akashic
1876–2024
Copper River Census Area, Alaska
Copper River Census Area·Alaska

Copper River Census Area has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

A vast Interior Alaska borough where presidential margins routinely exceed 40 points

18762024·38 elections
Copper River Census Area, Alaska · Scott A. Johnson · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+43
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
2,626
2024 ACS
Most similar
Garfield County
UT · similarity 1.00
5 precincts · 1,496 votes cast
Trump · R+43
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−43.0%
3801,0241,496
2020R
−38.0%
4791,1121,665
2016R
−40.4%
4821,3092,049
2012R
−46.0%
2988741,251
2008R
−51.2%
3581,1551,558
2004R
−47.7%
3531,0581,478
2000R
−57.5%
2161,0581,465
1996R
−38.7%
2958181,350
1992R
−28.7%
2896821,371
1988R
−46.1%
2838101,143
1984R
−65.0%
2001,0061,240
1980R
−53.2%
1938261,189
1976R
−25.1%
300526902
1972R
−26.5%
171356698
1968R
−19.9%
196334693
1964D
+26.8%
319184503
1960D
+8.6%
201169370
1956
No data
1952
No data
1948
No data
1944
No data
1940
No data
1936
No data
1932
No data
1928
No data
1924
No data
1920
No data
1916
No data
1912
No data
1908
No data
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Polish
0.7%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
28.4%
Mainline Protestant
1.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Spanning roughly 25,000 square miles with fewer than 3,000 residents, Copper River Census Area is one of Alaska's most sparsely populated jurisdictions, and its electorate has leaned heavily Republican in every recent presidential cycle.

The Republican margin in Copper River Census Area reached its widest at sixty-five points in 1984. The margin in 2024 was forty-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Copper River Census Area's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $79,250, a 54% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,626 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Garfield County and Rockwall County.