Kansas / AIANNHCE 2980 / Federally-recognized area

Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation

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

89.5%25/3 availability

76.2%100/20 availability

0.0%1000/100 availability

11Fixed providers

Figure 1. Location of Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation within Kansas, with boundary detail (inset).

About the Tribal Area

In Kansas, this federally recognized tribe uses Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation Reservation as its main reservation, and it spans about 122 square miles. FCC BDC records show 11 fixed providers and 4 mobile providers serving roughly 713 service locations, with current availability of 89.5% at 25/3 Mbps, 76.2% at 100/20, and 4.1% at 1000/100.

Tribal Area Description

A federally recognized tribe in Kansas, Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation 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: www.pbpindiantribe.com

The Just a moment... page for Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation 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.

Table 1. Demographics

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Population	1,760	1,623	1,475	1,198	1,307	1,245
Households	567	561	480	436	467	423
Median age	30.5	33.2	36.3	39.4	38.6	39.7
Male / Female	50.2% / 49.8%	49.5% / 50.5%	48.5% / 51.5%	45.9% / 54.1%	47.1% / 52.9%	47.6% / 52.4%
Avg. household size	3.10	2.89	3.07	2.75	2.80	2.94
Pop. density (per sq mi)	14.4	13.3	12.1	9.8	10.7	10.2
HH density (per sq mi)	4.7	4.6	3.9	3.6	3.8	3.5

Table 2. Economic & Education

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Median household income	$63,021	$59,861	$64,423	$75,000	$76,607	$74,583
Per capita income	$22,399	$23,762	$25,976	$33,367	$35,578	$35,271
Poverty rate	15.3%	17.7%	16.2%	13.2%	11.9%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.7%	3.2%	2.8%	2.1%	3.3%
HS diploma or higher	65.9%	68.3%	67.0%	65.9%	67.4%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	13.2%	16.7%	18.1%	19.8%	19.4%

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	29.2 Mbps	21.5 Mbps
2019Q2	20.8 Mbps	14.2 Mbps
2019Q3	37.4 Mbps	28.5 Mbps
2019Q4	89.6 Mbps	73.0 Mbps
2020Q1	49.2 Mbps	59.3 Mbps
2020Q2	10.2 Mbps	2.8 Mbps
2020Q3	23.2 Mbps	18.2 Mbps
2020Q4	22.0 Mbps	13.6 Mbps
2021Q1	27.4 Mbps	11.1 Mbps
2021Q2	22.6 Mbps	9.2 Mbps
2021Q3	32.4 Mbps	12.3 Mbps
2021Q4	37.4 Mbps	19.4 Mbps
2022Q1	37.6 Mbps	21.6 Mbps
2022Q2	40.4 Mbps	26.0 Mbps
2022Q3	57.6 Mbps	42.6 Mbps
2022Q4	28.6 Mbps	22.2 Mbps
2023Q1	43.1 Mbps	47.4 Mbps
2023Q2	62.8 Mbps	63.8 Mbps
2023Q3	36.8 Mbps	25.5 Mbps
2023Q4	41.2 Mbps	21.1 Mbps
2024Q1	65.3 Mbps	23.3 Mbps
2024Q2	60.4 Mbps	55.2 Mbps
2024Q3	120.6 Mbps	25.9 Mbps

Table 4. Coverage by Tier (%)

Year	25/3	100/20	1 Gbps
2015	2.9%	2.9%	0.0%
2016	28.5%	2.9%	0.0%
2017	28.5%	2.9%	0.0%
2018	95.4%	2.9%	0.0%
2019	93.3%	14.1%	0.0%
2020	99.4%	88.4%	0.0%
2021	100.0%	90.1%	0.0%
2022	89.0%	79.1%	4.2%
2023	86.0%	79.3%	4.1%
2024	89.5%	76.2%	0.0%

Table 5. Adoption (%)

Year	All households	Low-income households
2017	34.0%	50.0%
2018	38.4%	52.6%
2019	36.0%	59.2%
2020	37.6%	52.9%
2021	35.6%	51.5%
2022	38.5%	64.4%
2023	34.7%	55.6%
2024	40.9%	63.3%

Table 6. Current Status (2024, %)

Tier	Coverage
25/3 Mbps	89.5%
100/20 Mbps	76.2%
1 Gbps	0.0%

Table 7. Comparison with National Averages (%)

Metric	Tribal	National
25/3 Mbps	89.5%	92%
100/20 Mbps	76.2%	85%
Adoption	40.9%	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	11
Mobile broadband providers	4
Broadband serviceable locations	713

Table 9. Broadband Providers

Fixed	Mobile
AT&T Inc.	AT&T Inc.
T-Mobile USA, Inc.	T-Mobile USA, Inc.
EchoStar Corporation	Verizon Communications Inc.
Verizon Communications Inc.	Dish Network Corporation
LICT Corporation	—
Mercury Broadband, LLC	—
JMZ Corporation	—
Viasat, Inc.	—
Kansas Broadband Internet, Inc.	—
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.	—
Connect Holding II 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%	3.8%
Fiber	3.8%	3.8%	3.8%	3.8%
Cable	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Fixed Wireless	85.4%	73.2%	0.0%	0.0%
Copper (DSL)	17.0%	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	99.1%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 1)	93.2%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 2)	73.8%
Total area (sq mi)	305.148

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	93.6	90.9	90.9	70.3	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	76.2	30.9	14.5	4.1	4.1	4.1
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	95.6	89.9	89.3	72.2	4.1	4.1
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	72.2	4.1	4.1
Any Terrestrial	95.9	92.0	91.8	72.2	4.1	4.1
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1
Copper	75.4	28.9	11.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	92.8	88.2	88.2	70.3	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	65.9	62.0	61.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

June 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	90.4	88.8	88.8	70.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	66.3	26.7	13.4	3.9	3.9	3.9
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	90.8	85.3	84.5	71.8	3.9	3.9
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	3.9	3.9
Any Terrestrial	93.0	89.8	89.4	71.8	3.9	3.9
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9
Copper	65.6	24.2	9.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	85.1	83.5	83.5	70.0	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	64.4	61.2	61.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

Dec. 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	92.8	89.9	89.9	79.2	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	80.4	66.8	27.8	4.0	4.0	4.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	96.5	92.1	86.8	80.7	4.0	4.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	4.0	4.0
Any Terrestrial	96.8	93.1	90.3	80.7	4.0	4.0
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
Copper	79.7	66.1	25.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	91.5	85.7	85.7	79.2	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	60.2	60.1	60.1	0.0	0.0	0.0

June 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	93.2	89.8	89.8	71.8	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	64.4	27.5	13.1	3.8	3.8	3.8
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	94.5	87.8	87.5	73.9	3.8	3.8
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	3.8	3.8
Any Terrestrial	94.8	90.8	90.6	73.9	3.8	3.8
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8
Copper	63.3	25.5	10.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	69.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	90.5	86.1	86.1	71.8	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	59.7	59.7	59.7	0.0	0.0	0.0

Dec. 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	91.0	88.8	88.8	72.4	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	54.5	36.4	20.1	3.8	3.8	3.8
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	91.5	88.8	87.3	74.5	3.8	3.8
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	3.8	3.8
Any Terrestrial	92.9	91.1	90.2	74.5	3.8	3.8
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8
Copper	53.0	34.4	17.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	88.3	85.4	85.4	72.4	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	21.4	21.4	21.4	0.0	0.0	0.0

June 2025

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	88.4	85.4	85.4	73.2	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	45.0	41.4	18.8	3.8	3.8	3.8
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	92.4	90.0	87.5	75.3	3.8	3.8
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	3.8
Any Terrestrial	92.4	90.2	87.7	75.5	3.8	3.8
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8
Copper	44.2	40.5	17.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	88.2	85.1	85.1	73.1	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	2.8	2.8	2.8	0.3	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.