Silver Springs is a

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(CDP) in

Copper River Census Area, Alaska Copper River Census Area is a census area located in the state of Alaska, United States. It is part of the Unorganized Borough and therefore has no borough seat. On January 2, 2019, it was split from the Valdez–Cordova Census Area, along w ...

, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 111, down from 114 in 2010.

Geography

Silver Springs is located at . According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land.

Demographics

Silver Springs first appeared on the 2000 U.S. Census as a census-designated place (CDP). As of the census of 2000, there were 130 people, 46 households, and 35 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 55 housing units at an average density of 19.1/sq mi (7.4/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 86.15%

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, 8.46% Native American, 2.31% from

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, and 3.08% from two or more races. There were 46 households, out of which 50.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.6% were married couples living together, 4.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.9% were non-families. 23.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.34. In the CDP, the age distribution of the population shows 38.5% under the age of 18, 0.8% from 18 to 24, 32.3% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 3.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 120.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 116.2 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $53,750, and the median income for a family was $74,583. Males had a median income of $55,208 versus $28,750 for females. The

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for the CDP was $23,464. There were 6.9% of families and 7.4% of the population living below the

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, including 11.4% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.

References

{{Authority control Census-designated places in Alaska Census-designated places in Copper River Census Area, Alaska Census-designated places in Unorganized Borough, Alaska