California / AIANNHCE 0585 / Federally-recognized area

Chemehuevi (CA-AZ)

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49.6%25/3 availability

0.4%100/20 availability

0.0%1000/100 availability

8Fixed providers

Figure 1. Location of Chemehuevi (CA-AZ) within California, with boundary detail (inset).

About the Tribal Area

Chemehuevi Reservation is a reservation in California associated with this federally recognized tribe, and it spans about 48 square miles. The latest FCC BDC filing shows 8 fixed providers and 4 mobile providers across roughly 1,073 service locations, with current availability of 49.6% at 25/3 Mbps, 0.4% at 100/20, and 0.3% at 1000/100.

Tribal Area Description

Chemehuevi (CA-AZ) is a federally recognized tribe in California with tribal lands. A Great Basin tribe in California and Arizona, with a strong connection to the Colorado River.

Website Summary: chemehuevi.org

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Table 1. Demographics

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Population	302	355	326	342	312	363
Households	110	110	95	114	108	142
Median age	28.3	25.5	24.7	31.2	32.4	33.2
Male / Female	51.0% / 49.0%	44.5% / 55.5%	46.0% / 54.0%	45.3% / 54.7%	42.3% / 57.7%	44.4% / 55.6%
Avg. household size	2.75	3.23	3.43	3.00	2.89	2.56
Pop. density (per sq mi)	6.3	7.4	6.8	7.1	6.5	7.5
HH density (per sq mi)	2.3	2.3	2.0	2.4	2.2	3.0

Table 2. Economic & Education

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Median household income	$31,667	$33,750	$35,625	$40,000	$37,083	$35,313
Per capita income	$17,255	$15,217	$15,205	$20,830	$21,554	$24,655
Poverty rate	37.4%	36.8%	33.3%	29.0%	28.9%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	19.3%	22.4%	20.0%	18.9%	16.8%
HS diploma or higher	53.0%	53.1%	54.3%	56.8%	52.5%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	12.8%	10.5%	11.9%	10.7%	14.3%

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	2.8 Mbps	0.5 Mbps
2019Q2	18.3 Mbps	13.0 Mbps
2019Q3	5.1 Mbps	0.6 Mbps
2019Q4	19.2 Mbps	12.8 Mbps
2020Q1	52.8 Mbps	61.6 Mbps
2020Q2	6.2 Mbps	1.3 Mbps
2020Q3	5.6 Mbps	1.8 Mbps
2020Q4	67.9 Mbps	23.9 Mbps
2021Q1	18.0 Mbps	8.8 Mbps
2021Q2	37.4 Mbps	47.2 Mbps
2021Q3	23.7 Mbps	2.5 Mbps
2021Q4	34.3 Mbps	7.4 Mbps
2022Q1	92.3 Mbps	22.6 Mbps
2022Q2	62.5 Mbps	16.9 Mbps
2022Q3	23.8 Mbps	4.7 Mbps
2022Q4	64.7 Mbps	13.3 Mbps
2023Q1	72.7 Mbps	6.8 Mbps
2023Q2	45.0 Mbps	9.0 Mbps
2023Q3	59.1 Mbps	19.3 Mbps
2023Q4	83.6 Mbps	59.8 Mbps
2024Q1	89.8 Mbps	30.0 Mbps
2024Q2	50.1 Mbps	44.9 Mbps
2024Q3	54.9 Mbps	21.7 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	55.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	48.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	62.9%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	75.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	0.6%	0.4%	0.0%
2023	5.2%	0.3%	0.1%
2024	49.6%	0.4%	0.0%

Table 5. Adoption (%)

Year	All households	Low-income households
2017	23.4%	50.0%
2018	27.7%	42.0%
2019	30.9%	42.9%
2020	35.5%	54.3%
2021	40.0%	70.4%
2022	46.5%	73.3%
2023	51.9%	66.7%
2024	52.8%	82.2%

Table 6. Current Status (2024, %)

Tier	Coverage
25/3 Mbps	49.6%
100/20 Mbps	0.4%
1 Gbps	0.0%

Table 7. Comparison with National Averages (%)

Metric	Tribal	National
25/3 Mbps	49.6%	92%
100/20 Mbps	0.4%	85%
Adoption	52.8%	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	8
Mobile broadband providers	4
Broadband serviceable locations	1,073

Table 9. Broadband Providers

Fixed	Mobile
AT&T Inc.	AT&T Inc.
Frontier Communications Corporation	T-Mobile USA, Inc.
T-Mobile USA, Inc.	Verizon Communications Inc.
EchoStar Corporation	Dish Network Corporation
Verizon Communications Inc.	—
Viasat, Inc.	—
California Internet	—
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%	0.3%
Fiber	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
Cable	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Fixed Wireless	1.8%	0.3%	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)	96.4%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 2)	87.7%
Total area (sq mi)	109.967

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

Dec. 2022

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20
All Fixed Wireless	58.7	0.4	0.4	0.4
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	58.9	0.9	0.4	0.4
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.4
Any Terrestrial	58.9	0.9	0.4	0.4
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Copper	0.5	0.5	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	58.7	0.4	0.4	0.4
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	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	0.2	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	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.8	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.1	0.1
Any Terrestrial	0.8	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Copper	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.2	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	0.4	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	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.1	0.1
Any Terrestrial	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Copper	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.4	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	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.9	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.3	0.3
Any Terrestrial	0.9	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Copper	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	91.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	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	3.7	1.6	1.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	4.0	2.0	1.9	0.4	0.3	0.3
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.3	0.3
Any Terrestrial	4.0	2.0	1.9	0.4	0.3	0.3
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Copper	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	3.7	1.6	1.6	0.1	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	3.4	1.8	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	3.6	2.0	2.0	0.6	0.3	0.3
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.3
Any Terrestrial	3.6	2.0	2.0	0.6	0.3	0.3
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Copper	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	3.4	1.8	1.8	0.3	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.