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Emergency Broadband Benefit Program Enrollments and Claims Tracker

Emergency Broadband Benefit Program Enrollments and Claims Tracker

The EBB Program was replaced by the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) on December 31, 2021. For ACP data, please visit the ACP Enrollments and Claims Tracker or the Additional ACP Data webpages.

Scroll down to see EBB Program enrollments or claims data, or click on the links below to jump directly to a specific table:

Total Enrolled Households – Weekly

Note: The EBB Program ended on December 31, 2021 with 9,048,536 households enrolled. The EBB Program was replaced by the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) on December 31, 2021. For more information, please visit USAC’s ACP website.

Total Households Non-Tribal Tribal
Dec. 30 (partial week) 9,048,536 8,909,227 139,309
Dec. 26 8,935,513 8,797,495 138,018
Dec. 19 8,758,354 8,620,992 137,362
Dec. 12 8,541,021 8,404,638 136,383
Dec. 5 8,343,733 8,208,961 134,772
Nov. 28 8,066,733 7,933,549 133,184
Nov. 21 7,861,311 7,729,003 132,308
Nov. 14 7,618,367 7,487,396 130,971
Nov. 7 7,368,368 7,238,894 129,474
Oct. 31 7,111,673 6,983,658 128,015
Oct. 24 6,829,442 6,702,809 126,633
Oct. 17 6,593,446 6,469,239 124,207
Oct. 10 6,384,277 6,261,904 122,373
Oct. 3 6,177,430 6,057,108 120,322
Sept. 26 5,969,583 5,851,446 118,137
Sept. 19 5,747,601 5,631,321 116,280
Sept. 12 5,524,974 5,413,194 111,780
Sept. 5 5,328,042 5,218,260 109,782
August 29 5,072,944 4,965,647 107,297
August 22 4,868,365 4,763,265 105,100
August 15 4,667,084 4,564,638 102,446
August 8 4,432,041 4,332,500 99,541
August 1 4,175,350 4,078,496 96,854
July 25 3,938,887 3,845,379 93,508
July 18 3,750,369 3,661,421 88,948
July 11 3,571,302 3,486,011 85,291
July 4 3,336,425 3,255,800 80,625
June 27 3,079,043 3,003,163 75,880
June 20 2,768,586 2,697,005 71,581
June 13 2,553,283 2,486,778 66,505
June 6 2,313,946 2,252,504 61,442
May 30 1,991,578 1,937,964 53,614
May 23 1,514,636 1,485,547 29,089
May 12 – 16 (partial week) 355,813 353,391 2,422

Note: Total enrolled household data for August, September, and October was updated on October 18, 2021.

Newly Enrolled Households – Weekly

Total Households Non-Tribal Tribal
Dec. 26 – 30 (partial week) 113,023 111,732 1,291
Dec. 20 – 26 177,159 176,503 656
Dec. 13 – 19 217,333 216,354 979
Dec. 6 – Dec. 12 197,288 195,677 1,611
Nov. 29 – Dec. 5 277,000 275,412 1,588
Nov. 22 – 28 205,422 204,546 876
Nov. 15 – 21 242,944 241,607 1,337
Nov. 8 – 14 249,999 248,502 1,497
Nov. 1 – 7 256,695 255,236 1,459
Oct. 25 – 31 282,231 280,849 1,382
Oct. 18 – 24 235,996 233,570 2,426
Oct. 11 – 17 209,169 207,335 1,834
Oct. 4 – 10 206,847 204,796 2,051
Sept. 27 – Oct. 3 207,847 205,662 2,185
Sept. 20 – 26 221,982 220,125 1,857
Sept. 13 – 19 222,627 218,127 4,500
Sept. 6 – 12 196,932 194,934 1,998
August 30 – Sept. 5 255,098 252,613 2,485
August 23 – 29 204,579 202,382 2,197
August 16 – 22 201,281 198,627 2,654
August 9 – 15 235,043 232,138 2,905
August 2 – 8 256,691 254,004 2,687
July 26 – August 1 236,463 233,117 3,346
July 19 – 25 188,518 183,958 4,560
July 12 – 18 179,067 175,410 3,657
July 5 – 11 234,877 230,211 4,666
June 28 – July 4 257,382 252,637 4,745
June 21 – 27 310,457 306,158 4,299
June 14 – 20 215,303 210,227 5,076
June 7 – 13 239,337 234,274 5,063
May 31 – June 6 322,368 314,540 7,828
May 24 – 30 476,942 452,417 24,525
May 17 – 23 1,158,823 1,132,156 26,667
May 16 (partial week) 355,813 353,391 2,422

Note: Newly enrolled household data for August, September, and October was updated on October 18, 2021.

Claimed Support

Total Monthly Broadband Support One-Time Connected Device
Appropriation (Total Program Funding) $3,136,000,000 – –
Total Support Claimed $1,878,411,129 $1,718,125,817 $160,285,312
Remaining Appropriations Available for Disbursement $1,257,588,871 – –

Claimed Support – Monthly

Total Monthly Broadband Support One-Time Connected Device
May Claims $70,366,546 $69,962,673 $403,873
June Claims $126,204,757 $117,726,235 $8,478,522
July Claims $181,899,830 $160,822,010 $21,077,820
August Claims $221,943,060 $198,025,417 $23,917,643
September Claims $258,534,550 $239,222,404 $19,312,146
October Claims $301,243,469 $276,328,868 $24,914,601
November Claims $338,541,682 $312,581,433 $25,960,249
December Claims $379,677,235 $343,456,777 $36,220,458
Total $1,878,411,129 $1,718,125,817 $160,285,312

Note: As of January 15, 2022, providers had claimed reimbursement for 1,525,898 one-time connected devices. Approximately 98% of these device claims were for tablets, approximately 1% were for laptops, and 1% were for desktop computers.

Enrollment by State

STATE TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS
Alabama 174,099
Alaska 6,892
American Samoa 1,845
Arizona 212,283
Arkansas 85,474
California 1,092,877
Colorado 100,492
Connecticut 91,825
Delaware 17,846
District of Columbia 29,456
Florida 614,614
Georgia 325,965
Guam 595
Hawaii 18,430
Idaho 16,620
Illinois 278,108
Indiana 192,007
Iowa 51,325
Kansas 46,021
Kentucky 207,338
Louisiana 215,457
Maine 27,502
Maryland 130,811
Massachusetts 120,884
Michigan 322,310
Minnesota 86,039
Mississippi 120,454
Missouri 150,642
Montana 15,518
Nebraska 29,242
Nevada 105,175
New Hampshire 13,237
New Jersey 105,067
New Mexico 85,516
New York 609,748
North Carolina 342,239
North Dakota 4,454
Northern Mariana Islands 2,820
Ohio 481,297
Oklahoma 137,748
Oregon 78,694
Pennsylvania 322,401
Puerto Rico 367,739
Rhode Island 24,623
South Carolina 171,208
South Dakota 4,333
Tennessee 187,856
Texas 642,493
Utah 29,878
Vermont 9,946
Virgin Islands 498
Virginia 165,014
Washington 148,832
West Virginia 59,241
Wisconsin 160,676
Wyoming 4,832
Total 9,048,536

Timing

This tracker will be updated on a weekly and monthly basis. Enrollment data will be updated weekly. Support claimed and remaining funds will be updated on a monthly basis.

The tracker was last updated on January 3, 2021.

Enrollment by Zip Code

ZIP3 Data: The Zip3 Excel file allows users to view the total enrolled households by the first three digits of a ZIP code (ZIP3). To protect subscriber privacy and to reduce the risk of identification of enrolled households, USAC has redacted any ZIP3s with a population under 20,000, according to the latest Census information. These redacted ZIP3s are identified as “000.”

Full Zip Code Data: A second Zip5 Excel file allows users to view the total enrolled households by the full five-digit ZIP code as of the first of the month, starting with August 1. USAC has redacted any ZIP codes meeting the criteria developed by the FCC to protect subscriber privacy and to reduce the risk of identification of enrolled households.  ZIP codes are excluded if their estimated population is below 50, if a population estimate for the ZIP code is not available in the American Community Survey, if there are fewer than 1,000 enrolled households in a ZIP code and those households comprise most of a ZIP code’s estimated population, or if the number of EBB enrolled households in a ZIP code equals or exceeds the population estimate range for that ZIP code.

Enrollment by County

County Data: The County Excel file allows users to view the total enrolled households by county as of December 30, 2021. County name, state, state FIPS, and county FIPS are included.

Note: Federal Information Processing System (FIPS) codes are numbers that uniquely identify geographic areas. The number of digits in FIPS codes vary depending on the level of geography. State-level FIPS codes have two digits; county-level FIPS codes have five digits–of which the first two are the FIPS code of the state to which the county belongs.

More EBB Program Data

Users can find more Emergency Broadband Benefit Program data sets including EBB Program subscribers by method of verification, EBB Program subscribers by age and EBB Program subscribers by service type on the Additional EBB Program Data webpage.

Definitions

Appropriation refers to the total program funding that is available for the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBB Program) from the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. The amount listed excludes funding designated for administrative costs.

EBB Program Providers are broadband providers that have elected to participate in the EBB Program. These providers are required to submit a reimbursement request through the EBB Program claims process in the Lifeline Claims System in order to receive reimbursement from the Emergency Broadband Connectivity Fund for discounts on internet monthly broadband services and associated equipment rentals, and a one-time reimbursement for connected devices, if available, provided to enrolled households.

Monthly Broadband Support refers to the total amount claimed by EBB Program Providers for reimbursement of EBB discounts provided to enrolled EBB households to reduce the standard rate of eligible broadband service and associated equipment rentals in a given month.

Newly Enrolled Households refers to the number of EBB Program households that are newly enrolled in the National Lifeline Accountability Database (NLAD) as of the data week.

One-Time Connected Device Reimbursement refers to a single reimbursement to an EBB Program Provider of up to $100 for one connected device per household.  Connected devices are defined as laptops, desktop computers, or tablets.  EBB Program Providers are not required to offer a connected device through the EBB Program.

Reimbursement Type refers to the type of benefit claimed by an EBB Program Provider. Providers may claim a monthly discount on the standard rate for broadband service for eligible households or a one-time device reimbursement per household.

Support Claimed refers to the amount of reimbursement that is claimed by EBB Program Providers for provision of EBB discounts to households. Providers certify the total monthly support amount each month in order to receive reimbursement.

Tribal Status refers to whether or not the claimed household lives on qualifying Tribal lands. Households on Tribal lands can receive a monthly EBB discount of up to $75, whereas non-Tribal subscribers can receive up to $50 for monthly broadband service and associated equipment rentals.