Data story · California
California towns where the most households lack internet
Statewide, 4.6% of California households have no home internet subscription. In these 15 towns the share runs from 15.6% to 33.0%.
- Towns ranked
- 812
- at least 1,000 households each
- California overall
- 4.6%
- of households have no internet subscription
- Highest share
- 33.0%
- Planada
Top 15 of 812 towns
The ranking
Share of households with no internet subscription (Census estimate).
Show the ranking as a table
| Rank | Town | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Planada | 33.0% | 1,126 households |
| 2 | Dos Palos | 27.4% | 2,099 households |
| 3 | Clearlake Riviera | 19.9% | 1,449 households |
| 4 | Holtville | 19.6% | 1,549 households |
| 5 | Jackson | 19.5% | 2,385 households |
| 6 | Palermo | 19.2% | 2,066 households |
| 7 | Calipatria | 17.4% | 1,213 households |
| 8 | Winchester | 16.7% | 1,392 households |
| 9 | Clearlake Oaks | 16.5% | 1,132 households |
| 10 | Orange Cove | 16.4% | 2,403 households |
| 11 | Phoenix Lake | 16.4% | 2,102 households |
| 12 | Georgetown | 16.2% | 1,126 households |
| 13 | Weldon | 16.1% | 1,237 households |
| 14 | Mecca | 15.9% | 2,186 households |
| 15 | Bayview (CDP) | 15.6% | 1,096 households |
Methodology
How we built this ranking
Measure: Share of households with no internet subscription (Census estimate).
Who is included: Towns and cities with a page on this site and at least 1,000 Census households; smaller places are left out because survey estimates for them have wide margins of error. Ties are broken by number of households, larger first.
Sources: FCC National Broadband Map (provider filings as of December 30, 2025); U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS 5-year 2020-2024). Rankings are computed by software from these files; no figure is estimated by us.
Limits: these are area summaries, not address checks. Providers can serve one street and not the next. Read our methodology · Editorial policy