Nevada / AIANNHCE 0510 / Federally-recognized area

Carson

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100.0%25/3 availability

100.0%100/20 availability

0.0%1000/100 availability

12Fixed providers

Figure 1. Location of Carson within Nevada, with boundary detail (inset).

About the Tribal Area

Spans about 0.3 square miles in Nevada, Carson Colony serves as the core colony for this federally recognized tribe. FCC BDC records show 12 fixed providers and 5 mobile providers across roughly 183 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 Nevada, Carson is a federally recognized tribe with tribal lands. The land base is relevant for broadband planning due to rural service coverage and middle-mile access constraints.

Website Summary: washoetribe.us

The Washoe Tribe of NV & CA page for Carson 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	352	349	352	288	262	283
Households	118	112	112	104	80	63
Median age	35.8	37.6	33.3	37.3	35.0	30.3
Male / Female	52.6% / 47.4%	45.3% / 54.7%	42.3% / 57.7%	36.1% / 63.9%	36.6% / 63.4%	36.7% / 63.3%
Avg. household size	2.98	3.12	3.14	2.77	3.28	4.49
Pop. density (per sq mi)	1247.4	1236.8	1247.4	1020.6	928.5	1002.9
HH density (per sq mi)	418.2	396.9	396.9	368.6	283.5	223.3

Table 2. Economic & Education

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Median household income	$56,250	$59,000	$59,583	$55,833	$70,577	$58,750
Per capita income	$22,189	$21,556	$22,702	$25,518	$19,156	$20,734
Poverty rate	18.5%	23.8%	25.9%	32.6%	27.1%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	13.6%	15.2%	14.6%	14.8%	7.7%	8.1%
HS diploma or higher	56.5%	64.7%	57.3%	58.9%	55.6%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	7.7%	7.7%	7.9%	1.7%	2.3%

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	149.5 Mbps	12.1 Mbps
2019Q2	32.9 Mbps	12.8 Mbps
2019Q3	46.1 Mbps	8.9 Mbps
2019Q4	132.4 Mbps	20.1 Mbps
2020Q1	72.8 Mbps	8.8 Mbps
2020Q2	110.0 Mbps	13.5 Mbps
2020Q3	154.8 Mbps	13.4 Mbps
2020Q4	88.5 Mbps	20.7 Mbps
2021Q1	86.4 Mbps	27.9 Mbps
2021Q2	124.5 Mbps	11.3 Mbps
2021Q3	149.0 Mbps	27.4 Mbps
2021Q4	202.2 Mbps	37.5 Mbps
2022Q1	301.7 Mbps	35.0 Mbps
2022Q2	233.8 Mbps	16.7 Mbps
2022Q3	350.2 Mbps	28.8 Mbps
2022Q4	360.8 Mbps	25.3 Mbps
2023Q1	340.0 Mbps	14.1 Mbps
2023Q2	351.2 Mbps	60.8 Mbps
2023Q3	236.9 Mbps	13.3 Mbps
2023Q4	210.3 Mbps	18.2 Mbps
2024Q1	424.1 Mbps	79.1 Mbps
2024Q2	292.8 Mbps	155.7 Mbps
2024Q3	429.5 Mbps	228.1 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	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
2021	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%
2022	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%
2023	100.0%	100.0%	23.3%
2024	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%

Table 5. Adoption (%)

Year	All households	Low-income households
2017	50.0%	50.0%
2018	48.8%	45.0%
2019	52.5%	46.4%
2020	68.8%	67.7%
2021	65.2%	74.1%
2022	66.3%	72.7%
2023	67.5%	94.4%
2024	66.7%	76.9%

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	66.7%	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	12
Mobile broadband providers	5
Broadband serviceable locations	183

Table 9. Broadband Providers

Fixed	Mobile
AT&T Inc.	AT&T Inc.
Charter Communications	T-Mobile USA, Inc.
T-Mobile USA, Inc.	Verizon Communications Inc.
EchoStar Corporation	Dish Network Corporation
Verizon Communications Inc.	World Mobile Networks, LLC
Viasat, Inc.	—
Hot Spot Broadband, Inc.	—
Net NV LLC	—
Wi-Fiber, Inc.	—
Digital Technology Solutions Inc.	—
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.	—
World Mobile Networks, 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%	100.0%
Fiber	98.9%	98.9%	98.9%	98.9%
Cable	86.9%	86.9%	86.9%	86.9%
Fixed Wireless	100.0%	100.0%	53.6%	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)	0.737

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	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	99.2	96.8	96.8	96.8	96.8
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	96.8	96.8	96.8	96.8
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	96.8	96.8	96.8	96.8	96.8
Cable/Fiber	96.8	96.8	96.8	96.8	96.8
Copper	28.8	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	69.6	0.8	0.8	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	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

June 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	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	72.1	72.1
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	72.1	72.1
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	72.1
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	72.1
Cable	72.1	72.1	72.1	72.1	72.1	72.1
Cable/Fiber	72.1	72.1	72.1	72.1	72.1	72.1
Copper	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	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	70.5	70.5	70.5	69.8	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	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	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	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	100.0	92.6	92.6	92.6	92.6	6.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	92.6	92.6	92.6	92.6	6.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	6.0
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	6.0
Cable	92.6	92.6	92.6	92.6	92.6	6.0
Cable/Fiber	92.6	92.6	92.6	92.6	92.6	6.0
Copper	32.3	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	4.5	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	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0

June 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	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	92.8	92.8	92.8	92.8	92.8	92.8
Cable/Fiber	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Copper	30.7	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	100.0	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	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0

Dec. 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	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	92.8	92.8	92.8	92.8	92.8	92.8
Cable/Fiber	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Copper	30.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	98.6	98.6	98.6	98.6	98.6	98.6
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	7.6	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	100.0	100.0	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	100.0	53.5	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	86.9	86.9	86.9	86.9	86.9	86.9
Cable/Fiber	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Copper	34.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	98.9	98.9	98.9	98.9	98.9	98.9
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	14.8	14.8	14.8	9.3	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	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	53.0	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.