California / AIANNHCE 3520 / Federally-recognized area

Santa Rosa

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

64.4%25/3 availability

51.1%100/20 availability

0.0%1000/100 availability

10Fixed providers

Figure 1. Location of Santa Rosa within California, with boundary detail (inset).

About the Tribal Area

Federally recognized tribe in California, centered on Santa Rosa Rancheria, spans about 0.6 square miles. FCC BDC records show 10 fixed providers and 4 mobile providers across roughly 469 service locations, with current availability of 64.4% at 25/3 Mbps, 51.1% at 100/20, and 31.7% at 1000/100.

Tribal Area Description

In California, Santa Rosa has tribal lands managed by a federally recognized tribe. The land base is relevant for broadband planning due to rural service coverage and middle-mile access constraints.

Website Summary: www.tachi-yokut-nsn.gov

The Yokuts were unique among the California natives in that they were divided into true tribes. Meet the governing body of our mighty sovereign nation, the Tachi Yokut Tribal Council. If you're looking for our Tribal Government Administration Office or one of our Enterprise ventures, look no further. Leveraging our extensive experience and success in the gaming and hospitality industry, we provide comprehensive consulting solutions tailored to meet tribal needs. Our mission is to educate and inspire others about our rich cultural heritage and to preserve our land for future generations. Whether you are traveling to central California for the day or plan to spend the week at Tachi Palace Casino Resort, it’s essential to know where to fuel up. The Indians of the San Joaquin Valley were known as Yokuts.

Table 1. Demographics

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Population	1,029	1,117	887	870	784	755
Households	222	207	168	176	157	158
Median age	19.4	16.9	18.3	19.5	21.4	23.1
Male / Female	46.6% / 53.4%	48.3% / 51.7%	45.7% / 54.3%	48.0% / 52.0%	48.7% / 51.3%	48.5% / 51.5%
Avg. household size	4.64	5.40	5.28	4.94	4.99	4.78
Pop. density (per sq mi)	1644.7	1785.3	1417.7	1390.5	1253.1	1206.7
HH density (per sq mi)	354.8	330.9	268.5	281.3	250.9	252.5

Table 2. Economic & Education

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Median household income	$62,222	$54,519	$67,500	$79,688	$88,750	$92,500
Per capita income	$15,861	$13,508	$15,333	$20,148	$22,594	$25,665
Poverty rate	17.4%	21.2%	25.8%	25.3%	28.4%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	18.1%	17.9%	21.7%	19.1%	15.7%	17.1%
HS diploma or higher	40.6%	43.6%	44.0%	47.3%	51.5%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	5.3%	4.6%	4.8%	3.3%	2.8%

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	16.4 Mbps	3.9 Mbps
2019Q2	35.9 Mbps	11.2 Mbps
2019Q3	14.8 Mbps	13.0 Mbps
2019Q4	8.8 Mbps	4.6 Mbps
2020Q1	11.8 Mbps	3.5 Mbps
2020Q2	7.5 Mbps	2.4 Mbps
2020Q3	7.2 Mbps	2.3 Mbps
2020Q4	23.7 Mbps	5.4 Mbps
2021Q1	7.7 Mbps	2.0 Mbps
2021Q2	6.7 Mbps	2.1 Mbps
2021Q3	16.1 Mbps	12.7 Mbps
2021Q4	9.6 Mbps	3.0 Mbps
2022Q1	10.7 Mbps	2.4 Mbps
2022Q2	29.9 Mbps	12.1 Mbps
2022Q3	42.3 Mbps	4.2 Mbps
2022Q4	43.7 Mbps	5.0 Mbps
2023Q1	84.8 Mbps	50.5 Mbps
2023Q2	29.2 Mbps	5.0 Mbps
2023Q3	40.2 Mbps	21.0 Mbps
2023Q4	34.3 Mbps	7.7 Mbps
2024Q1	63.4 Mbps	4.0 Mbps
2024Q2	40.5 Mbps	7.7 Mbps
2024Q3	17.9 Mbps	4.6 Mbps

Table 4. Coverage by Tier (%)

Year	25/3	100/20	1 Gbps
2015	15.0%	15.0%	0.0%
2016	15.0%	15.0%	0.0%
2017	100.0%	15.0%	0.0%
2018	100.0%	15.0%	0.0%
2019	100.0%	15.0%	0.0%
2020	100.0%	17.8%	0.0%
2021	100.0%	100.0%	2.2%
2022	66.3%	20.5%	20.1%
2023	47.8%	33.8%	32.0%
2024	64.4%	51.1%	0.0%

Table 5. Adoption (%)

Year	All households	Low-income households
2017	20.9%	47.8%
2018	32.5%	55.0%
2019	32.9%	57.1%
2020	37.2%	45.2%
2021	37.5%	30.6%
2022	42.0%	26.7%
2023	38.9%	33.3%
2024	39.2%	19.0%

Table 6. Current Status (2024, %)

Tier	Coverage
25/3 Mbps	64.4%
100/20 Mbps	51.1%
1 Gbps	0.0%

Table 7. Comparison with National Averages (%)

Metric	Tribal	National
25/3 Mbps	64.4%	92%
100/20 Mbps	51.1%	85%
Adoption	39.2%	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	10
Mobile broadband providers	4
Broadband serviceable locations	469

Table 9. Broadband Providers

Fixed	Mobile
AT&T Inc.	AT&T Inc.
Comcast Corporation	T-Mobile USA, Inc.
T-Mobile USA, Inc.	Verizon Communications Inc.
EchoStar Corporation	Dish Network Corporation
Verizon Communications Inc.	—
Cal.net, Inc.	—
Viasat, Inc.	—
CVIN LLC	—
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.	—
UnWired Broadband Holding 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%	0.0%
Fiber	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Cable	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	0.0%
Fixed Wireless	100.0%	99.1%	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)	100.0%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 2)	100.0%
Total area (sq mi)	1.685

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	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	25.1	25.1	25.1	25.1	25.1	24.9
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	66.2	25.1	25.1	24.9
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	25.1	25.1	24.9
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	25.1	25.1	24.9
Cable	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
Cable/Fiber	25.1	25.1	25.1	25.1	25.1	24.9
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	24.9	24.9	24.9	24.9	24.9	24.9
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	56.6	0.0	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	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

June 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	1.2	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	42.1	42.1	42.1	42.1	42.1	41.6
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	98.8	98.8	77.1	42.3	42.1	41.6
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	42.1	41.6
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	42.3	42.1	41.6
Cable	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0
Cable/Fiber	42.1	42.1	42.1	42.1	42.1	41.6
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	41.6	41.6	41.6	41.6	41.6	41.6
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	97.4	97.4	55.1	1.2	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	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Dec. 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.3	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	43.0	43.0	43.0	43.0	43.0	42.1
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	65.9	57.9	57.9	44.8	43.0	42.1
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	43.0	42.1
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	43.0	42.1
Cable	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.0
Cable/Fiber	43.0	43.0	43.0	43.0	43.0	42.1
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	42.1	42.1	42.1	42.1	42.1	42.1
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	39.0	25.6	25.6	3.1	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	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.3	0.0	0.0

June 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20
All Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	98.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	39.9	31.9	31.9	28.7
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	98.0
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Copper	0.0	0.0	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	39.9	31.9	31.9	28.7
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	97.5

Dec. 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	98.0	4.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	42.1	30.1	30.1	29.6	0.9
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	4.9
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	98.9	4.9
Cable	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9
Cable/Fiber	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	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	41.2	29.2	29.2	28.7	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	100.0	100.0	100.0	97.5	4.0

June 2025

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.2	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	63.3	53.7	53.7	28.8	0.8
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.8
Cable	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
Cable/Fiber	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	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	63.3	53.7	53.7	27.9	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	98.7	98.7	98.7	98.7	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.