Copper River Census Area is a census area located in the state of Alaska, United States.

As of the 2020 census, the census area had a population of 2,617; its largest communities are the census-designated places of Glennallen and Copper Center.

[2] It is named after Copper River that has rich fish and flows through the census area.

2,032 residents (68.8%) were reported as White alone (2,020/68.4% non-Hispanic white), 11 (0.4%) as Black, 678 (23.0%) as American Indian or Alaska Native, 11 (0.4%) as Asian, 13 (0.4%) as Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 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).