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Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK

13,870 Population
4,857 square miles 2.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alaska: 35.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$46,608 ±$2,455 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Alaska: $44,928 ±$605
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$89,155 ±$6,912 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Alaska: $89,336 ±$1,374
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

9.5% ±1.7% (1,300  ±229) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alaska: 10.2% 72,978 (±0.3% / ±2,204)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

14.4 minutes ±2.1 (95,245  ±14,588) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alaska: 19.5 6,246,845 (±0.3 / ±110,673)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

5,621 ±143 Number of households
  • Alaska: 267,865 ±1,441
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (13,564  ±120) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 2.6 703,871
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

2.4% ±1.2% (71  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 5.7% 9,528 (±0.4% / ±744)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

6,659 ±51 Number of housing units
  • Alaska: 327,610 ±431
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$379,000 ±$18,695 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $333,300 ±$3,665
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

10.4% ±1.7% (1,437  ±226.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alaska: 14.8% 107,476 (±0.6% / ±4,009.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

94.9% ±4.1% (9,478  ±420.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.5% 456,049 (±1% / ±4,750.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
27% ±2.2% (2,693  ±221.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alaska: 31.2% 152,432 (±0.6% / ±2,933.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.7% (1,204  ±114) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 7.8% 57,131
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.8% ±1.3% (946  ±140) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 11% 58,910 (±0.4% / ±2,202)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
946 Total veterans ±140 832 Male ±137 114 Female ±49

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