pick a county for its full set of measures, grants and providers. Shares are of residential units, FCC filing as of Dec 31, 2025; growth is from June 30, 2025.

CountyHomesFiber shareCable, no fiberFiber home growth
Anderson County39,50912.9%at least 83.9%+25.8%
Bedford County23,24372.6%at least 15.8%+11.7%
Benton County9,61872.8%at least 20.8%+14.3%
Bledsoe County6,71099.6%none filed-0.8%
Blount County66,98851.7%at least 43.5%+7%
Bradley County50,62781.8%at least 15.3%+69.2%
Campbell County22,87036%at least 59.6%+14%
Cannon County7,48699.9%none filed-1.5%
Carroll County14,87142.5%at least 44.9%+8.4%
Carter County30,43769.2%at least 27.5%+6.9%
Cheatham County19,34679%at least 15.4%+4.3%
Chester County8,21899.9%none filed-4.6%
Claiborne County17,32187.1%at least 9.2%-3.6%
Clay County4,72099.9%none filed-4.1%
Cocke County19,65999.5%at least 0.1%-3.9%
Coffee County28,65468.9%at least 25.4%+9.4%
Crockett County7,10999.9%none filed-2%
Cumberland County35,41189.9%at least 5.7%+6.7%
Davidson County413,79868.6%at least 30.7%+8.5%
Decatur County7,69494.4%at least 0.1%+2.5%
DeKalb County11,76599.7%none filed-2.5%
Dickson County26,75782.6%at least 10%+13.6%
Dyer County18,44562.4%at least 36%+85.2%
Fayette County20,56597.7%at least 2.2%+6.7%
Fentress County10,600100%none filed-3.8%
Franklin County22,80042%at least 38.6%+9.1%
Gibson County25,56670.6%at least 26.1%+21.5%
Giles County16,16991.5%none filed+25.4%
Grainger County12,97299.6%none filed-5.1%
Greene County36,78645.5%at least 46.9%+0.6%
Grundy County7,57586.3%at least 5%+0.5%
Hamblen County31,53399.3%at least 0.7%-1.8%
Hamilton County189,46197.9%at least 1.9%+1.6%
Hancock County4,18599.7%none filed-4.9%
Hardeman County12,29697.8%at least 1.2%-2.3%
Hardin County16,92354.8%at least 38.6%+28.1%
Hawkins County29,82990.3%at least 8.2%+7%
Haywood County9,13355.9%at least 43.4%-2.9%
Henderson County14,49389.3%at least 4.1%+7.7%
Henry County19,33556.5%at least 32.9%+74.9%
Hickman County12,09072.7%at least 14.3%+0.4%
Houston County4,45599.4%none filed-4.3%
Humphreys County9,94599.9%none filed-3.5%
Jackson County6,55999.9%none filed-4.6%
Jefferson County28,67599.7%none filed+2.1%
Johnson County9,80661%at least 32.5%+2.4%
Knox County244,53993.3%at least 6.4%+11%
Lake County2,874100%none filed-4.6%
Lauderdale County11,93863.1%at least 33.7%+1.9%
Lawrence County21,07368.6%at least 18.2%-3%
Lewis County6,46797.6%at least 0.5%-2.4%
Lincoln County18,35849.3%at least 43.6%+40%
Loudon County29,40471.9%at least 24.1%+3.4%
Macon County12,678100%none filed-2.4%
Madison County49,54699.8%at least 0.1%-1.8%
Marion County15,95997.7%at least 1.4%-2.1%
Marshall County16,61952.5%at least 31.7%+10.3%
Maury County52,87764.8%at least 30.9%+10.8%
McMinn County26,87544.3%at least 46.3%+11.5%
McNairy County13,78751.4%at least 32.1%+5.9%
Meigs County7,06854.4%at least 40.6%+0.7%
Monroe County23,93741.3%at least 38.2%+14.4%
Montgomery County107,15099.5%at least 0.1%+0.5%
Moore County3,39041%at least 21.5%-7.3%
Morgan County9,40898.1%at least 1.8%-4.2%
Obion County16,39984.4%at least 11.1%-2.6%
Overton County11,677100%none filed-4%
Perry County5,49499.8%none filed-2.5%
Pickett County3,98996.8%at least 3.1%-3.3%
Polk County10,17531.2%at least 46.9%+25.5%
Putnam County41,64382.4%at least 13.1%+3.8%
Rhea County17,12356%at least 40.7%+40.2%
Roane County27,99720.2%at least 71.8%+10.6%
Robertson County33,65282.6%at least 14.9%+1.2%
Rutherford County155,10379.9%at least 18.7%+13.3%
Scott County11,073100%none filed-4.4%
Sequatchie County7,73699.6%none filed-2.7%
Sevier County66,56948.2%at least 44.5%+11%
Shelby County441,91846.6%at least 52.2%+13.4%
Smith County10,183100%none filed-2%
Stewart County7,47790.4%at least 3.5%-3.2%
Sullivan County83,69680.1%at least 17.9%+3.6%
Sumner County93,03886.1%at least 13.5%+6.2%
Tipton County26,66090.1%at least 9.7%+0.4%
Trousdale County4,61299%none filed-0.1%
Unicoi County9,50696.4%at least 1.5%-3.2%
Union County10,91492.5%at least 2.2%+0.7%
Van Buren County3,63088.2%at least 2%-0.2%
Warren County21,18981.5%at least 12.5%-0.6%
Washington County69,25686.6%at least 10.8%+4.3%
Wayne County8,15997.6%none filed-3.2%
Weakley County17,00078%at least 19.9%+9%
White County14,00688.2%at least 5.7%-2%
Williamson County107,47374.8%at least 23.7%+5.8%
Wilson County71,88083.7%at least 13.4%+6.8%
Largest cities and towns

The 30 largest places in Tennessee

By number of homes. Search above for any of the other 474 cities and towns.

City or townHomesFiber shareCable, no fiberFiber home growth
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)398,34768.8%at least 30.4%+8.1%
Memphis317,34943.8%at least 55.8%+15.1%
Chattanooga101,666100%none filed-0.7%
Knoxville100,40897.9%at least 2.1%+5.8%
Clarksville81,634100%none filed-0.1%
Murfreesboro73,07571%at least 28.4%+20.7%
Franklin41,92366.2%at least 33.6%+8.3%
Johnson City37,42698.4%at least 0.9%-0.7%
Jackson34,674100%none filed-1.6%
Kingsport30,55074.1%at least 23.1%+16.2%
Hendersonville28,50179.9%at least 20%+6.5%
Smyrna25,09083.6%at least 16.3%+17.7%
Gallatin24,70979%at least 20.7%+18.4%
Bartlett23,47359.6%at least 40.2%+24%
Cleveland23,424100%none filed+98.3%
Lebanon23,18578.6%at least 17.8%+14.1%
Columbia22,96965.3%at least 33.5%+7.6%
Spring Hill21,93285.2%at least 13.5%+5.5%
Collierville21,42661%at least 38.6%+4.5%
Cookeville19,49368%at least 22.6%+6.7%
Mount Juliet18,16194.9%at least 5%+1.4%
Germantown17,09414%at least 85.1%+0.5%
Brentwood17,01570%at least 29.8%+10%
Oak Ridge16,66911.2%at least 87.8%+10.8%
Morristown15,830100%none filed-2.2%
Maryville15,05966.5%at least 30%+2.6%
Bristol14,823100%none filed-3.4%
La Vergne14,79393.5%at least 6.4%+1.6%
Farragut12,06896.9%at least 2.6%+10.6%
Shelbyville10,83880.6%at least 16.4%+12.9%

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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