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Hyder is located at (55.941442, 130.054504), at the end of the land border between Alaska and British Columbia and at the head of the Portland Canal, a 130 mile (209 km) long fjord which forms a portion of the border at the southeastern edge of the Alaska Panhandle. It sits about 2 mile (3 km) from Stewart, British Columbia, by road, and 75 mile (121 km) from Ketchikan by air. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 14.8 square miles (38 km2), all land.

Hyder has a fairly typical Southeastern Alaskan oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb, borderline Dfb), although using the 0 °C (32 °F) coldest month isotherm it has an extremely wet and ocean moderated version of a warm summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) similar to that of Haines although substantially wetter.

Hyder first appeared on the 1920 U. S. Census as an unincorporated village. It was chosen as the central part of its same named census designated place (CDP) in 1980. As of the census of 2000, there were 97 people, 47 households, and 25 families residing in the CDP. The population density was There were 72 housing units at an average density of The racial makeup of the CDP was 93 White, and 4 from two or more races. There was 1 Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 47 households, out of which 9 had children under the age of 18 living with them, 24 were married couples living together, 1 had a female householder with no husband present, and 21 were non families. 19 of all households were made up of individuals, and 3 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.06 and the average family size was 2.81. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 18 under 18, 11 from 18 to 24, 16 from 25 to 44, 45 from 45 to 64, and 7 who were 65 or older. The median age was 46 years. There were 44 females and 53 males, of them 34 females were age 18 and over, as were 45 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $11,719, and the median income for a family was $30,500. Males had a median income of $56,250 versus $13,750 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $11,491. There were 44.4% of families and 54.1% of the population living below the poverty line, including 81.0% under 18, and 50.0% over 64.

Stewart, British Columbia, immediately borders Hyder and is accessible by road via International Street. Outside of the town site, NFD 88 heads in a northerly direction winding through the Tongass National Forest, and enters the outer extent of Stewart's municipal limits continuing as Granduc Road. There are few local roads, and no roads connect Hyder to any other Alaskan communities, except through Canada. The AMHS ferry that once connected Hyder to Ketchikan stopped running in the 1990s, leaving the Taquan Air floatplane that arrives twice a week with U. S. Mail at Hyder Seaplane Base as the only direct public transportation between Hyder and the rest of Alaska.

Hyder's public utilities are imported from Canada. with the town. While most of Alaska is in area code 907, Hyder shares the Stewart 749 exchange in area code 236, 636 in area code 250, and 794 in area code 778.

Alaska State Troopers occasionally patrol the town, but do not have a base there. during an Independence Day fireworks display, the organizers accidentally burned down their fire hall with the fire engine inside. Ambulances and fire fighters from Stewart can operate in Hyder. A Canada Border Services Agency customs post is on the only connecting road out of Hyder and there is no complementary American border patrol presence. In 1898, gold and silver lodes were discovered in the region, mainly on the Canadian side, in the upper Salmon River basin. The Stewart brothers, for whom the British Columbia town was named, arrived in 1902. Hyder was established in 1907 as "Portland City", after the canal. Westmin Resources Ltd operated a gold and silver mine on the Canadian side in Premier, British Columbia, but is not currently active.

Southeast Island School District operates the Hyder School. Children who live in Hyder have attended the Bear Valley School in Stewart, The sign was erected in 2015 as a protest after the Canadian administration announced plans to close the border control at night.