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Copper River Census Area is a
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located in the
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of
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,
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. It is part of the
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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
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of Glennallen and Copper Center. It is named after
Copper River Copper River may refer to several places: *Copper River (Alaska), in the United States * Copper River (British Columbia), a tributary of the Skeena River The Skeena River is the second-longest river entirely within British Columbia, Canada (afte ...
that has rich fish and flows through the census area.


Demographics

According to the
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(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
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alone (2,020/68.4%
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), 11 (0.4%) as
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, 678 (23.0%) as American Indian or
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, 11 (0.4%) as Asian, 13 (0.4%) as
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or other
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, 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).


Communities


Census-designated places

* Chisana *
Chistochina Chistochina (''Tsiis Tl’edze’ Caegge'' in Ahtna Athabascan) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Copper River Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 60, down from 93 in 2010. Geography Chistochina is loca ...
*
Chitina Chitina ( Ahtna Athabascan Tsedi Na < ''tsedi'' " copper" + ''na'' " * Copper Center * Gakona * Glennallen * Gulkana * Kenny Lake * McCarthy * Mendeltna * Mentasta Lake * Nabesna * Nelchina * Paxson * Silver Springs * Slana * Tazlina * Tolsona * Tonsina * Willow Creek


Other places

* Copperville (former CDP) Many of these communities lie on the
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and 4.


References

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