Copper River Census Area, Alaska
Copper River Census Area, Alaska | |
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| Scenic view of Glennallen, the largest community in the Copper River Census Area Scenic view of Glennallen, the largest community in the Copper River Census Area | |
| Map of Alaska highlighting Copper River Census Area Location within the U.S. state of Alaska | |
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| Country | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
| State | File:Flag of Alaska.svg Alaska |
| Founded | January 2, 2019[1] |
| Named after | Copper River |
| Largest CDP | Glennallen |
| Area | |
• Total | 24,692 sq mi (63,950 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,589 |
| • Density | 0.105/sq mi (0.041/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−9 (Alaska) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−8 (ADT) |
| Congressional district | At-large |
Copper River Census Area is a census area located in the state of Alaska, United States. It is part of the Unorganized Borough and therefore has no borough seat. On January 2, 2019, it was split from the Valdez–Cordova Census Area, along with neighboring Chugach Census Area.
As of the 2020 census, the census area had a population of 2,617; its largest communities are the census-designated places of Glennallen and Copper Center.[2]
It is named after Copper River that has rich fish and flows through the census area.
Demographics
[edit | edit source]According to the 2010 United States census (in which it was reported as the "Copper River Census Subarea"), the census area had a population of 2,952; 2,229 (75.5%) of whom were over the age of 18, and 321 (10.9%) of whom were over the age of 65. 2,032 residents (68.8%) were reported as White alone (2,020/68.4% non-Hispanic white), 11 (0.4%) as Black, 678 (23.0%) as American Indian or Alaska Native, 11 (0.4%) as Asian, 13 (0.4%) as Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 5 (0.2%) as some other race, and 202 (6.9%) as two or more races. 53 people (1.8%) were Hispanic or Latino (they may be of any of the above racial categories).[3]
Communities
[edit | edit source]Census-designated places
[edit | edit source]Unincorporated communities
[edit | edit source]- Copperville (Also a former CDP)
Politics
[edit | edit source]Copper River Census Area is a Republican stronghold. It has only voted in two elections (2020 and 2024) since its creation; yet it gave more than two-thirds of its vote to Donald Trump in each. Thus, this is one of six counties or county equivalents that have voted Republican for president in every election since they came into existence.[a]
| Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party(ies) | |||
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| № | % | № | % | № | % | |
| 2020 | 1,130 | 66.90% | 480 | 28.42% | 79 | 4.68% |
| 2024 | 995 | 69.63% | 359 | 25.12% | 75 | 5.25% |
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Along with Leslie County, Kentucky (since 1880); Doniphan County, Kansas (since 1864); Poquoson, Virginia (since 1976); Colonial Heights, Virginia (since 1952); and Chugach Census Area, Alaska (since 2020).
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ In 2019, the United States Census Bureau divided the Valdez–Cordova Census Area into Chugach and Copper River.
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