People QuickFacts Ketchikan Gateway Borough Alaska Population, 2012 estimate 13,779 731,449 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 13,477 710,231 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.2% 3.0% Population, 2010 13,477 710,231 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.7% 7.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.8% 26.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 10.5% 8.1% Female persons, percent, 2011 48.6% 48.1%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 68.7% 67.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.7% 3.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 14.3% 14.9% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 7.1% 5.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 1.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 8.9% 7.0% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 4.3% 5.8% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 65.9% 63.7%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 79.9% 79.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 7.1% 6.9% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 10.6% 16.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 93.0% 91.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 24.6% 27.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,252 71,861 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 13.3 18.2  Housing units, 2011 6,106 311,201 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 57.3% 64.3% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 40.4% 24.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $254,900 $235,100 Households, 2007-2011 5,479 252,920 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.34 2.67 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $29,998 $31,944 Median household income, 2007-2011 $57,243 $69,014 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 9.6% 9.5%     Business QuickFacts Ketchikan Gateway Borough Alaska Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 580 20,119 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 4,805 254,996 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 1.1% 0.1% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,275 53,284  Total number of firms, 2007 1,472 68,728 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.4% 10.0% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.0% 3.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.3% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 16.4% 25.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 8,204,030 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 4,563,605 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 268,880 9,303,387 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $20,488 $13,635 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 45,557 1,851,293 Building permits, 2012 23 994     Geography QuickFacts Ketchikan Gateway Borough Alaska Land area in square miles, 2010 4,858.41 570,640.95 Persons per square mile, 2010 2.8 1.2 FIPS Code 130 02 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Ketchikan, AK Micro Area   (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts