Digital Equity Planning and Resources
The Office of Digital Equity and Literacy is working to ensure that all North Carolinians can afford a high-speed internet subscription and have the devices and skills necessary to participate in the digital economy. We are creating a comprehensive State Digital Equity Plan with significant feedback from individuals, organizations, and communities across the state that have been excluded from digital opportunity. The five-year plan will identify digital equity needs and recommend solutions.
Take the Digital Equity Survey
We are encouraging all North Carolinians to take the state’s first Digital Equity survey to let us know about their individual needs for accessibility and affordability of digital devices and the internet as well as digital skills needed to safely access online resources. This data will help the state create a Digital Equity Plan that best meets the needs of all North Carolinians. Participants may request paper surveys with self-addressed, stamped envelopes via email to peer-team-fi@ncsu.edu or may email scanned copies to the same email address.
Access the Digital Equity Survey at https://go.ncsu.edu/DESurvey
Do you offer services to help people get online? Take the Asset Inventory Survey
We want to learn about organizations, businesses, and programs that support internet affordability, access to computers and digital devices, digitals skills and literacy, tech support, and free Wi-Fi, so we can publicly publish these assets and identify gaps that need to be addressed in the state's comprehensive digital equity plan.
Take the survey now at: https://go.ncsu.edu/nc_assets
County and Regional Digital Inclusion Profiles
To help local organizations and governments understand the digital landscape of their community, we are providing the following regional and county digital inclusion profiles created by Roberto Gallardo, Ph.D., with 2017-2021 Census Five-Year American Community Survey data and Ookla speed test data as a measure of broadband availability. For FCC broadband availability data through December 2022, please visit www.nconemap.gov/pages/broadband. You may download the presentations by state, council of government or individual county to use in your planning sessions.
North Carolina Digital Inclusion Profile
Albemarle Commission
Camden
Chowan
Currituck
Dare
Gates
Hyde
Pasquotank
Perquimans
Tyrrell
Washington
Cape Fear Council of Governments
Brunswick
Columbus
New Hanover
Pender
Centralina Regional Council
Anson
Cabarrus
Gaston
Iredell
Lincoln
Mecklenburg
Rowan
Stanly
Union
Eastern Carolina Council of Governments
Carteret
Craven
Duplin
Greene
Jones
Lenoir
Onslow
Pamlico
Wayne
Foothills Regional Commission
Cleveland
McDowell
Polk
Rutherford
High Country Council of Governments
Alleghany
Ashe
Avery
Mitchell
Watauga
Wilkes
Yancey
Kerr-Tar Council of Governments
Franklin
Granville
Person
Vance
Warren
Land-of-Sky Regional Council
Buncombe
Henderson
Madison
Transylvania
Lumber River Council of Governments
Bladen
Hoke
Richmond
Robeson
Scotland
Mid-Carolina Council of Governments
Cumberland
Harnett
Sampson
Mid-East Commission
Beaufort
Bertie
Hertford
Martin
Pitt
Piedmont Triad Council of Governments
Alamance
Caswell
Davidson
Davie
Forsyth
Guilford
Montgomery
Randolph
Rockingham
Stokes
Surry
Yadkin
Southwestern Commission
Cherokee
Clay
Haywood
Haywood
Jackson
Macon
Swain
Triangle J Council of Governments
Chatham
Durham
Johnston
Lee
Moore
Orange
Wake
Upper Coastal Plain Council of Governments
Edgecombe
Halifax
Nash
Northampton
Wilson
Western Piedmont Council of Governments
Alexander
Burke
Caldwell
Catawba
Additional Resources
- Affordable Connectivity Program materials: www.ncbroadband.gov/ACPmaterials
- Free public Wi-Fi locations: https://www.ncbroadband.gov/covid-19/wi-fi-locations
Partnerships
Members of the following organizations represent our core planning team for the State Digital Equity
Plan. We appreciate their partnership and support in bringing digital equity to all North Carolinians:
- Center for Digital Equity at Queens University of Charlotte
- Land of Sky Regional Council
- MDC Rural Forward
- N.C. Cooperative Extension
- North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper's Office of Public Engagement, and Inclusion
- State Library of North Carolina
- Tyrrell County Community Development Corporation
- WinstonNet