Alaska / AIANNHCE 7475 / Alaska Native area

Sitka

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100.0%25/3 availability

100.0%100/20 availability

0.0%1000/100 availability

5Fixed providers

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

About the Tribal Area

In Alaska, this alaska native village uses Sitka Tribe of Alaska as its main village area, and it . FCC BDC records show 5 fixed providers and 3 mobile providers serving roughly 2,312 service locations, with current availability of 100.0% at 25/3 Mbps, and 100.0% at 100/20.

Tribal Area Description

A federally recognized tribe in Alaska, Sitka is organized around tribal lands. The land base is relevant for broadband planning due to rural service coverage and middle-mile access constraints.

Website Summary: sitkatribe.org

Sitka Tribe of Alaska is a sovereign entity and a federally-recognized Tribal government that provides services to our enrolled citizens and the community at large. The Sitka Tribe of Alaska has launched a comprehensive Community Needs Assessment to better understand the well-being, priorities, and values of its Tribal Citizens. The Sitka Tribe of Alaska is committed to ensuring that its programs and services reflect the real needs and values of its community. Sitka Tribe of Alaska actively seeks out business prospects to provide employment for Tribal citizens and generate economic activity in Sitka. Welcome to the official website for Sitka Tribe of Alaska, the Tribal government for Sheet’ká, also known as Sitka, Alaska. Sitka Tribe of Alaska’s Kayaaní Commission (plants commission) is accepting letters of interest to fill one (1) open Tribal Citizen Seat with a term set...

Table 1. Demographics

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Population	4,685	4,583	4,849	4,710	4,321	4,313
Households	1,899	1,914	1,906	1,875	1,813	1,815
Median age	38.7	39.4	38.0	38.3	39.5	40.5
Male / Female	50.6% / 49.4%	49.8% / 50.2%	52.1% / 47.9%	52.4% / 47.6%	51.9% / 48.1%	50.6% / 49.4%
Avg. household size	2.38	2.31	2.46	2.40	2.26	2.23
Pop. density (per sq mi)	1772.5	1734.0	1834.6	1782.0	1634.8	1631.8
HH density (per sq mi)	718.5	724.2	721.1	709.4	685.9	686.7

Table 2. Economic & Education

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Median household income	$65,417	$68,403	$73,553	$81,845	$82,847	$85,536
Per capita income	$38,377	$37,340	$36,116	$39,865	$41,885	$44,012
Poverty rate	11.4%	9.3%	9.0%	7.9%	9.0%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	6.2%	6.3%	5.2%	4.7%	4.6%
HS diploma or higher	68.0%	67.2%	66.3%	67.9%	69.3%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	32.4%	32.9%	32.7%	33.4%	34.3%

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	85.2 Mbps	26.4 Mbps
2019Q2	106.6 Mbps	19.4 Mbps
2019Q3	98.5 Mbps	23.1 Mbps
2019Q4	161.9 Mbps	27.3 Mbps
2020Q1	153.8 Mbps	28.8 Mbps
2020Q2	130.2 Mbps	28.8 Mbps
2020Q3	146.6 Mbps	27.7 Mbps
2020Q4	122.5 Mbps	25.6 Mbps
2021Q1	146.9 Mbps	28.1 Mbps
2021Q2	131.4 Mbps	22.1 Mbps
2021Q3	124.1 Mbps	16.4 Mbps
2021Q4	249.2 Mbps	32.3 Mbps
2022Q1	265.3 Mbps	30.3 Mbps
2022Q2	173.6 Mbps	22.4 Mbps
2022Q3	157.8 Mbps	21.7 Mbps
2022Q4	186.7 Mbps	35.1 Mbps
2023Q1	218.1 Mbps	29.4 Mbps
2023Q2	201.8 Mbps	28.4 Mbps
2023Q3	241.2 Mbps	29.9 Mbps
2023Q4	277.1 Mbps	30.2 Mbps
2024Q1	330.4 Mbps	40.3 Mbps
2024Q2	285.9 Mbps	33.0 Mbps
2024Q3	186.6 Mbps	17.6 Mbps

Table 4. Coverage by Tier (%)

Year	25/3	100/20	1 Gbps
2015	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%
2016	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%
2017	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%
2018	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%
2019	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%
2020	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%
2021	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%
2022	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%
2023	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%
2024	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%

Table 5. Adoption (%)

Year	All households	Low-income households
2017	62.0%	39.1%
2018	62.1%	41.3%
2019	64.0%	44.2%
2020	66.6%	51.7%
2021	68.2%	66.8%
2022	71.2%	66.2%
2023	73.5%	75.7%
2024	72.1%	67.2%

Table 6. Current Status (2024, %)

Tier	Coverage
25/3 Mbps	100.0%
100/20 Mbps	100.0%
1 Gbps	0.0%

Table 7. Comparison with National Averages (%)

Metric	Tribal	National
25/3 Mbps	100.0%	92%
100/20 Mbps	100.0%	85%
Adoption	72.1%	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	5
Mobile broadband providers	3
Broadband serviceable locations	2,312

Table 9. Broadband Providers

Fixed	Mobile
AT&T Inc.	AT&T Inc.
ATN International, Inc.	GCI Holdings LLC
GCI Holdings LLC	Verizon Communications Inc.
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%	0.0%
Fiber	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Cable	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	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	100.0%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 1)	100.0%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 2)	68.9%
Total area (sq mi)	9.48

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

Dec. 2022

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Cable	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Cable/Fiber	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Copper	71.4	63.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	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	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

June 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Cable	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Cable/Fiber	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Copper	70.3	62.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	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	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Dec. 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Cable	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Cable/Fiber	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Copper	69.3	62.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	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	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

June 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Cable	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Cable/Fiber	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Copper	67.9	61.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	1.3	0.8	0.8	0.0	0.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	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	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Dec. 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Cable	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Cable/Fiber	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Copper	67.9	61.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	1.3	0.8	0.8	0.0	0.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	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	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

June 2025

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Cable	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Cable/Fiber	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Copper	68.5	62.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	1.4	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	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	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.