2,631 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.7% since 2020)
24,647 square miles of land · 0 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 Copper River Census Area in EPA's records — not gathered, never hidden.
No county jail figure in the national data for Copper River Census Area — not gathered, never hidden. Some counties share a regional jail or have none.
1 school district has its office in Copper River Census Area. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $10.1 million — $9.9 million to run schools, about $24,678 per student, plus $256,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $199,000 local (mostly property tax), $7.9 million state, $2.4 million federal.
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 Copper River Census Area about $8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
53 bridges in Copper River Census Area: 25 in good condition, 25 fair, and 3 poor (5.7%). “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.
| RICHARDSON HIGHWAY over GULKANA RIVER · built 1974 | 880 vehicles a day |
| 91 MILE LOOP over LITTLE TOK RIVER · built 1979 | 336 vehicles a day |
| RICHARDSON HIGHWAY over GUNN CREEK · built 1954 | 200 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $76.2 million of work in Copper River Census Area in fiscal 2025, about $29,125 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 Copper River 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 Copper River Census Area built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
More of Alaska: the state government and every county in Alaska.
Nearby counties: Southeast Fairbanks Census Area (128 mi) · Chugach Census Area (130 mi) · Yakutat City and Borough (180 mi) · Matanuska-Susitna Borough (181 mi) · Anchorage Municipality (183 mi) · Fairbanks North Star Borough (200 mi).