Nevada / AIANNHCE 2315 / Federally-recognized area

Moapa River

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

100.0%25/3 availability

98.4%100/20 availability

0.0%1000/100 availability

5Fixed providers

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

About the Tribal Area

Federally recognized tribe in Nevada, centered on Moapa River Indian Reservation, spans about 111 square miles. FCC BDC records show 5 fixed providers and 3 mobile providers across roughly 104 service locations, with current availability of 100.0% at 25/3 Mbps, 98.4% at 100/20, and 98.4% at 1000/100.

Tribal Area Description

In Nevada, Moapa River 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.moapabandofpaiutes.com

A strong tribal strategy focuses on strengthening sovereignty, enhancing community engagement, and ensuring long-term sustainability. Economic development and financial sustainability are vital for tribal growth. Diversifying revenue sources through tribally owned enterprises and investments helps create long-term stability. Investing in infrastructure and technology also plays a key role in modernizing tribal operations, making services more efficient and accessible for members. Seeking grants and funding opportunities can expand programs that benefit the community, while workforce development initiatives promote self-sufficiency and job creation. We are excited to share that the MBOP Tribal Vocational Rehabilitation Program: Project INPUT is now accepting new clients! Working with the Moapa Band of Paiutes is a rewarding experience rooted in community, culture, and purpose. We welcome you to our identity as the Moapa Band of Paiutes, learn about our government and community, and uncover our rich history.

Table 1. Demographics

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Population	320	370	286	245	129	133
Households	104	145	120	99	65	59
Median age	35.0	38.6	39.0	38.8	41.4	37.1
Male / Female	40.9% / 59.1%	37.6% / 62.4%	38.8% / 61.2%	46.1% / 53.9%	38.0% / 62.0%	41.4% / 58.6%
Avg. household size	3.08	2.55	2.38	2.47	1.98	2.25
Pop. density (per sq mi)	2.9	3.3	2.6	2.2	1.2	1.2
HH density (per sq mi)	0.9	1.3	1.1	0.9	0.6	0.5

Table 2. Economic & Education

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Median household income	$34,167	$29,625	$31,429	$34,821	$34,792	$41,250
Per capita income	$15,576	$15,583	$18,609	$19,395	$24,564	$23,307
Poverty rate	29.2%	37.2%	34.8%	34.9%	35.7%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	5.1%	9.6%	9.5%	11.9%	16.7%
HS diploma or higher	58.8%	66.1%	66.7%	61.9%	67.0%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	5.7%	6.6%	6.9%	6.2%	5.8%

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	39.2 Mbps	8.7 Mbps
2019Q2	14.2 Mbps	2.1 Mbps
2019Q3	35.7 Mbps	9.7 Mbps
2019Q4	48.6 Mbps	19.6 Mbps
2020Q1	24.3 Mbps	5.2 Mbps
2020Q2	23.6 Mbps	2.9 Mbps
2020Q3	43.7 Mbps	15.4 Mbps
2020Q4	14.3 Mbps	10.0 Mbps
2021Q1	24.9 Mbps	8.1 Mbps
2021Q2	35.1 Mbps	9.7 Mbps
2021Q3	27.8 Mbps	8.2 Mbps
2021Q4	24.9 Mbps	12.4 Mbps
2022Q1	86.6 Mbps	14.9 Mbps
2022Q2	100.7 Mbps	21.3 Mbps
2022Q3	77.3 Mbps	24.9 Mbps
2022Q4	168.1 Mbps	24.2 Mbps
2023Q1	108.3 Mbps	36.6 Mbps
2023Q2	115.0 Mbps	34.7 Mbps
2023Q3	114.7 Mbps	47.1 Mbps
2023Q4	130.6 Mbps	28.7 Mbps
2024Q1	147.8 Mbps	81.4 Mbps
2024Q2	305.9 Mbps	162.2 Mbps
2024Q3	234.9 Mbps	138.3 Mbps

Table 4. Coverage by Tier (%)

Year	25/3	100/20	1 Gbps
2015	23.4%	23.4%	0.0%
2016	50.9%	50.9%	0.0%
2017	57.1%	57.1%	0.0%
2018	57.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	62.3%	5.1%	5.1%
2020	57.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	80.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	98.2%	95.6%	8.8%
2023	98.4%	93.5%	4.8%
2024	100.0%	98.4%	0.0%

Table 5. Adoption (%)

Year	All households	Low-income households
2017	58.8%	72.4%
2018	66.3%	80.6%
2019	72.1%	78.9%
2020	66.9%	75.4%
2021	65.8%	87.5%
2022	54.5%	74.3%
2023	56.9%	81.0%
2024	64.4%	86.7%

Table 6. Current Status (2024, %)

Tier	Coverage
25/3 Mbps	100.0%
100/20 Mbps	98.4%
1 Gbps	0.0%

Table 7. Comparison with National Averages (%)

Metric	Tribal	National
25/3 Mbps	100.0%	92%
100/20 Mbps	98.4%	85%
Adoption	64.4%	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	104

Table 9. Broadband Providers

Fixed	Mobile
EchoStar Corporation	AT&T Inc.
Verizon Communications Inc.	T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Moapa Valley Telecommunications, 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	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
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	100.0%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 1)	99.0%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 2)	95.0%
Total area (sq mi)	256.906

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	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	98.3	98.3	98.3	95.6	8.8	8.8
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	98.3	98.3	98.3	95.6	8.8	8.8
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	8.8	8.8
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	95.6	8.8	8.8
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8
Copper	89.5	89.5	89.5	86.8	0.0	0.0
Fiber	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8
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	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
All Fixed Wireless	99.2	99.2	99.2	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.8
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.8	0.8
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	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	99.2	99.2	99.2	0.0	0.0

Dec. 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20
All Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
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	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
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	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
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	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	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	75.0	75.0
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	75.0	75.0
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	1.6	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	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0

Dec. 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
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	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
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	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	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	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	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	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	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.