6,604 people (2024 Census estimate, −6.7% since 2020)
9,575 square miles of land · 1 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
No active community water system lists Chugach Census Area in EPA's records — not gathered, never hidden.
No county jail figure in the national data for Chugach Census Area — not gathered, never hidden. Some counties share a regional jail or have none.
2 school districts have their office in Chugach Census Area. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $20 million — $17 million to run schools, about $26,093 per student, plus $822,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $11.3 million local (mostly property tax), $8.1 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $37.8 million.
Spent $8.1 million — $7.9 million to run schools, about $23,176 per student, plus $5,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.3 million local (mostly property tax), $5.5 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.1 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Chugach Census Area about $9.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
65 bridges in Chugach Census Area: 23 in good condition, 34 fair, and 8 poor (12.3%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| COPPER RIVER HWY over EYAK RIVER · built 1954 | 1,110 vehicles a day |
| RICHARDSON HIGHWAY over LOWE RIVER LWR KEYSTONE · built 1980 | 810 vehicles a day |
| COPPER RIVER HWY over SCOTT GLACIER NO 8 · built 1966 | 520 vehicles a day |
| POINT WHITSHED RD over HENEY CREEK · built 1936 | 440 vehicles a day |
| COPPER RIVER HWY over COPPER DELTA · built 1977 | 94 vehicles a day |
| MINERAL CREEK ROAD over MINERAL CREEK · built 1970 | 75 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $61.7 million of work in Chugach Census Area in fiscal 2025, about $8,683 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Alaska are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Chugach Census Area come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Chugach Census Area built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Anchorage Municipality (115 mi) · Copper River Census Area (132 mi) · Matanuska-Susitna Borough (166 mi) · Yakutat City and Borough (199 mi) · Kenai Peninsula Borough (208 mi) · Southeast Fairbanks Census Area (254 mi).