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1876–2024
Outline of Chugach Census Area, Alaska
Chugach Census Area·Alaska

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

A vast coastal wilderness where subsistence living shapes civic life

18762024·38 elections
AK
Latest
R+17
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
6,862
2024 ACS
Most similar
Kodiak Island Borough
AK · similarity 0.99
6 precincts · 3,243 votes cast
Trump · R+17
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−17.2%
1,2581,8173,243
2020R
−17.3%
1,3041,8823,347
2016R
−21.0%
8931,4862,826
2012R
−11.9%
1,2951,6663,126
2008R
−25.1%
1,2752,1673,556
2004R
−26.9%
1,2162,1633,514
2000R
−35.4%
8732,1513,610
1996R
−14.1%
9551,3973,144
1992R
−7.7%
1,0141,2943,659
1988R
−23.1%
8781,4342,407
1984R
−42.4%
7321,8752,697
1980R
−37.8%
4611,3702,404
1976R
−19.0%
6911,0451,861
1972R
−27.1%
3917191,209
1968R
−9.5%
4395441,102
1964D
+36.7%
671311982
1960D
+0.3%
5275241,051
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%
African American
1.2%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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
19.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.1%
Baptist
4.3%
Mainline Protestant
4.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

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.

The Republican margin in Chugach Census Area reached its widest at forty-two points in 1984. The margin in 2024 was seventeen points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Chugach Census Area's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $90,509, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 6,862 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 Kodiak Island Borough and Wrangell City and Borough.