Cordova, Alaska

Cordova population, 2020 to 2024

Cordova lost 182 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -7.0%. In the latest year it moved by -52.

Cordova covers 61.35 square miles of land and 13.79 of water, for 39 people per square mile of land. The median Alaska place of 5,000+ has 445, so Cordova is less dense than the typical town.

What county Cordova is in

All of Cordova's residents live in Chugach, which had 6,604 residents in 2024. Cordova holds 36.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cordova

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cordova by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 99574. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Cordova is

The Census internal point of Cordova is at 60.530000, -145.641900. Juneau, the capital, is 422.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Valdez, AK (3,715 people), 44.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK, 130.4 miles away.

Daylight in Cordova

At 60.53° N, Cordova gets about 19 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 5 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 13 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cordova

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alaska, measured between internal points. The closest is Valdez, 44.5 miles away, with 3,715 people.