| | People QuickFacts | Ketchikan | Alaska |
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Population, 2011 estimate | 8,119 | 723,860 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 8,050 | 710,231 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 0.9% | 1.9% |
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Population, 2010 | 8,050 | 710,231 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 7.1% | 7.6% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 23.9% | 26.4% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 10.7% | 7.7% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 49.2% | 48.0% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 60.7% | 66.7% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.8% | 3.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 16.7% | 14.8% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 10.8% | 5.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.3% | 1.0% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 10.0% | 7.3% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 4.4% | 5.5% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 58.8% | 64.1% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 77.8% | 79.3% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.4% | 6.9% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 13.8% | 16.2% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 91.3% | 91.4% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 22.9% | 27.2% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 783 | 71,861 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 10.1 | 18.2 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 3,731 | 306,967 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 46.8% | 64.3% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 56.7% | 24.4% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $238,500 | $235,100 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 3,444 | 252,920 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.18 | 2.67 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $27,107 | $31,944 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $49,313 | $69,014 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.9% | 9.5% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Ketchikan | Alaska |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,158 | 68,728 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.5% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 10.0% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.8% | 3.1% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.3% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | S |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 16.3% | 25.9% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | NA | 8,204,030 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 70,253 | 4,563,605 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 231,892 | 9,303,387 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $30,364 | $13,635 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 38,467 | 1,851,293 |