Montana / AIANNHCE 1250 / Federally-recognized area

Fort Peck

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86.3%25/3 availability

81.6%100/20 availability

0.0%1000/100 availability

6Fixed providers

Figure 1. Location of Fort Peck within Montana, with boundary detail (inset).

About the Tribal Area

Federally recognized tribe in Montana, centered on Fort Peck Indian Reservation, spans about 3288 square miles of land plus roughly 13.6 square miles of water. FCC BDC records show 6 fixed providers and 4 mobile providers across roughly 5,200 service locations, with current availability of 86.3% at 25/3 Mbps, 81.6% at 100/20, and 73.4% at 1000/100.

Tribal Area Description

In Montana, Fort Peck 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: fortpecktribes.org

The Fort Peck Reservation is home to two distinct American Indian Nations, each composed of numerous bands and divisions. The Tribal Headquarters is in the town of Poplar, while our largest town is Wolf Point, both on Montana’s famous “Hi-Line” route, close to the mighty Missouri River and featuring excellent rail access.

Table 1. Demographics

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Population	10,376	10,441	10,366	10,126	9,942	9,785
Households	2,892	3,049	2,874	2,796	2,759	2,845
Median age	29.0	30.1	30.0	30.3	30.4	30.7
Male / Female	49.0% / 51.0%	49.9% / 50.1%	50.6% / 49.4%	50.9% / 49.1%	51.0% / 49.0%	51.0% / 49.0%
Avg. household size	3.50	3.35	3.53	3.53	3.52	3.36
Pop. density (per sq mi)	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0
HH density (per sq mi)	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.9

Table 2. Economic & Education

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Median household income	$36,869	$41,659	$42,986	$44,907	$45,956	$53,489
Per capita income	$16,617	$17,116	$17,348	$18,843	$18,787	$21,900
Poverty rate	31.6%	33.0%	34.8%	34.3%	33.6%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	14.2%	12.9%	15.0%	10.1%	10.6%	13.0%
HS diploma or higher	57.4%	59.8%	60.7%	63.1%	63.2%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	17.4%	17.5%	18.0%	16.9%	17.7%

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	18.1 Mbps	14.2 Mbps
2019Q2	22.8 Mbps	14.7 Mbps
2019Q3	17.7 Mbps	9.3 Mbps
2019Q4	21.2 Mbps	25.1 Mbps
2020Q1	29.8 Mbps	23.6 Mbps
2020Q2	22.8 Mbps	16.5 Mbps
2020Q3	39.1 Mbps	33.5 Mbps
2020Q4	52.6 Mbps	52.5 Mbps
2021Q1	37.7 Mbps	34.7 Mbps
2021Q2	37.4 Mbps	24.2 Mbps
2021Q3	183.4 Mbps	135.6 Mbps
2021Q4	171.1 Mbps	155.6 Mbps
2022Q1	122.3 Mbps	112.7 Mbps
2022Q2	141.6 Mbps	135.7 Mbps
2022Q3	118.6 Mbps	87.8 Mbps
2022Q4	150.1 Mbps	93.6 Mbps
2023Q1	203.7 Mbps	186.3 Mbps
2023Q2	179.1 Mbps	192.4 Mbps
2023Q3	239.1 Mbps	217.0 Mbps
2023Q4	127.6 Mbps	104.6 Mbps
2024Q1	225.7 Mbps	262.2 Mbps
2024Q2	169.6 Mbps	138.5 Mbps
2024Q3	96.2 Mbps	34.2 Mbps

Table 4. Coverage by Tier (%)

Year	25/3	100/20	1 Gbps
2015	56.5%	1.9%	1.9%
2016	49.5%	2.6%	2.6%
2017	66.2%	45.9%	45.9%
2018	79.7%	47.2%	47.2%
2019	70.8%	48.3%	48.3%
2020	90.8%	49.7%	49.7%
2021	90.5%	47.5%	47.5%
2022	64.6%	61.0%	61.0%
2023	71.1%	69.3%	69.2%
2024	86.3%	81.6%	0.0%

Table 5. Adoption (%)

Year	All households	Low-income households
2017	51.8%	33.0%
2018	49.4%	29.7%
2019	47.3%	28.3%
2020	50.5%	36.9%
2021	48.7%	40.8%
2022	51.9%	40.1%
2023	51.6%	42.5%
2024	55.1%	49.8%

Table 6. Current Status (2024, %)

Tier	Coverage
25/3 Mbps	86.3%
100/20 Mbps	81.6%
1 Gbps	0.0%

Table 7. Comparison with National Averages (%)

Metric	Tribal	National
25/3 Mbps	86.3%	92%
100/20 Mbps	81.6%	85%
Adoption	55.1%	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	4
Broadband serviceable locations	5,200

Table 9. Broadband Providers

Fixed	Mobile
T-Mobile USA, Inc.	AT&T Inc.
EchoStar Corporation	T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Mid-Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.	Nemont Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Nemont Telephone Cooperative, 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%	75.9%
Fiber	75.9%	75.9%	75.9%	75.9%
Cable	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Fixed Wireless	48.1%	14.2%	0.0%	0.0%
Copper (DSL)	30.5%	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)	70.0%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 2)	0.0%
Total area (sq mi)	1.053

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	98.7	95.7	54.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	91.0	72.6	66.4	63.4	63.4	63.4
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	99.6	97.1	66.5	63.4	63.4	63.4
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	63.4	63.4
Any Terrestrial	99.6	97.5	84.4	63.4	63.4	63.4
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	63.4	63.4	63.4	63.4	63.4	63.4
Copper	82.3	62.9	27.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	63.4	63.4	63.4	63.4	63.4	63.4
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	98.5	82.1	0.1	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	77.4	73.0	54.9	0.0	0.0	0.0

June 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	98.6	96.3	55.7	0.1	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	93.4	78.2	67.3	58.2	58.2	58.2
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	99.7	97.7	67.9	58.3	58.2	58.2
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	58.2	58.2
Any Terrestrial	99.7	98.1	86.8	58.3	58.2	58.2
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	58.2	58.2	58.2	58.2	58.2	58.2
Copper	84.3	68.4	31.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	58.2	58.2	58.2	58.2	58.2	58.2
GSO Satellite	99.4	99.4	99.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	98.5	82.8	0.7	0.1	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	78.0	73.8	55.1	0.0	0.0	0.0

Dec. 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	98.5	96.2	54.9	0.1	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	93.5	78.5	72.3	70.9	70.9	70.9
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	99.7	97.9	72.5	71.0	70.9	70.9
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	70.9	70.9
Any Terrestrial	99.7	98.2	88.7	71.0	70.9	70.9
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	70.9	70.9	70.9	70.9	70.9	70.9
Copper	88.0	67.0	30.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	70.9	70.9	70.9	70.9	70.9	70.9
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	98.5	84.6	0.3	0.1	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	78.7	74.5	54.6	0.0	0.0	0.0

June 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	98.8	96.5	75.7	15.8	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	95.0	80.9	75.0	73.7	73.7	73.7
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	99.8	98.1	80.2	76.9	73.7	73.7
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	73.7	73.7
Any Terrestrial	99.8	98.4	91.2	76.9	73.7	73.7
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	73.7	73.7	73.7	73.7	73.7	73.7
Copper	87.7	69.6	31.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	73.7	73.7	73.7	73.7	73.7	73.7
GSO Satellite	86.6	86.6	86.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	98.7	87.3	40.3	15.8	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	80.0	76.1	56.9	0.0	0.0	0.0

Dec. 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	95.6	88.8	73.5	28.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	94.7	84.9	80.9	77.0	77.0	77.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	97.6	91.5	87.2	83.0	77.0	77.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	77.0	77.0
Any Terrestrial	99.1	96.8	93.4	83.0	77.0	77.0
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	77.0	77.0	77.0	77.0	77.0	77.0
Copper	87.4	71.5	34.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	77.0	77.0	77.0	77.0	77.0	77.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	60.4	56.3	46.3	28.0	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	61.2	52.4	40.5	0.0	0.0	0.0

June 2025

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	78.0	59.9	48.1	14.2	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	93.4	83.5	79.6	75.9	75.9	75.9
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	95.5	88.3	85.4	81.7	75.9	75.9
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	75.9
Any Terrestrial	96.7	93.7	91.8	81.7	75.9	75.9
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	75.9	75.9	75.9	75.9	75.9	75.9
Copper	80.2	64.5	30.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	75.9	75.9	75.9	75.9	75.9	75.9
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	47.6	23.9	23.3	14.2	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	51.4	47.4	33.3	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.