American Indian and Alaska Natives in Tribal Areas Have Among Lowest Rates of High-Speed Internet Access

American Indian and Alaska Natives living in tribal areas have among the nation’s lowest rates of high-speed internet access in the United States.

The Computer and Internet Use in the United States: 2021 report released today highlights key estimates of computer ownership and broadband access across the country, including, for the first time, in tribal areas (Figure 1).

From 2016 to 2021, the digital divide between tribal and nontribal households decreased from a gap of 10 percentage points to 6 points.

In this article, a tribal household is defined as any household residing in an American Indian and Alaska Native Area. [PDF <1.0 MB]

And some of those factors may play a role in tribal areas’ internet access. For example, 45% of tribal households were in rural areas compared to 19% of nontribal households, and rural tribal households had a lower share (80%) of broadband subscriptions than urban tribal households (88%).

In comparison, the urban-rural connectivity gap was smaller between rural (87%) and urban (91%) households in nontribal areas.

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