Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupChugach Census AreaAlaskaUnited States
German21.3%14.2%12.5%
Irish15.1%9.5%9.4%
English12.2%10.0%9.5%
Scottish5.3%2.1%1.3%
Norwegian4.2%3.0%—
Italian3.6%2.5%4.8%
Hungarian2.4%——
Welsh1.9%——
Filipino3.6%3.5%0.9%
Vietnamese0.5%—0.6%
Japanese0.3%0.2%0.2%
Taiwanese0.3%——
Thai0.2%——
Mexican3.8%3.9%11.3%
Dominican0.4%0.3%0.7%
Costa Rican0.2%——
Samoan0.6%0.9%—
Navajo0.3%——
African American†1.3%2.1%9.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Chugach Census Area
Alaska
United States
Median age
37.9
36
39.1
Age 18–24
9.0%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.9%
13.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Chugach Census Area
Alaska
United States
Median household income
$90,509
$92,788
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.9%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.4%
31.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Chugach Census Area
Alaska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
13.6%
15.1%
22.3%
Spanish
3.0%
3.2%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.7%
0.8%
0.7%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
2.9%
2.5%
0.6%
Other languages
1.7%
3.9%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Chugach Census Area
Alaska
United States
Catholic
4.7%
5.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
16.0%
18.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
63.7%
64.8%
51.5%
Latter-day Saints
8.4%
4.6%
2.0%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Chugach Census Area, Alaska
Precinct data
Results by precinct
6 precincts · 0 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Chugach Census Area precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
09-650 Valdez No. 1650
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09-655 Valdez No. 2655
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09-660 Valdez No. 3660
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09-665 Whittier665
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32-805 Cordova805
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32-850 Tatitlek850
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presidential history
Presidential margin, 1960–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1960
+0.3%
1964
+36.7%
1968
−9.5%
1972
−27.1%
1976
−19.0%
1980
−37.8%
1984
−42.4%
1988
−23.1%
1992
−7.7%
1996
−14.1%
2000
−35.4%
2004
−26.9%
2008
−25.1%
2012
−11.9%
2016
−21.0%
2020
−8.4%
2024
−17.6%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. ‡ 2020, 2024 mail ballots (absentee, early, questioned) are reported by state house district, and districts cross borough lines — election-day votes are precinct-reported and exact, while each candidate's pooled district mail vote is allocated here in proportion to that candidate's election-day distribution across the district's boroughs.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
39.1%Harris1,247
56.7%Trump1,808
4.1%
R+17.6
R+9.2
R+16.1
3,186
R
43.2%Biden1,583
51.6%Trump1,892
5.2%
R+8.4
D+12.6
R+12.9
3,666
R
31.6%Clinton893
52.6%Trump1,486
15.8%
R+21.0
R+9.1
R+23.1
2,826
R
41.4%Obama1,295
53.3%Romney1,666
5.3%
R+11.9
D+13.2
R+15.7
3,126
R
35.9%Obama1,275
60.9%McCain2,167
3.2%
R+25.1
D+1.9
R+32.4
3,556
R
34.6%Kerry1,216
61.6%Bush2,163
3.8%
R+26.9
D+8.5
R+24.5
3,514
R
24.2%Gore873
59.6%Bush2,151
11.9%Nader429
R+35.4
R+21.3
R+35.9
3,610
R
30.4%Clinton955
44.4%Dole1,397
18.4%Perot577
R+14.1
R+6.4
R+22.6
3,144
R
27.7%Clinton1,014
35.4%Bush1,294
34.4%Perot1,258
R+7.7
D+15.4
R+13.2
3,659
R
36.5%Dukakis878
59.6%Bush1,434
3.9%
R+23.1
D+19.3
R+15.4
2,407
R
27.1%Mondale732
69.5%Reagan1,875
3.3%
R+42.4
R+4.6
R+24.2
2,697
R
19.2%Carter461
57.0%Reagan1,370
23.8%
R+37.8
R+18.8
R+28.1
2,404
R
37.1%Carter691
56.2%Ford1,045
6.7%
R+19.0
D+8.1
R+21.1
1,861
R
32.3%McGovern391
59.5%Nixon719
8.2%
R+27.1
R+17.6
R+4.0
1,209
R
39.8%Humphrey439
49.4%Nixon544
10.8%
R+9.5
R+46.2
R+8.8
1,102
D
68.3%Johnson671
31.7%Goldwater311
0.0%
D+36.7
D+36.4
D+14.1
982
D
50.1%Kennedy527
49.9%Nixon524
0.0%
D+0.3
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D+0.1
1,051
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voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+10.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+17.6
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 7.4 points more Democratic.
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−41 net domestic migration · 2025
20212025
Net −650 over 2021–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $62,288 in average income, against $92,975 for residents who stayed — 33% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean D+1.4 on average — 19 points more Democratic-leaning than Chugach Census Area, AK itself (R+17.6).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Anchorage Municipality, AK35D+1.4
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Anchorage Municipality, AK38
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK20
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
Domestic migration in Chugach Census Area, AK in Chugach Census Area, AK: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2021
−157
2022
−114
2023
−188
2024
−150
2025
−41
Stretching across Prince William Sound and the Kenai Peninsula's fringes, Chugach Census Area is one of Alaska's least-dense jurisdictions, where Indigenous communities and remote fishing villages drive turnout patterns that diverge sharply from urban Alaska.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 36.7 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 42.4 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 9.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 17.6 points.
A population of 6,862, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $90,509 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ketchikan Gateway Borough and Sitka City and Borough.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Chugach Census Area, Alaska voted Republican by 17.6 points (R+17.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,186 votes cast, 1,247 went Democratic and 1,808 went Republican.
When did Chugach Census Area, Alaska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Chugach Census Area, Alaska voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Chugach Census Area, Alaska?
Chugach Census Area, Alaska has a population of 6,862 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Chugach Census Area, Alaska?
Median household income in Chugach Census Area, Alaska is $90,509 — above the national median of $80,734. The Alaska state median is $92,788.
What is the political history of Chugach Census Area, Alaska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Chugach Census Area, Alaska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
