Wisconsin / AIANNHCE 1825 / Federally-recognized area

Lac du Flambeau

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

56.0%25/3 availability

5.7%100/20 availability

0.0%1000/100 availability

11Fixed providers

Figure 1. Location of Lac du Flambeau within Wisconsin, with boundary detail (inset).

About the Tribal Area

Spans about 107 square miles of land plus roughly 28.2 square miles of water in Wisconsin, Lac du Flambeau Reservation serves as the core reservation for this federally recognized tribe. FCC BDC records show 11 fixed providers and 4 mobile providers across roughly 3,730 service locations, with current availability of 56.0% at 25/3 Mbps, 5.7% at 100/20, and 0.2% at 1000/100.

Tribal Area Description

Located in Wisconsin, Lac du Flambeau is a federally recognized tribe with tribal lands. The land base is relevant for broadband planning due to rural service coverage and middle-mile access constraints.

Website Summary: www.ldftribe.com

Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians - Child Support Agency. The Child Support Agency provides services to parents and children that are affiliated through enrollment to the Lac du Flambeau Tribe, to ensure a better life for children. 04/17/2026: Do You Have News to Share?

Table 1. Demographics

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Population	3,413	3,467	3,580	3,656	3,645	3,654
Households	1,735	1,678	1,660	1,586	1,574	1,515
Median age	54.1	49.1	52.0	47.5	48.0	46.0
Male / Female	51.4% / 48.6%	49.4% / 50.6%	51.7% / 48.3%	53.3% / 46.7%	53.0% / 47.0%	52.4% / 47.6%
Avg. household size	1.92	2.01	2.10	2.24	2.26	2.36
Pop. density (per sq mi)	31.9	32.4	33.4	34.1	34.0	34.1
HH density (per sq mi)	16.2	15.7	15.5	14.8	14.7	14.2

Table 2. Economic & Education

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Median household income	$41,573	$41,095	$44,455	$51,742	$55,536	$56,027
Per capita income	$29,093	$26,048	$29,718	$32,441	$37,694	$36,595
Poverty rate	22.9%	20.6%	18.1%	20.0%	22.1%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	7.7%	8.1%	8.9%	8.5%	10.0%
HS diploma or higher	63.5%	63.6%	67.1%	68.7%	72.2%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	24.5%	26.1%	27.3%	30.4%	30.1%

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	14.9 Mbps	2.0 Mbps
2019Q2	20.1 Mbps	2.4 Mbps
2019Q3	20.6 Mbps	2.8 Mbps
2019Q4	19.4 Mbps	4.5 Mbps
2020Q1	20.1 Mbps	3.0 Mbps
2020Q2	15.3 Mbps	2.6 Mbps
2020Q3	17.5 Mbps	3.0 Mbps
2020Q4	23.0 Mbps	3.9 Mbps
2021Q1	39.2 Mbps	6.8 Mbps
2021Q2	61.3 Mbps	8.8 Mbps
2021Q3	49.6 Mbps	6.7 Mbps
2021Q4	59.3 Mbps	7.0 Mbps
2022Q1	59.5 Mbps	5.6 Mbps
2022Q2	50.0 Mbps	7.3 Mbps
2022Q3	33.9 Mbps	5.2 Mbps
2022Q4	52.0 Mbps	9.6 Mbps
2023Q1	64.6 Mbps	10.0 Mbps
2023Q2	56.0 Mbps	7.2 Mbps
2023Q3	43.2 Mbps	8.3 Mbps
2023Q4	39.0 Mbps	7.1 Mbps
2024Q1	62.6 Mbps	9.6 Mbps
2024Q2	70.0 Mbps	9.9 Mbps
2024Q3	55.7 Mbps	8.8 Mbps

Table 4. Coverage by Tier (%)

Year	25/3	100/20	1 Gbps
2015	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	49.8%	0.4%	0.0%
2019	61.6%	0.4%	0.0%
2020	83.6%	0.4%	0.0%
2021	67.6%	3.3%	0.0%
2022	57.5%	24.2%	0.1%
2023	45.1%	20.0%	0.2%
2024	56.0%	5.7%	0.0%

Table 5. Adoption (%)

Year	All households	Low-income households
2017	33.4%	43.6%
2018	35.1%	53.7%
2019	44.0%	64.2%
2020	52.6%	69.7%
2021	60.3%	68.4%
2022	62.6%	79.4%
2023	59.3%	72.1%
2024	58.3%	84.2%

Table 6. Current Status (2024, %)

Tier	Coverage
25/3 Mbps	56.0%
100/20 Mbps	5.7%
1 Gbps	0.0%

Table 7. Comparison with National Averages (%)

Metric	Tribal	National
25/3 Mbps	56.0%	92%
100/20 Mbps	5.7%	85%
Adoption	58.3%	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	3,730

Table 9. Broadband Providers

Fixed	Mobile
AT&T Inc.	AT&T Inc.
Charter Communications	T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Frontier Communications Corporation	Northeast Communications of Wisconsin, Inc.
T-Mobile USA, Inc.	Verizon Communications Inc.
EchoStar Corporation	—
Verizon Communications Inc.	—
SonicNet Inc.	—
Viasat, Inc.	—
Hilbert Communications LLC	—
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%	0.5%
Fiber	1.0%	1.0%	1.0%	0.5%
Cable	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%
Fixed Wireless	50.4%	10.9%	0.0%	0.0%
Copper (DSL)	16.5%	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	96.3%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 1)	72.4%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 2)	54.1%
Total area (sq mi)	327.373

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	61.9	56.1	55.9	26.7	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	56.0	55.8	17.3	3.8	0.5
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	86.5	81.6	58.1	22.1	0.5
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	29.7	0.5
Any Terrestrial	88.0	83.6	63.5	29.7	0.5
Cable	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Cable/Fiber	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Copper	55.6	55.4	16.9	3.4	0.0
Fiber	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	55.8	49.0	48.8	18.9	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	26.8	26.8	26.8	16.9	0.0

June 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	60.0	59.0	59.0	24.2	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	56.6	56.1	16.5	0.4	0.4
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	84.2	83.3	61.4	17.5	0.4
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.4
Any Terrestrial	85.9	85.1	66.1	24.5	0.4
Cable	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Cable/Fiber	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Copper	56.3	55.8	16.1	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	53.9	52.6	52.6	17.3	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	24.4	24.4	24.4	15.4	0.0

Dec. 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	71.5	40.4	40.4	25.6	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	56.3	56.3	17.5	1.0	0.9
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	84.9	73.2	45.3	19.9	0.9
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.9
Any Terrestrial	85.7	75.5	50.5	26.4	0.9
Cable	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Cable/Fiber	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9
Copper	55.4	55.3	16.5	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	70.2	33.3	33.3	19.0	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	26.0	26.0	26.0	16.1	0.0

June 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	64.2	57.3	57.3	25.2	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	55.9	55.5	17.2	0.6	0.6
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	81.7	79.4	61.7	19.6	0.6
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.6
Any Terrestrial	82.8	80.7	64.3	25.7	0.6
Cable	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Cable/Fiber	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
Copper	55.4	54.9	16.6	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	62.1	53.7	53.7	19.1	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	25.7	25.7	25.7	15.4	0.0

Dec. 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	54.6	48.3	48.3	5.8	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	55.1	55.1	16.9	0.5	0.5
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	79.4	77.2	56.4	6.3	0.5
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.5
Any Terrestrial	79.6	77.7	57.7	6.3	0.5
Cable	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Cable/Fiber	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Copper	54.7	54.7	16.4	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	54.1	46.1	46.1	5.8	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	4.1	4.1	4.1	0.0	0.0

June 2025

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	61.9	50.4	50.4	10.9	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	57.0	57.0	17.9	1.4	1.4	0.5
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	83.3	78.8	58.7	12.3	1.4	0.5
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.5
Any Terrestrial	83.3	79.1	59.7	12.3	1.4	0.5
Cable	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.0
Cable/Fiber	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	0.5
Copper	55.6	55.6	16.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.5
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	61.5	48.9	48.9	10.9	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	3.9	3.9	3.9	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.