Alaska / AIANNHCE 7125 / Alaska Native area

Nuiqsut

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

100.0%25/3 availability

100.0%100/20 availability

0.0%1000/100 availability

3Fixed providers

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

About the Tribal Area

Native Village of Nuiqsut (aka Nooiksut) is a village in Alaska associated with this alaska native village, and it . The latest FCC BDC filing shows 3 fixed providers and 1 mobile providers across roughly 160 service locations, with current availability of 100.0% at 25/3 Mbps, and 100.0% at 100/20.

Tribal Area Description

Nuiqsut is a federally recognized tribe in Alaska with tribal lands. The land base is relevant for broadband planning due to rural service coverage and middle-mile access constraints.

Website Summary: www.nvnuiqsut.org

The Native Villlage of Nuiqsut is a federally recognized Tribe. The old village of Nuiqsut (Nuiqsapiat) is located in the Colville River Delta. Today, Nuiqsut is located on the Nechilik (Natchiliq) Channel of the Colville River Delta in the North Slope Borough, 135 miles southeast of Utqiagvik (Barrow) and 50 miles west of Prudhoe Bay. In 1973, Nuiqsut was resettled by 27 families from Utqiagvik. The Delta is a hunting, fishing, gathering and trading place for the Iñupiat.

Table 1. Demographics

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Population	496	535	751	564	529	616
Households	108	109	125	107	119	159
Median age	25.8	26.0	24.7	23.5	27.1	29.6
Male / Female	47.6% / 52.4%	43.6% / 56.4%	40.6% / 59.4%	41.7% / 58.3%	50.1% / 49.9%	52.9% / 47.1%
Avg. household size	3.91	3.87	4.59	4.51	3.80	3.46
Pop. density (per sq mi)	57.5	62.0	87.0	65.3	61.3	71.3
HH density (per sq mi)	12.5	12.6	14.5	12.4	13.8	18.4

Table 2. Economic & Education

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Median household income	$75,000	$67,361	$68,393	$76,250	$62,083	$78,438
Per capita income	$28,548	$31,786	$32,083	$27,135	$35,155	$33,218
Poverty rate	7.7%	6.0%	6.7%	10.1%	20.0%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	13.0%	15.2%	22.7%	24.4%	24.9%
HS diploma or higher	60.4%	65.9%	65.9%	56.8%	57.5%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	31.5%	36.0%	20.8%	2.5%	6.8%

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	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2019Q2	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2019Q3	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2019Q4	0.8 Mbps	1.2 Mbps
2020Q1	4.8 Mbps	1.6 Mbps
2020Q2	8.1 Mbps	3.1 Mbps
2020Q3	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2020Q4	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2021Q1	3.2 Mbps	2.1 Mbps
2021Q2	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2021Q3	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2021Q4	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2022Q1	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2022Q2	11.2 Mbps	3.8 Mbps
2022Q3	7.4 Mbps	6.0 Mbps
2022Q4	9.3 Mbps	4.7 Mbps
2023Q1	7.0 Mbps	4.4 Mbps
2023Q2	109.5 Mbps	30.0 Mbps
2023Q3	67.0 Mbps	12.2 Mbps
2023Q4	79.5 Mbps	14.0 Mbps
2024Q1	109.7 Mbps	13.8 Mbps
2024Q2	93.6 Mbps	11.9 Mbps
2024Q3	108.4 Mbps	14.4 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%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	100.0%	0.0%	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	42.9%	50.0%
2018	39.6%	33.3%
2019	31.5%	33.3%
2020	23.9%	30.0%
2021	24.8%	21.4%
2022	31.8%	0.0%
2023	29.4%	27.3%
2024	27.7%	0.0%

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	27.7%	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	1
Broadband serviceable locations	160

Table 9. Broadband Providers

Fixed	Mobile
Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative, Inc.	Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative, 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	81.3%	81.3%	0.0%	0.0%
Cable	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	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	98.1%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 1)	0.0%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 2)	0.0%
Total area (sq mi)	22.541

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

Dec. 2022

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired	96.0	96.0	96.0	0.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	96.0	96.0	96.0	0.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	96.0	96.0	96.0	0.0
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	96.0	96.0	96.0	0.0
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	96.0	96.0	96.0	0.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
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
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired	95.7	95.7	95.7	0.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	95.7	95.7	95.7	0.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	95.7	95.7	95.7	0.0
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	95.7	95.7	95.7	0.0
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	95.7	95.7	95.7	0.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Dec. 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

June 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired	80.8	80.8	80.8	80.8
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	80.8	80.8	80.8	80.8
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	80.8	80.8	80.8	80.8
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	80.8	80.8	80.8	80.8
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	80.8	80.8	80.8	80.8
GSO Satellite	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Dec. 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired	79.5	79.5	79.5	79.5
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	79.5	79.5	79.5	79.5
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	79.5	79.5	79.5	79.5
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	79.5	79.5	79.5	79.5
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	79.5	79.5	79.5	79.5
GSO Satellite	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	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	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	0.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	0.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	0.0
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	0.0
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	0.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	0.0	0.0	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.