Alaska / AIANNHCE 6560 / Alaska Native area

Gulkana

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95.7%25/3 availability

95.7%100/20 availability

0.0%1000/100 availability

3Fixed providers

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

About the Tribal Area

Gulkana Village Council is a village in Alaska associated with this alaska native village, and it . The latest FCC BDC filing shows 3 fixed providers and 2 mobile providers across roughly 115 service locations, with current availability of 95.7% at 25/3 Mbps, 95.7% at 100/20, and 95.7% at 1000/100.

Tribal Area Description

Gulkana 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: gulkanacouncil.org

Gulkana was originally established in 1903 as a telegraph station and today has an active and progressive Village Council. We are a federally recognized tribe and operate as a non-profit business through self governance. Serves as a safe, convenient, and reliable public transportation for the Copper River Basin to meet the needs of health care, education, employment, recreation, entertainment and shopping.

Table 1. Demographics

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Population	106	114	75	79	86	55
Households	36	44	26	41	57	43
Median age	46.1	46.5	46.8	48.8	59.0	57.8
Male / Female	50.9% / 49.1%	50.9% / 49.1%	58.7% / 41.3%	45.6% / 54.4%	45.3% / 54.7%	58.2% / 41.8%
Avg. household size	2.94	2.59	2.88	1.93	1.51	1.28
Pop. density (per sq mi)	24.6	26.5	17.4	18.4	20.0	12.8
HH density (per sq mi)	8.4	10.2	6.0	9.5	13.3	10.0

Table 2. Economic & Education

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Median household income	$40,833	$48,750	$51,667	$58,750	$60,972	—
Per capita income	$28,252	$30,307	$29,923	$36,522	$46,548	$54,333
Poverty rate	5.7%	5.3%	4.0%	1.3%	5.8%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	31.5%	25.0%	34.0%	18.4%	9.1%	15.8%
HS diploma or higher	83.8%	78.6%	80.6%	71.6%	57.1%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	9.5%	8.1%	23.9%	27.3%	25.5%

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	14.8 Mbps	2.8 Mbps
2019Q2	20.4 Mbps	3.1 Mbps
2019Q3	16.0 Mbps	2.7 Mbps
2019Q4	12.9 Mbps	1.7 Mbps
2020Q1	31.5 Mbps	6.1 Mbps
2020Q2	44.4 Mbps	9.3 Mbps
2020Q3	40.4 Mbps	9.8 Mbps
2020Q4	37.3 Mbps	8.3 Mbps
2021Q1	38.9 Mbps	8.2 Mbps
2021Q2	30.1 Mbps	4.6 Mbps
2021Q3	41.0 Mbps	9.5 Mbps
2021Q4	33.4 Mbps	4.9 Mbps
2022Q1	39.6 Mbps	8.1 Mbps
2022Q2	48.5 Mbps	36.9 Mbps
2022Q3	46.6 Mbps	8.7 Mbps
2022Q4	50.1 Mbps	51.5 Mbps
2023Q1	48.7 Mbps	9.9 Mbps
2023Q2	125.5 Mbps	17.4 Mbps
2023Q3	392.5 Mbps	261.2 Mbps
2023Q4	814.0 Mbps	700.6 Mbps
2024Q1	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2024Q2	92.3 Mbps	67.3 Mbps
2024Q3	185.8 Mbps	95.6 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	100.0%	12.4%	12.4%
2022	98.9%	98.9%	98.9%
2023	99.0%	99.0%	99.0%
2024	95.7%	95.7%	0.0%

Table 5. Adoption (%)

Year	All households	Low-income households
2017	35.3%	0.0%
2018	25.0%	22.2%
2019	30.6%	45.5%
2020	29.5%	41.7%
2021	30.8%	71.4%
2022	19.5%	57.1%
2023	35.1%	100.0%
2024	39.5%	100.0%

Table 6. Current Status (2024, %)

Tier	Coverage
25/3 Mbps	95.7%
100/20 Mbps	95.7%
1 Gbps	0.0%

Table 7. Comparison with National Averages (%)

Metric	Tribal	National
25/3 Mbps	95.7%	92%
100/20 Mbps	95.7%	85%
Adoption	39.5%	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	2
Broadband serviceable locations	115

Table 9. Broadband Providers

Fixed	Mobile
Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative	AT&T Inc.
EchoStar Corporation	Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative
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%	95.7%
Fiber	95.7%	95.7%	95.7%	95.7%
Cable	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Fixed Wireless	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Copper (DSL)	51.3%	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)	0.0%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 2)	0.0%
Total area (sq mi)	12.429

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	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.1	99.1
Any Terrestrial	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1
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	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.1	99.1
Any Terrestrial	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1	99.1
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

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	99.0	99.0	99.0	99.0	99.0	99.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	99.0	99.0	99.0	99.0	99.0	99.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.0	99.0
Any Terrestrial	99.0	99.0	99.0	99.0	99.0	99.0
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	99.0	99.0	99.0	99.0	99.0	99.0
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	99.0	99.0	99.0	99.0	99.0	99.0
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	96.5	96.5	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	96.5	96.5	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	95.7	95.7
Any Terrestrial	96.5	96.5	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7
Copper	0.9	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7
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	96.5	96.5	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	96.5	96.5	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	95.7	95.7
Any Terrestrial	96.5	96.5	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7
Copper	96.5	94.8	51.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7
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	96.5	96.5	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	96.5	96.5	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	95.7
Any Terrestrial	96.5	96.5	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7
Copper	96.5	94.8	51.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7
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.