Copper River, Alaska

Copper River population, land area and income

Copper River had 2,631 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 24,646.8 square miles of land. It ranks 22nd of 30 in Alaska by population and 7th by land area. That works out to 0.1 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and the 5th lowest nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Alaska has 6,175 residents, so Copper River has 43% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $69,092 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Copper River's population changed since 2020

Copper River gained 17 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 0.7%. That ranks 10th of 30 in Alaska for growth. The median Alaska county changed by -1.3%, and the state as a whole by +1.0%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Copper River recorded 91 births and 125 deaths, a natural change of -34. Net international migration added -1 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +47. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 47 people.

Where Copper River is

The Census internal point of Copper River is at 62.034500, -143.922200. It sits in UTM zone 7N. The map shades Alaska's 30 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Copper River outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Copper River

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Copper River. Its 2,631 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Copper River

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 4 neighbors for Copper River. The most populous is Matanuska-Susitna, AK, with 117,613 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Matanuska-Susitna

  117,613 people

  181 mi W

• Southeast Fairbanks

  7,313 people

  128 mi N

• Chugach

  6,604 people

  131 mi SW

• Yakutat

  690 people

  182 mi SE

Distance to Juneau and the nearest big city

Juneau is 415.5 miles SE of Copper River's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK (population 289,600), 185.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Wasilla, AK (population 10,318), 183.4 miles away.

Copper River FIPS code

The FIPS code of Copper River is 02066: state code 02 for Alaska plus borough or census area code 066. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $69,092.