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MN disbursement data

Minnesota Lifeline disbursements by provider and year.

A state-level view of USAC Lifeline disbursement records for Minnesota, including latest-month reimbursements, trailing 12-month totals, annual totals, study-area/provider rows, and support-type breakouts.

Quick answer

In June 2026, Minnesota Lifeline disbursements totaled $710,808. The trailing 12-month total from July 2025 through June 2026 was $8,574,718.

$711K

June 2026 amount

228 source rows

$8.6M

Trailing 12 months

July 2025 through June 2026

$68.7M

Since January 2018

7,084,866 subscriber-count row total

72,388

Latest claim volume

Row-summed support count, not unique people

Top Minnesota provider rows in June 2026

Study area nameSACAmountClaim volume
AIR VOICE WIRELESS - MN369057$173,22217,382
IM TELECOM, LLC - MN369060$164,78717,806
TAG MOBILE, LLC - MN369028$76,1947,748
TRACFONE WIRELESS, INC - MN369032$75,1457,128
DISH WIRELESS L.L.C. - MN369058$42,5053,630
GLOBAL CONNECTION INC OF AMERICA - MN369022$38,6474,178
TERRACOM INC. - MN369017$27,5722,951
TRUCONNECT COMMUNICATIONS INC. - MN369059$21,4051,860
MIDCONTINENT COMMUNICATIONS - MN369015$18,6712,034
TELRITE CORPORATION - MN369016$14,1251,527
QWEST CORPORATION - MN365142$7,3691,237
AMERICAN BROADBAND & TELECOMMUNICATIONS - MN369030$7,086766
SAGE TELECOM COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - MN369034$6,683717
I-WIRELESS, LLC - MN369023$5,402584
NORTH AMERICAN LOCAL, LLC - MN369036$4,258136

Top Minnesota provider rows, trailing 12 months

Study area nameSACAmountClaim volume
AIR VOICE WIRELESS - MN369057$1,817,672180,472
IM TELECOM, LLC - MN369060$1,651,529178,462
TRACFONE WIRELESS, INC - MN369032$904,95287,518
TAG MOBILE, LLC - MN369028$711,47872,061
VIRGIN MOBILE USA, LP - MN369018$697,49175,414
GLOBAL CONNECTION INC OF AMERICA - MN369022$599,16564,781
TERRACOM INC. - MN369017$360,01338,529
TELRITE CORPORATION - MN369016$223,89924,209
MIDCONTINENT COMMUNICATIONS - MN369015$216,35823,574
TRUCONNECT COMMUNICATIONS INC. - MN369059$208,56021,254
DISH WIRELESS L.L.C. - MN369058$180,56415,306
AMERICAN BROADBAND & TELECOMMUNICATIONS - MN369030$121,69713,165
SAGE TELECOM COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - MN369034$109,88811,711
QWEST CORPORATION - MN365142$106,36417,033
NORTH AMERICAN LOCAL, LLC - MN369036$78,1002,670

Minnesota annual disbursement totals

Annual totals are grouped by disbursement year. Adjustment rows are included, so this is a cash-flow view of the data rather than a pure service-month enrollment series.

YearAmountClaim volumeRows
2018$9,798,059967,3442,411
2019$8,545,419850,1622,783
2020$7,745,689795,0002,881
2021$6,529,173692,7633,325
2022$5,768,152617,5343,544
2023$7,973,606836,9193,785
2024$9,168,122961,7183,781
2025$8,787,079911,7573,899
2026$4,406,333451,6691,746

Minnesota latest-month disbursement mix

Provider type

CETC

$685,221

96.4% of this breakdown

ILEC

$25,587

3.6% of this breakdown

Technology

WIRELESS

$658,893

92.7% of this breakdown

WIRELINE

$51,915

7.3% of this breakdown

Service type

BUNDLED

$636,549

89.6% of this breakdown

BROADBAND

$64,213

9.0% of this breakdown

VOICE

$10,012

1.4% of this breakdown

Not reported

$34

0.0% of this breakdown

Support type

NON-TRIBAL

$643,756

90.6% of this breakdown

TRIBAL

$67,018

9.4% of this breakdown

Not reported

$34

0.0% of this breakdown

Submission type

CLAIM

$710,873

100.0% of this breakdown

ADJUSTMENT

-$65

-0.0% of this breakdown

How to read this Minnesota data

Data source: USAC Lifeline program data at https://www.usac.org/lifeline/resources/program-data/. Study Area Name is the legal or study-area label in the source data, not always the consumer brand name.

Glossary source: Lifeline Disbursements Dataset Glossary, last updated September 22, 2020. USAC describes this dataset as monthly Lifeline Program dollars disbursed to Eligible Telecommunications Carriers (ETCs) since January 2018. The glossary says the fields are self-reported by program applicants and that missing values usually occur where a field was not required.

Subscriber Count is summed across claim rows. Use it as subscriber-month claim volume, not as a unique count of people in Minnesota.

For eligibility demand, use this with the State of Lifeline report and the Minnesota Lifeline guide.

Study Area Code

Unique six-digit identifier assigned to an ETC for a service area.

Field completeness: 100%

Support Year / Month

The data month from FCC Form 497 or the Lifeline Claims System.

Field completeness: 100%

Submission Type

Whether the source row is a claim or an adjustment.

Field completeness: 100%

Disbursement Type

Whether funds came from Lifeline, Link Up, or Toll Limitation Services.

Field completeness: 100%

Subscriber Count

Number of subscribers being claimed in the source row.

Field completeness: 100%

Disbursement Amount

Amount of funding disbursed to the carrier.

Field completeness: 100%