Missouri

Broadband Office

Name: Office of Broadband Development
Location: Dept. of Economic Development
Enabling Act: MO Stat. § 620.2450 et seq.

Connectivity Snapshot

Broadband Serviceable Locations 1
Total Served Underserved Unserved

2,512,873

2,257,976

74,743

180,154
Adoption 2
Overall Wireline

90.7%

72.0%

Federal Funding

Summary

BEAD CPF ARPA DE

$1,736,302,708

$196,737,544

$5,104,957,558

$29,297,423

BEAD

Total Allocation: $1,736,302,708

Digital Equity

State Grants

Capacity Grant: $29,297,4233
Planning Grant: $827,338.00
Link to Plan: Digital Equity Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a

NTIA Grant Program

TBD

Middle Mile

Missouri Network Alliance dba Bluebird Network Missouri NTIA MMGP

Applicant: Missouri Network Alliance, LLC
Total Cost: $54,037,926
NTIA Award: $26,478,584

ARPA

SLFRF

Total4

$5,104,957,558

For Broadband
$77,749,853 (1.5%)

CPF

Total

$196,737,544

For Broadband
$196,737,544 (100%)
Program Link

State Funding

Recent Programs5

Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program [ARPA]

Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $261M
Grantees: Awardees announced in Jan. 2023
Rules: Guidelines for the previous round of grant funding

Policies

Non-Traditional ISPs6

Pemitted to Offer Broadband

Municipalities

Yes
Municipal Electric Utilities

Yes
Electric Cooperatives

Yes
Investor-Owned Utilities

Yes

Footnotes

  1. FCC National Broadband Map Data, as of December 31, 2022 (updated May 07, 2025).↩︎

  2. ACS 1-Year Data, 2023, US Census Bureau.↩︎

  3. ACLP Overview of IIJA Digital Equity Grant Programs.↩︎

  4. Broadband infrastructure is one of several applicable uses of SLFRF funds.↩︎

  5. Updated as of March 2023.↩︎

  6. Updated as of September 2022.↩︎