Ketchikan, Alaska Demographics

Ketchikan is 32nd out of 6,406 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Ketchikan is 1st in Alaska out of 22 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Ketchikan is 1st in Alaska out of 22 other cities in Race - Two or More

Ketchikan is 1st in Alaska out of 22 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Ketchikan is 2nd in Alaska out of 22 other cities in Foreign born residents

Ketchikan is 2nd in Alaska out of 22 other cities in Race - Asian

Ketchikan is 3rd in Alaska out of 10 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Ketchikan is 3rd in Alaska out of 22 other cities in Income below poverty line

Ketchikan is 3rd in Alaska out of 22 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Ketchikan is 4th in Alaska out of 22 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Ketchikan is 5th in Alaska out of 13 other cities in Retail sales

Size Demographics
	Ketchikan	Rank	Alaska	US
Current population (2012)	8,250	6th	731,449	313,914,040
Size in square miles	4.3	21st	570,640.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,849.3	1st	1.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Ketchikan	Rank	Alaska	US
Residents younger than 5	7.1%	13th	7.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.9%	16th	25.6%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.7%	4th	8.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Ketchikan	Rank	Alaska	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.3%	16th	91.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	22.9%	13th	27.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Ketchikan	Rank	Alaska	US
Race - White	60.7%	20th	67.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.8%	13th	3.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	16.7%	3rd	14.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	10.8%	2nd	5.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.3%	12th	1.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	10.0%	1st	7.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	11th	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	58.8%	20th	63.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Ketchikan	Rank	Alaska	US
Female residents	49.2%	7th	47.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	10.4%	2nd	6.9%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Ketchikan	Rank	Alaska	US
Housing units	3,731	8th	311,201	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	56.7%	1st	24.4%	25.9%
Households	3,444	8th	252,920	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	46.8%	20th	64.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$238,500	7th	$235,100	$186,200
People per household	2.2	22nd	2.7	2.6

Income Demographics
	Ketchikan	Rank	Alaska	US
Income per capita	$27,107	19th	$31,944	$27,915
Income per household	$49,313	22nd	$69,014	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.9%	3rd	9.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Ketchikan	Rank	Alaska	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,158	10th	68,728	27,092,908
Retail sales	$231,892	5th	$9,303,387	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$30,364	3rd	$13,635	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$38,467	6th	$1,851,293	$613,795,732