Where Verizon Fios is actually available

Verizon Fios reports service across 49 states and 909 metro areas in the latest FCC filing, and 9,364,253 of its 66,950,219 residential locations are fiber. Here is where that footprint actually reaches, and where it does not.

Is Verizon Fios available in my area?

Verizon Fios is a regional network, not a national one. The honest answer for any given home is that it depends on the street, because fiber networks were built out block by block. The tables below are the closest thing to a straight answer that public federal data allows: every state and metro where Verizon Fios has reported service, and how much of each it covers.

Verizon Fios coverage by state

These percentages are the whole Verizon Fios network, not just fiber. 14.0% of what this operator files with the FCC is fiber (9,364,253 residential locations); the rest is fixed wireless (57,585,966). The FCC publishes that split for the country as a whole and never by state or metro, so no public source can say how much of any one state is fiber. Read the table below as where this operator reports service on any fixed technology.

Coverage is the share of residential locations in each state where Verizon Fios reports it can serve. A low percentage does not mean a bad network. It usually means a network concentrated in a few towns.

StateShare of homes covered
District of Columbia 93.0%
Rhode Island 88.2%
Delaware 83.8%
New Jersey 82.0%
Maryland 80.2%
New York 79.8%
Massachusetts 72.0%
Pennsylvania 70.0%
Florida 66.9%
Virginia 66.8%
Ohio 63.1%
Illinois 61.3%
North Carolina 61.1%
Texas 60.7%
South Carolina 59.9%
Utah 59.5%
Indiana 59.1%
Arkansas 58.9%
Tennessee 58.9%
Nebraska 57.0%
Colorado 56.2%
Georgia 55.7%
California 55.6%
Kansas 55.3%
Kentucky 54.5%
Oklahoma 54.2%
Michigan 54.1%
Alabama 53.9%
Minnesota 53.8%
Wisconsin 52.9%
Washington 52.3%
Arizona 52.3%
Missouri 52.2%
North Dakota 50.2%
Louisiana 50.1%
Connecticut 49.5%
Oregon 49.2%
Iowa 48.6%
New Mexico 46.1%
Nevada 45.4%
Wyoming 41.6%
South Dakota 41.4%
Montana 41.0%
Idaho 40.7%
West Virginia 38.9%
New Hampshire 32.6%
Mississippi 29.2%
Vermont 25.4%
Maine 24.3%

Metro areas Verizon Fios serves

Ranked by how much of the metro is covered, not by metro size. The top of this list is where Verizon Fios is a realistic option for most homes. Same caveat as the state table: this is the whole network, and 14.0% of it nationally is fiber.

Metro areaShare of homes covered
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area 88.6%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area 88.6%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area 87.9%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area 85.5%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area 85.2%
Lebanon, PA Metro Area 83.9%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area 83.5%
Van Wert, OH Micro Area 81.5%
Bloomington, IL Metro Area 81.1%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area 80.1%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area 79.1%
Lincoln, NE Metro Area 78.7%
Wapakoneta, OH Micro Area 78.5%
Panama City, FL Metro Area 78.3%
Findlay, OH Micro Area 78.1%
Dayton-Kettering, OH Metro Area 77.8%
Amarillo, TX Metro Area 77.7%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area 77.5%
Muscatine, IA Micro Area 77.2%
Syracuse, NY Metro Area 77.2%
Springfield, OH Metro Area 76.6%
Enid, OK Metro Area 76.3%
Richmond, VA Metro Area 76.0%
Lima, OH Metro Area 75.9%
Columbus, IN Metro Area 75.5%

Showing the 25 best-covered of 909 metro areas with reported Verizon Fios service.

What technology does Verizon Fios use?

Verizon Communications Inc. reports more than one technology to the FCC, so not every address in its footprint gets the same product:

14% of the locations Verizon Communications Inc. reports nationally are fiber. Most of what this company files is something else, so treat any coverage percentage for this brand as the whole company rather than as fiber reach.

TechnologyResidential locations reported
Fixed Wireless 57,585,966
Fiber 9,364,253

An honest limitation. The FCC publishes each provider's technology mix nationally, but not per city. So we can tell you Verizon Fios operates fiber somewhere in a given state and we cannot tell you from this data that your particular street gets fiber rather than one of the others. Check with the provider before signing anything.

How fiber compares

Fiber vs cable explains what actually differs between the delivery methods, and when the difference is worth paying for.

Verizon Fios compared to other providers

Providers that overlap with Verizon Fios in enough places to be a real choice:

Or see every provider comparison on the site.

Other providers in the states Verizon Fios serves

Operators reporting service in the same states, most overlap first. Sharing a state is not sharing a street, so treat this as where to look next rather than as a second option at your address.

Common questions

Is Verizon Fios available at my address?

Only an address check answers that. Use the state and metro tables above to find out whether Verizon Fios operates in your area at all. If your state is not listed, it does not. If it is, coverage within that state is uneven and street-level.

Who owns Verizon Fios?

Verizon Fios files with the FCC under the holding company name Verizon Communications Inc.. This is common, because the name on the bill and the name on the federal filing are frequently different.

How current is this data?

It comes from the FCC Broadband Data Collection, filing period D25, published July 21, 2026. The FCC refreshes it roughly twice a year, and there is a publication lag of several months. We update these pages when new data is released.

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