Alaska / AIANNHCE 6540 / Alaska Native area

Golovin

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

0.0%25/3 availability

0.0%100/20 availability

0.0%1000/100 availability

3Fixed providers

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

About the Tribal Area

In Alaska, Golovin serves as the core village area for this alaska native village. FCC BDC records show 3 fixed providers and 2 mobile providers across roughly 132 service locations, with current availability of 0.0% at 25/3 Mbps, and 0.0% at 100/20.

Tribal Area Description

Located in Alaska, Golovin is a Alaska Native Village with tribal lands. The land base is relevant for broadband planning due to rural service coverage and middle-mile access constraints.

Website Summary: kawerak.org

The Kawerak page for Golovin functions as a community information page rather than a long-form tribal history. It emphasizes local contacts, community resources, and links to regional programs and services. The available content is oriented toward practical resources rather than a dedicated narrative profile for the tribe. The page includes sections on Forms, Employment, Staff, Programs, and Child Advocacy Center.

Table 1. Demographics

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Population	142	142	163	185	205	181
Households	47	48	58	68	70	62
Median age	25.0	26.5	31.1	28.8	31.6	31.9
Male / Female	56.3% / 43.7%	59.9% / 40.1%	61.3% / 38.7%	62.2% / 37.8%	62.9% / 37.1%	58.0% / 42.0%
Avg. household size	3.02	2.96	2.81	2.72	2.93	2.92
Pop. density (per sq mi)	34.4	34.4	39.5	44.8	49.6	43.8
HH density (per sq mi)	11.4	11.6	14.0	16.5	16.9	15.0

Table 2. Economic & Education

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Median household income	$53,750	$51,875	$54,375	$54,167	$63,750	$66,667
Per capita income	$19,299	$21,864	$22,818	$24,637	$26,200	$25,798
Poverty rate	11.3%	9.9%	12.9%	14.6%	7.3%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	6.1%	15.2%	16.5%	15.9%	20.4%
HS diploma or higher	64.8%	63.9%	66.3%	66.7%	62.3%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	11.1%	14.0%	8.1%	6.1%	7.0%

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	10.7 Mbps	9.5 Mbps
2019Q3	10.8 Mbps	9.3 Mbps
2019Q4	1.8 Mbps	5.9 Mbps
2020Q1	14.3 Mbps	12.8 Mbps
2020Q2	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2020Q3	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2020Q4	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2021Q1	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2021Q2	2.1 Mbps	1.1 Mbps
2021Q3	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2021Q4	10.1 Mbps	6.7 Mbps
2022Q1	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2022Q2	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2022Q3	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2022Q4	22.0 Mbps	21.9 Mbps
2023Q1	23.1 Mbps	22.8 Mbps
2023Q2	14.1 Mbps	11.2 Mbps
2023Q3	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2023Q4	78.5 Mbps	18.5 Mbps
2024Q1	139.0 Mbps	9.5 Mbps
2024Q2	44.6 Mbps	5.8 Mbps
2024Q3	116.7 Mbps	1.4 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	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Table 5. Adoption (%)

Year	All households	Low-income households
2017	11.1%	0.0%
2018	10.8%	25.0%
2019	4.3%	50.0%
2020	6.3%	50.0%
2021	10.3%	60.0%
2022	13.2%	68.8%
2023	15.7%	66.7%
2024	16.1%	64.7%

Table 6. Current Status (2024, %)

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

Table 7. Comparison with National Averages (%)

Metric	Tribal	National
25/3 Mbps	0.0%	92%
100/20 Mbps	0.0%	85%
Adoption	16.1%	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	2
Broadband serviceable locations	132

Table 9. Broadband Providers

Fixed	Mobile
GCI Holdings LLC	GCI Holdings LLC
EchoStar Corporation	American Broadband Holding Company
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.	—

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%	0.0%
Fiber	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Cable	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Fixed Wireless	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Copper (DSL)	0.0%	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	30.7%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 1)	0.0%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 2)	0.0%
Total area (sq mi)	10.639

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

Dec. 2022

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20
All Fixed Wireless	71.2	71.2	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired	98.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	98.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	99.1	71.2	0.0	0.0
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Copper	98.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	71.2	71.2	0.0	0.0

June 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20
All Fixed Wireless	71.7	71.7	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired	99.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	99.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	100.0	71.7	0.0	0.0
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Copper	99.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	71.7	71.7	0.0	0.0

Dec. 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20
All Fixed Wireless	71.4	71.4	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired	99.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	99.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	100.0	71.4	0.0	0.0
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Copper	99.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	71.4	71.4	0.0	0.0

June 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20
All Fixed Wireless	70.8	70.8	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	70.8	70.8	0.0	0.0
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	70.8	70.8	0.0	0.0

Dec. 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20
All Fixed Wireless	70.8	70.8	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	70.8	70.8	0.0	0.0
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	70.8	70.8	0.0	0.0

June 2025

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	71.2	71.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	71.2	71.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	71.2	71.2	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.