Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska Demographics

Ketchikan Gateway Borough is 18th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Two or More

Ketchikan Gateway Borough is 48th out of 3,143 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Ketchikan Gateway Borough is 1st in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Ketchikan Gateway Borough is 2nd in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Ketchikan Gateway Borough is 5th in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Female residents

Ketchikan Gateway Borough is 5th in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Home median value

Ketchikan Gateway Borough is 5th in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Race - Asian

Ketchikan Gateway Borough is 6th in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Households

Ketchikan Gateway Borough is 6th in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Ketchikan Gateway Borough is 6th in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Ketchikan Gateway Borough is 6th in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Retail sales

Ketchikan Gateway Borough is 7th in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Housing units

Size Demographics
	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	Rank	Alaska	US
Current population (2012)	13,779	8th	731,449	313,914,040
Size in square miles	4,858.4	19th	570,640.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2.8	7th	1.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	Rank	Alaska	US
Residents younger than 5	6.5%	17th	7.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.3%	16th	25.6%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.9%	9th	8.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	Rank	Alaska	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.0%	7th	91.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	24.6%	9th	27.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	Rank	Alaska	US
Race - White	67.8%	12th	67.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.9%	11th	3.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	14.2%	18th	14.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	7.6%	5th	5.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.3%	16th	1.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	9.3%	9th	7.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	9th	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	64.8%	12th	63.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	Rank	Alaska	US
Female residents	48.4%	5th	47.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	7.1%	9th	6.9%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	Rank	Alaska	US
Housing units	6,106	7th	311,201	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	40.4%	1st	24.4%	25.9%
Households	5,479	6th	252,920	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	57.3%	19th	64.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$254,900	5th	$235,100	$186,200
People per household	2.3	21st	2.7	2.6
Building permits (last year)	23	8th	994	829,658

Income Demographics
	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	Rank	Alaska	US
Income per capita	$29,998	15th	$31,944	$27,915
Income per household	$57,243	19th	$69,014	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.6%	16th	9.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	Rank	Alaska	US
Non-farm private establishments	580	6th	20,119	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,805	6th	254,996	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,472	9th	68,728	27,092,908
Retail sales	$268,880	6th	$9,303,387	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$20,488	2nd	$13,635	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$45,557	7th	$1,851,293	$613,795,732