Nevada / AIANNHCE 4560 / Federally-recognized area

Washoe Ranches

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95.8%25/3 availability

86.9%100/20 availability

0.0%1000/100 availability

13Fixed providers

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

About the Tribal Area

Washoe Ranches Trust Land is a tribal area in Nevada associated with this federally recognized tribe, and it spans about 145 square miles. The latest FCC BDC filing shows 13 fixed providers and 5 mobile providers across roughly 1,729 service locations, with current availability of 95.8% at 25/3 Mbps, 86.9% at 100/20, and 22.8% at 1000/100.

Tribal Area Description

Washoe Ranches is a federally recognized tribe in Nevada with reservation 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 Washoe Ranches 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	3,077	3,115	3,259	3,303	3,256	3,344
Households	1,385	1,347	1,342	1,359	1,364	1,339
Median age	55.0	53.1	52.5	54.7	56.8	53.7
Male / Female	52.0% / 48.0%	51.4% / 48.6%	51.0% / 49.0%	50.7% / 49.3%	51.4% / 48.6%	50.0% / 50.0%
Avg. household size	2.22	2.31	2.42	2.42	2.38	2.48
Pop. density (per sq mi)	21.2	21.5	22.5	22.8	22.4	23.1
HH density (per sq mi)	9.6	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.2

Table 2. Economic & Education

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Median household income	$54,280	$61,058	$62,625	$68,542	$69,659	$72,434
Per capita income	$30,300	$31,509	$32,479	$35,996	$38,339	$37,821
Poverty rate	13.2%	11.5%	9.9%	9.2%	9.1%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	8.9%	7.0%	6.5%	5.8%	4.1%
HS diploma or higher	59.7%	59.1%	57.6%	57.5%	57.2%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	16.3%	16.7%	15.8%	15.0%	16.0%

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	26.5 Mbps	4.7 Mbps
2019Q2	28.6 Mbps	8.8 Mbps
2019Q3	28.9 Mbps	5.6 Mbps
2019Q4	34.0 Mbps	6.0 Mbps
2020Q1	29.2 Mbps	4.2 Mbps
2020Q2	47.5 Mbps	7.0 Mbps
2020Q3	39.4 Mbps	6.8 Mbps
2020Q4	26.0 Mbps	4.5 Mbps
2021Q1	25.7 Mbps	4.6 Mbps
2021Q2	61.5 Mbps	7.2 Mbps
2021Q3	45.1 Mbps	6.6 Mbps
2021Q4	74.5 Mbps	8.1 Mbps
2022Q1	68.0 Mbps	7.3 Mbps
2022Q2	72.0 Mbps	6.5 Mbps
2022Q3	99.9 Mbps	12.7 Mbps
2022Q4	82.6 Mbps	8.2 Mbps
2023Q1	48.3 Mbps	5.3 Mbps
2023Q2	132.8 Mbps	18.9 Mbps
2023Q3	128.2 Mbps	31.3 Mbps
2023Q4	118.6 Mbps	14.6 Mbps
2024Q1	116.1 Mbps	40.9 Mbps
2024Q2	140.0 Mbps	80.9 Mbps
2024Q3	103.4 Mbps	53.8 Mbps

Table 4. Coverage by Tier (%)

Year	25/3	100/20	1 Gbps
2015	40.2%	8.7%	0.0%
2016	40.2%	7.4%	0.0%
2017	40.2%	15.4%	0.0%
2018	40.3%	40.3%	0.0%
2019	74.2%	40.3%	0.0%
2020	89.9%	44.0%	43.6%
2021	95.2%	28.4%	5.6%
2022	74.9%	46.4%	0.0%
2023	82.5%	60.0%	20.9%
2024	95.8%	86.9%	0.0%

Table 5. Adoption (%)

Year	All households	Low-income households
2017	39.2%	57.5%
2018	42.8%	66.5%
2019	48.0%	64.8%
2020	56.3%	70.2%
2021	57.5%	79.7%
2022	59.4%	77.8%
2023	61.2%	76.9%
2024	62.0%	80.0%

Table 6. Current Status (2024, %)

Tier	Coverage
25/3 Mbps	95.8%
100/20 Mbps	86.9%
1 Gbps	0.0%

Table 7. Comparison with National Averages (%)

Metric	Tribal	National
25/3 Mbps	95.8%	92%
100/20 Mbps	86.9%	85%
Adoption	62.0%	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	13
Mobile broadband providers	5
Broadband serviceable locations	1,729

Table 9. Broadband Providers

Fixed	Mobile
AT&T Inc.	AT&T Inc.
Charter Communications	T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Frontier Communications Corporation	Verizon Communications Inc.
T-Mobile USA, Inc.	Dish Network Corporation
EchoStar Corporation	World Mobile Networks, LLC
U.S. TelePacific Holdings Corp.	—
Verizon Communications Inc.	—
Viasat, Inc.	—
Hot Spot Broadband, Inc.	—
Northern Nevada High Speed, LLC	—
Satview Broadband Ltd.	—
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%	20.5%
Fiber	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Cable	68.8%	68.8%	68.8%	20.5%
Fixed Wireless	99.3%	41.4%	0.0%	0.0%
Copper (DSL)	17.2%	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	90.7%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 1)	76.9%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 2)	63.2%
Total area (sq mi)	359.5

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	98.3	97.5	97.5	94.7	0.4
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	26.4	0.0
All Wired	80.9	80.9	32.9	22.6	20.1
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	93.0	85.0	71.9	45.1	20.1
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	96.3	20.4
Any Terrestrial	98.7	98.0	97.8	95.2	20.4
Cable	20.1	20.1	20.1	20.1	20.1
Cable/Fiber	20.1	20.1	20.1	20.1	20.1
Copper	72.2	72.2	18.3	2.6	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	87.4	59.2	59.2	22.5	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	26.4	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	97.5	97.5	97.5	94.0	0.4

June 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	99.5	99.5	99.5	97.0	25.4	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	81.9	81.9	34.4	21.4	21.4	21.4
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	97.4	97.4	97.1	96.7	21.4	21.4
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	25.5	21.4
Any Terrestrial	99.5	99.5	99.5	97.0	25.5	21.4
Cable	21.4	21.4	21.4	21.4	21.4	21.4
Cable/Fiber	21.4	21.4	21.4	21.4	21.4	21.4
Copper	71.5	71.5	18.4	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	96.6	96.6	96.6	96.6	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	96.4	96.4	96.4	25.4	25.4	0.0

Dec. 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	96.8	96.6	96.6	51.1	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	78.6	78.6	32.3	20.3	20.3	18.4
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	88.7	86.5	79.5	58.3	20.3	18.4
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	20.3	18.4
Any Terrestrial	96.8	96.7	96.6	58.3	20.3	18.4
Cable	20.3	20.3	20.3	20.3	20.3	18.4
Cable/Fiber	20.3	20.3	20.3	20.3	20.3	18.4
Copper	69.0	69.0	17.3	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	79.5	70.1	70.1	51.1	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	94.5	94.5	94.5	0.0	0.0	0.0

June 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	99.8	99.7	99.7	62.4	5.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	78.7	78.7	32.4	20.7	20.7	20.6
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	96.8	96.6	94.1	62.4	20.7	20.6
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	20.9	20.6
Any Terrestrial	99.8	99.8	99.8	62.4	20.9	20.6
Cable	20.7	20.7	20.7	20.7	20.7	20.6
Cable/Fiber	20.7	20.7	20.7	20.7	20.7	20.6
Copper	68.8	68.8	16.9	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	95.9	92.8	92.8	62.4	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	74.9	74.9	74.9	5.2	5.0	0.0

Dec. 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	99.8	99.7	99.7	50.8	1.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	81.9	81.9	64.1	59.9	59.9	20.5
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	98.7	98.3	95.5	87.1	59.9	20.5
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	60.0	20.5
Any Terrestrial	99.9	99.9	99.9	87.1	60.0	20.5
Cable	59.9	59.9	59.9	59.9	59.9	20.5
Cable/Fiber	59.9	59.9	59.9	59.9	59.9	20.5
Copper	68.8	68.8	16.9	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	97.2	91.0	91.0	50.8	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	70.7	70.7	70.7	1.0	1.0	0.0

June 2025

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	99.7	99.3	99.3	41.4	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	83.3	83.3	71.7	68.8	68.8	20.5
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	94.4	90.6	88.1	69.8	68.8	20.5
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	20.5
Any Terrestrial	99.8	99.8	99.8	89.6	68.8	20.5
Cable	68.8	68.8	68.8	68.8	68.8	20.5
Cable/Fiber	68.8	68.8	68.8	68.8	68.8	20.5
Copper	68.9	68.9	17.2	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	88.8	70.8	70.8	12.1	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	98.5	98.5	98.5	41.3	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.