Alaska / AIANNHCE 6945 / Alaska Native area

Mentasta Lake

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

93.2%25/3 availability

93.2%100/20 availability

0.0%1000/100 availability

3Fixed providers

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

About the Tribal Area

Mentasta Lake is a village area in Alaska associated with this alaska native village, and it . The latest FCC BDC filing shows 3 fixed providers and 1 mobile providers across roughly 60 service locations, with current availability of 93.2% at 25/3 Mbps, 93.2% at 100/20, and 93.2% at 1000/100.

Tribal Area Description

Mentasta Lake is a Alaska Native Village in Alaska with ANVSA lands. The land base is relevant for broadband planning due to rural service coverage and middle-mile access constraints.

Website Summary: www.mentastacouncil.org

The Mentasta Traditional Council page for Mentasta Lake 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 About, Leadership, Events, and Resources.

Table 1. Demographics

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Population	246	236	158	129	77	48
Households	62	68	43	38	33	27
Median age	31.0	26.4	26.3	24.1	30.1	33.0
Male / Female	51.6% / 48.4%	54.7% / 45.3%	59.5% / 40.5%	55.0% / 45.0%	48.1% / 51.9%	52.1% / 47.9%
Avg. household size	3.97	3.47	3.67	3.39	2.33	1.78
Pop. density (per sq mi)	6.5	6.3	4.2	3.4	2.0	1.3
HH density (per sq mi)	1.6	1.8	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.7

Table 2. Economic & Education

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Median household income	—	—	—	$16,250	—	$33,750
Per capita income	$14,062	$15,557	$15,242	$9,564	$14,899	$19,390
Poverty rate	26.0%	22.0%	27.8%	43.4%	32.5%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.1%	1.5%	0.0%	11.1%	23.8%
HS diploma or higher	75.0%	73.5%	81.7%	80.4%	48.7%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	6.6%	7.5%	—	—	—

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	7.8 Mbps	3.2 Mbps
2019Q3	10.8 Mbps	6.0 Mbps
2019Q4	16.8 Mbps	4.3 Mbps
2020Q1	16.3 Mbps	3.5 Mbps
2020Q2	9.7 Mbps	4.3 Mbps
2020Q3	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2020Q4	16.7 Mbps	3.8 Mbps
2021Q1	25.1 Mbps	6.4 Mbps
2021Q2	36.8 Mbps	8.2 Mbps
2021Q3	32.3 Mbps	8.8 Mbps
2021Q4	33.0 Mbps	6.1 Mbps
2022Q1	38.5 Mbps	21.6 Mbps
2022Q2	42.9 Mbps	29.1 Mbps
2022Q3	134.2 Mbps	80.4 Mbps
2022Q4	19.9 Mbps	15.0 Mbps
2023Q1	21.8 Mbps	16.4 Mbps
2023Q2	46.8 Mbps	10.4 Mbps
2023Q3	84.6 Mbps	90.4 Mbps
2023Q4	32.6 Mbps	29.4 Mbps
2024Q1	116.7 Mbps	107.0 Mbps
2024Q2	197.2 Mbps	180.3 Mbps
2024Q3	146.8 Mbps	111.4 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	99.1%	22.2%	22.2%
2022	93.0%	86.0%	86.0%
2023	80.4%	75.0%	75.0%
2024	93.2%	93.2%	0.0%

Table 5. Adoption (%)

Year	All households	Low-income households
2017	34.9%	13.3%
2018	49.1%	22.7%
2019	41.9%	16.7%
2020	38.2%	20.7%
2021	39.5%	25.0%
2022	28.9%	33.3%
2023	42.4%	41.7%
2024	44.4%	62.5%

Table 6. Current Status (2024, %)

Tier	Coverage
25/3 Mbps	93.2%
100/20 Mbps	93.2%
1 Gbps	0.0%

Table 7. Comparison with National Averages (%)

Metric	Tribal	National
25/3 Mbps	93.2%	92%
100/20 Mbps	93.2%	85%
Adoption	44.4%	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	1
Broadband serviceable locations	60

Table 9. Broadband Providers

Fixed	Mobile
Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative	Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative
EchoStar Corporation	—
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%	93.3%
Fiber	93.3%	93.3%	93.3%	93.3%
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	58.7%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 1)	0.0%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 2)	0.0%
Total area (sq mi)	115.866

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	94.0	94.0	94.0	88.1	88.1	88.1
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	94.0	94.0	94.0	88.1	88.1	88.1
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	88.1	88.1
Any Terrestrial	94.0	94.0	94.0	88.1	88.1	88.1
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	88.1	88.1	88.1	88.1	88.1	88.1
Copper	6.0	6.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	88.1	88.1	88.1	88.1	88.1	88.1
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	91.7	90.0	90.0	85.0	85.0	85.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	91.7	90.0	90.0	85.0	85.0	85.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	85.0	85.0
Any Terrestrial	91.7	90.0	90.0	85.0	85.0	85.0
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	85.0	85.0	85.0	85.0	85.0	85.0
Copper	6.7	5.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	85.0	85.0	85.0	85.0	85.0	85.0
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	92.9	80.4	80.4	75.0	75.0	75.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	92.9	80.4	80.4	75.0	75.0	75.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	75.0	75.0
Any Terrestrial	92.9	80.4	80.4	75.0	75.0	75.0
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0
Copper	17.9	5.4	5.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0
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	93.8	81.3	81.3	75.0	75.0	75.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	93.8	81.3	81.3	75.0	75.0	75.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	75.0	75.0
Any Terrestrial	93.8	81.3	81.3	75.0	75.0	75.0
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0
Copper	18.8	6.3	6.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0
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	96.6	93.2	93.2	93.2	93.2	93.2
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	96.6	93.2	93.2	93.2	93.2	93.2
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	93.2	93.2
Any Terrestrial	96.6	93.2	93.2	93.2	93.2	93.2
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	93.2	93.2	93.2	93.2	93.2	93.2
Copper	96.6	74.6	64.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	93.2	93.2	93.2	93.2	93.2	93.2
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	96.7	93.3	93.3	93.3	93.3	93.3
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	96.7	93.3	93.3	93.3	93.3	93.3
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	93.3
Any Terrestrial	96.7	93.3	93.3	93.3	93.3	93.3
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	93.3	93.3	93.3	93.3	93.3	93.3
Copper	13.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	93.3	93.3	93.3	93.3	93.3	93.3
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.