Hawaii / AIANNHCE 5134 / Native Hawaiian area

Lanai City

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100.0%25/3 availability

100.0%100/20 availability

0.0%1000/100 availability

5Fixed providers

Figure 1. Location of Lanai City within Hawaii, with boundary detail (inset).

About the Tribal Area

In Hawaii, Lanai City serves as the core tribal area for this native hawaiian homeland community. FCC BDC records show 5 fixed providers and 3 mobile providers across roughly 30 service locations, with current availability of 100.0% at 25/3 Mbps, 100.0% at 100/20, and 100.0% at 1000/100.

Tribal Area Description

Located in Hawaii, Lanai City is a Hawaiian entity with Hawaiian home lands. The land base is relevant for broadband planning due to rural service coverage and middle-mile access constraints.

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Table 1. Demographics

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Population	81	108	76	144	136	88
Households	21	30	21	51	27	25
Median age	48.1	51.2	51.6	59.4	22.5	44.5
Male / Female	37.0% / 63.0%	31.5% / 68.5%	31.6% / 68.4%	38.9% / 61.1%	34.6% / 65.4%	38.6% / 61.4%
Avg. household size	3.86	3.60	3.62	2.82	5.04	3.52
Pop. density (per sq mi)	1103.1	1470.8	1035.0	1961.1	1852.2	1198.5
HH density (per sq mi)	286.0	408.6	286.0	694.6	367.7	340.5

Table 2. Economic & Education

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Median household income	$147,917	$131,250	$135,694	$170,720	$95,250	$100,417
Per capita income	$42,136	$35,632	$36,021	$58,246	$22,494	$30,710
Poverty rate	6.4%	3.8%	4.1%	2.1%	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.5%	6.0%	7.4%	8.6%	9.6%
HS diploma or higher	84.2%	78.5%	85.7%	58.9%	66.7%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	30.4%	28.6%	40.2%	30.0%	18.9%

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	21.2 Mbps	2.8 Mbps
2019Q2	53.7 Mbps	6.5 Mbps
2019Q3	11.3 Mbps	2.3 Mbps
2019Q4	64.3 Mbps	7.7 Mbps
2020Q1	135.4 Mbps	8.3 Mbps
2020Q2	44.1 Mbps	5.3 Mbps
2020Q3	95.0 Mbps	9.2 Mbps
2020Q4	88.7 Mbps	7.7 Mbps
2021Q1	84.2 Mbps	8.1 Mbps
2021Q2	123.6 Mbps	9.1 Mbps
2021Q3	67.5 Mbps	9.3 Mbps
2021Q4	103.7 Mbps	7.0 Mbps
2022Q1	115.0 Mbps	7.3 Mbps
2022Q2	245.8 Mbps	17.2 Mbps
2022Q3	181.8 Mbps	12.9 Mbps
2022Q4	276.8 Mbps	15.6 Mbps
2023Q1	112.3 Mbps	11.6 Mbps
2023Q2	307.2 Mbps	178.7 Mbps
2023Q3	336.9 Mbps	259.8 Mbps
2023Q4	431.6 Mbps	264.8 Mbps
2024Q1	220.4 Mbps	151.8 Mbps
2024Q2	293.3 Mbps	213.4 Mbps
2024Q3	240.6 Mbps	131.9 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%	100.0%	0.0%
2022	100.0%	100.0%	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	87.5%	0.0%
2018	100.0%	0.0%
2019	100.0%	0.0%
2020	93.3%	0.0%
2021	85.7%	0.0%
2022	25.5%	0.0%
2023	44.4%	0.0%
2024	68.0%	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	68.0%	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	5
Mobile broadband providers	3
Broadband serviceable locations	30

Table 9. Broadband Providers

Fixed	Mobile
Charter Communications	AT&T Inc.
Cincinnati Bell Inc.	T-Mobile USA, Inc.
T-Mobile USA, Inc.	Verizon Communications Inc.
Viasat, Inc.	—
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%	100.0%
Fiber	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Cable	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%
Fixed Wireless	100.0%	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	100.0%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 1)	100.0%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 2)	100.0%
Total area (sq mi)	0.105

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	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Cable	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Cable/Fiber	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Copper	6.7	6.7	3.3	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	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	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	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

June 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	86.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Cable	89.7	89.7	89.7	89.7	89.7
Cable/Fiber	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Copper	13.8	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	96.5	96.5	96.5	96.5	96.5
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	86.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	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	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Dec. 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	90.0	73.3	73.3	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Cable	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Cable/Fiber	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Copper	16.7	6.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	86.7	86.7	86.7	86.7	86.7
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	90.0	73.3	73.3	0.0	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	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

June 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	90.0	73.3	73.3	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Cable	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Cable/Fiber	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	90.0	90.0	90.0	90.0	90.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	90.0	73.3	73.3	0.0	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	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	100.0	83.3	83.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Cable	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	83.3	83.3	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	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Cable	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	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.