Alaska / AIANNHCE 6330 / Alaska Native area

Chitina

The full tribal profile includes the report map, demographic tables, broadband tables, FCC provider sections, and interactive charts.

98.8%25/3 availability

98.8%100/20 availability

0.0%1000/100 availability

3Fixed providers

Figure 1. Location of Chitina within Alaska, with boundary detail (inset).

About the Tribal Area

Native Village of Chitina in Alaska is the primary broadband planning geography for this alaska native village, and it . FCC BDC records show 3 fixed providers and 3 mobile providers across roughly 86 service locations, and current service levels of 98.8% at 25/3 Mbps, 98.8% at 100/20, and 98.8% at 1000/100.

Tribal Area Description

Anvsa lands in Alaska are associated with Chitina, a Alaska Native Village. Small Ahtna Athabascan village in interior Alaska known for its subsistence dipnetting and copper river.

Website Summary: www.chitina.org

This tribal nation maintains an official website, but descriptive content from that site could not be summarized automatically from this environment.

Table 1. Demographics

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Population	61	71	81	71	100	100
Households	12	28	36	45	47	46
Median age	35.6	26.8	35.5	46.5	31.5	29.8
Male / Female	65.6% / 34.4%	57.7% / 42.3%	60.5% / 39.5%	64.8% / 35.2%	59.0% / 41.0%	59.0% / 41.0%
Avg. household size	5.08	2.54	2.25	1.58	2.13	2.17
Pop. density (per sq mi)	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.8	0.8
HH density (per sq mi)	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4

Table 2. Economic & Education

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Median household income	—	—	—	—	$20,417	$23,571
Per capita income	$30,021	$30,630	$30,488	$26,383	$19,750	$23,615
Poverty rate	26.2%	43.7%	32.1%	53.5%	67.0%	43.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	8.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.5%
HS diploma or higher	41.0%	47.4%	53.1%	57.4%	62.7%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	—	10.5%	8.2%	8.5%	7.8%	7.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Queried by AIANNHCE code. Population and household density are calculated from Census population or households divided by land area in square miles.

Table 3. Download/Upload Speeds (Mbps)

Period	Download	Upload
2019Q1	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2019Q2	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2019Q3	7.8 Mbps	2.3 Mbps
2019Q4	8.3 Mbps	3.5 Mbps
2020Q1	13.4 Mbps	4.9 Mbps
2020Q2	7.8 Mbps	9.0 Mbps
2020Q3	3.1 Mbps	1.9 Mbps
2020Q4	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2021Q1	22.3 Mbps	8.3 Mbps
2021Q2	245.6 Mbps	197.7 Mbps
2021Q3	27.4 Mbps	5.7 Mbps
2021Q4	23.7 Mbps	3.5 Mbps
2022Q1	206.1 Mbps	87.8 Mbps
2022Q2	51.5 Mbps	44.6 Mbps
2022Q3	58.2 Mbps	47.3 Mbps
2022Q4	48.3 Mbps	37.1 Mbps
2023Q1	43.7 Mbps	34.6 Mbps
2023Q2	31.0 Mbps	24.6 Mbps
2023Q3	140.1 Mbps	75.6 Mbps
2023Q4	50.2 Mbps	52.1 Mbps
2024Q1	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2024Q2	52.1 Mbps	49.3 Mbps
2024Q3	48.9 Mbps	15.2 Mbps

Table 4. Coverage by Tier (%)

Year	25/3	100/20	1 Gbps
2015	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	97.4%	97.4%	97.4%
2022	98.8%	98.8%	98.8%
2023	98.9%	98.9%	98.9%
2024	98.8%	98.8%	0.0%

Table 5. Adoption (%)

Year	All households	Low-income households
2017	23.8%	0.0%
2018	29.4%	0.0%
2019	16.7%	0.0%
2020	14.3%	6.7%
2021	33.3%	35.7%
2022	20.0%	26.3%
2023	31.9%	39.1%
2024	45.7%	45.0%

Table 6. Current Status (2024, %)

Tier	Coverage
25/3 Mbps	98.8%
100/20 Mbps	98.8%
1 Gbps	0.0%

Table 7. Comparison with National Averages (%)

Metric	Tribal	National
25/3 Mbps	98.8%	92%
100/20 Mbps	98.8%	85%
Adoption	45.7%	78%

Sources: FCC Broadband Data Collection, Ookla Open Data Initiative, and U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. National benchmarks are carried over from the report comparison section.

Figure 2. Speed Trends (2019–2024)

Figure 3. Availability (2015–2025)

Figure 4. Adoption (2017–2024)

Figure 5. Current Status (2024)

Figure 6. Comparison with National Averages

Figure 7. Fixed Coverage by Technology (25/3 Mbps)

Figure 8. Mobile Area Coverage

Notes: speed trends reflect quarterly mean throughput. Availability shows the share of population with access. Tooltips on the charts expose the underlying values for each series.

Table 8. Broadband Provider Summary

Metric	Value
Fixed broadband providers	3
Mobile broadband providers	3
Broadband serviceable locations	86

Table 9. Broadband Providers

Fixed	Mobile
Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative	AT&T Inc.
EchoStar Corporation	Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.	GCI Holdings LLC

Table 10. Fixed Coverage by Technology (% of locations)

Technology	25/3	100/20	250/25	1 Gbps
Any Technology	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	98.8%
Fiber	98.8%	98.8%	98.8%	98.8%
Cable	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Fixed Wireless	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Copper (DSL)	9.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Satellite	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%

Table 11. Mobile Coverage (% of area)

Technology	Coverage
4G LTE	13.3%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 1)	0.0%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 2)	0.0%
Total area (sq mi)	360.658

Table 8. Coverage by Tier and Technology (% of locations)

Dec. 2022

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	100.0	100.0	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	98.8	98.8
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
Copper	1.2	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

June 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	100.0	100.0	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	98.8	98.8
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
Copper	1.1	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Dec. 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	100.0	100.0	98.9	98.9	98.9	98.9
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	98.9	98.9	98.9	98.9
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	98.9	98.9
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	98.9	98.9	98.9	98.9
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	98.9	98.9	98.9	98.9	98.9	98.9
Copper	1.1	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	98.9	98.9	98.9	98.9	98.9	98.9
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

June 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	100.0	100.0	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	98.8	98.8
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
Copper	1.2	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Dec. 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	100.0	100.0	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	98.8	98.8
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
Copper	100.0	89.5	58.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

June 2025

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	98.8
Any Terrestrial	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
Copper	10.5	9.3	9.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

FCC Broadband Data Collection (BDC), June 2025 filing vintage. Coverage values show the share of residential broadband serviceable locations by technology and speed tier across D22, J23, D23, J24, D24, and J25 filings.

Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection (BDC), June 2025 Filing (J25). Fixed coverage shows the share of residential broadband serviceable locations, and mobile coverage shows the share of tribal land area.