Massachusetts / AIANNHCE 4530 / Federally-recognized area

Wampanoag-Aquinnah

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

6Fixed providers

Figure 1. Location of Wampanoag-Aquinnah within Massachusetts, with boundary detail (inset).

About the Tribal Area

In Massachusetts, this federally recognized tribe uses Wampanoag-Aquinnah Trust Land as its main tribal area, and it spans about 0.8 square miles. FCC BDC records show 6 fixed providers and 3 mobile providers serving roughly 59 service locations, with current availability of 100.0% at 25/3 Mbps, 100.0% at 100/20, and 71.1% at 1000/100.

Tribal Area Description

A federally recognized tribe in Massachusetts, Wampanoag-Aquinnah is organized around tribal lands. The land base is relevant for broadband planning due to rural service coverage and middle-mile access constraints.

Website Summary: wampanoagtribe-nsn.gov

The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) page for Wampanoag-Aquinnah functions as a community information page rather than a long-form tribal history. It emphasizes local contacts, community resources, and links to regional programs and services. The available content is oriented toward practical resources rather than a dedicated narrative profile for the tribe.

Table 1. Demographics

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Population	92	156	107	107	109	128
Households	27	75	59	49	43	46
Median age	37.6	57.9	63.5	63.1	56.8	56.3
Male / Female	31.5% / 68.5%	19.9% / 80.1%	23.4% / 76.6%	39.3% / 60.7%	52.3% / 47.7%	47.7% / 52.3%
Avg. household size	3.41	2.08	1.81	2.18	2.53	2.78
Pop. density (per sq mi)	121.4	205.8	141.2	141.2	143.8	168.9
HH density (per sq mi)	35.6	99.0	77.8	64.6	56.7	60.7

Table 2. Economic & Education

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Median household income	$49,583	$52,550	$49,856	$53,843	$56,050	$56,146
Per capita income	$16,632	$25,686	$26,345	$27,021	$22,813	$24,295
Poverty rate	30.4%	3.2%	0.0%	3.7%	3.7%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
HS diploma or higher	61.8%	78.4%	85.6%	71.9%	70.1%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	31.1%	46.4%	51.0%	62.3%	59.8%

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	96.2 Mbps	10.1 Mbps
2019Q2	52.2 Mbps	9.0 Mbps
2019Q3	84.5 Mbps	10.2 Mbps
2019Q4	122.8 Mbps	6.2 Mbps
2020Q1	116.1 Mbps	6.6 Mbps
2020Q2	135.7 Mbps	14.4 Mbps
2020Q3	101.8 Mbps	9.0 Mbps
2020Q4	133.9 Mbps	7.2 Mbps
2021Q1	283.8 Mbps	18.6 Mbps
2021Q2	139.0 Mbps	13.7 Mbps
2021Q3	129.9 Mbps	10.5 Mbps
2021Q4	150.3 Mbps	8.2 Mbps
2022Q1	57.4 Mbps	18.4 Mbps
2022Q2	168.6 Mbps	21.1 Mbps
2022Q3	183.2 Mbps	19.9 Mbps
2022Q4	224.1 Mbps	20.4 Mbps
2023Q1	253.4 Mbps	14.9 Mbps
2023Q2	192.2 Mbps	23.4 Mbps
2023Q3	142.8 Mbps	10.7 Mbps
2023Q4	145.6 Mbps	15.9 Mbps
2024Q1	319.9 Mbps	12.8 Mbps
2024Q2	303.2 Mbps	27.6 Mbps
2024Q3	157.4 Mbps	15.3 Mbps

Table 4. Coverage by Tier (%)

Year	25/3	100/20	1 Gbps
2015	97.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	99.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	99.4%	99.4%	0.0%
2018	99.4%	99.4%	0.0%
2019	99.4%	99.4%	0.0%
2020	99.4%	99.4%	0.0%
2021	90.7%	90.7%	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	94.3%	66.7%
2018	88.2%	60.0%
2019	81.5%	66.7%
2020	88.0%	100.0%
2021	88.1%	0.0%
2022	95.9%	100.0%
2023	95.3%	100.0%
2024	97.8%	100.0%

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	97.8%	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	6
Mobile broadband providers	3
Broadband serviceable locations	59

Table 9. Broadband Providers

Fixed	Mobile
AT&T Inc.	AT&T Inc.
Comcast Corporation	T-Mobile USA, Inc.
EchoStar Corporation	Verizon Communications 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%	78.0%
Fiber	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Cable	98.3%	98.3%	98.3%	78.0%
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	81.3%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 1)	68.8%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 2)	25.0%
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
All Fixed Wireless	64.5	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	1.6	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	64.5	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	7.6	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	1.5	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	7.6	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	1.5	1.5	1.5	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	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	1.5	1.5	1.5	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	1.5	1.5	1.5	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	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
GSO Satellite	94.0	94.0	94.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	1.5	1.5	1.5	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	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	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	80.6
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	80.6
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	80.6
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	80.6
Cable	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	80.6
Cable/Fiber	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	80.6
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
GSO Satellite	7.5	7.5	7.5	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	98.3	98.3	98.3	98.3	98.3	78.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	98.3	98.3	98.3	98.3	98.3	78.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	78.0
Any Terrestrial	98.3	98.3	98.3	98.3	98.3	78.0
Cable	98.3	98.3	98.3	98.3	98.3	78.0
Cable/Fiber	98.3	98.3	98.3	98.3	98.3	78.0
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
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	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.