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"Ketchikan is
located along the western shoreline of
Revillagigedo Island deep in the Tongass
National Forest. Revillagigedo Island is
the fifth largest island in southeast
Alaska with an area the size of Rhode
Island and 309 miles of coastline.
Ketchikan is the southern-most city in
southeast Alaska. By air, Ketchikan is
only 90 minutes from Seattle; 2 hours 10
minutes from Anchorage, and 50 minutes
from Juneau. Positioned on latitude 56N,
daylight on the longest day of the year
begins at 5:06 AM and ends at 10:29 PM.
Our shortest day has 7 hours, 10 minutes
of daylight.
"Ketchikan"
evolved from the name of an early Tlingit
Indian named "Kitschk" who
settled along the fish-rich shores of
what is now called Ketchikan Creek.
Kitschk-kin (Kitschk's Creek) became
Kitchikan, Kitskan, Kitchikan and finally
in 1900, Ketchikan incorporated with 800
residents and the name stuck. By then,
news of the richer fisheries resource had
spread and Ketchikan soon became the
"Salmon Capitol of the World."
The fisheries, coupled with expanding
timber and mining interests, formed
Ketchikan's economic backbone. Ketchikan
is also know as "Alaska's First City"
because it is the fist Alaska port of
call for northbound ships."
From:
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Population (year 2000): 7,922
Males: 3,994 (50.4%), Females: 3,928
(49.6%)
County: Ketchikan Gatew
Land area: 3.4 square miles
Zip codes: 99901, 99950.
Median resident age: 35.8 years
Median household income:
$45,802 (year 2000)
Median house value: $143,700 (year 2000)
Races in Ketchikan:
- White Non-Hispanic (65.6%)
- American Indian (22.7%)
- Two or more races (6.7%)
- Filipino (6.1%)
- Hispanic (3.4%)
- Black (0.7%)
- Other race (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (15.3%), Irish (11.3%), English (10.6%),
Norwegian (8.8%), French (3.7%), Italian (3.2%).
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For population 25 years and over in Ketchikan city
- High school or higher: 88.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.8%
- Unemployed: 8.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 10.7 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Ketchikan city
- Never married: 26.2%
- Now married: 50.3%
- Separated: 1.2%
- Widowed: 5.9%
- Divorced: 16.4%
7.5% Foreign born (5.9% Asia).
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Bellingham, WA (779.0 miles, pop.
67,171).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Seattle, WA (834.4 miles, pop. 563,374).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (1730.8 miles, pop.
3,694,820).
Nearest cities: Saxman, AK (4.9
miles), Metlakatla, AK (16.4 miles), Thorne Bay, AK (65.4 miles), Hydaburg, AK (80.1 miles), Wrangell, AK (91.0 miles), Klawock, AK (98.7 miles), Craig, AK (101.9 miles), Petersburg, AK (133.6 miles).
Area code: 907
Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social
services (18.8%), Transportation and warehousing,and utilities (11.1%), Retail
trade (11.0%), Arts,entertainment,recreation,accommodation and food services
(10.6%), Public administration
(10.1%).
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Crime in Ketchikan (2001):
- 3 murders (37.9 per 100,000)
- 17 rapes (214.6 per 100,000)
- 11 robberies (138.9 per 100,000)
- 27 assaults (340.8 per 100,000)
- 45 burglaries (568.0 per 100,000)
- 468 larceny counts (5907.6 per 100,000)
- 53 auto thefts (669.0 per 100,000)
- City-data.com crime index
= 563.1 (higher means more crime, US average =
330.6)
Hospital/medical center in Ketchikan:
- KETCHIKAN GENERAL HOSPITAL (3100 TONGASS AVE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Ketchikan:
- WRANGELL MEDICAL CENTER (about 87 miles; WRANGELL, AK)
- PETERSBURG MEDICAL CENTER (about 134 miles; PETERSBURG, AK)
- MT EDGECUMBE HOSPITAL (about 280 miles; SITKA, AK)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Ketchikan:
- KETCHIKAN INTL (about 3 miles; KETCHIKAN, AK; ID: KTN)
- WRANGELL (about 92 miles; WRANGELL, AK; ID: WRG)
- PETERSBURG JAMES A JOHNSON (about 133 miles; PETERSBURG, AK; ID: PSG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ketchikan:
- KETCHIKAN HARBOR (about 2 miles; KETCHIKAN, AK; ID: 5KE)
- PENINSULA POINT PULLOUT (about 6 miles; KETCHIKAN, AK; ID: 9C0)
- MURPHYS PULLOUT (about 6 miles; KETCHIKAN, AK; ID: 8K9)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Ketchikan:
- PENINSULA COLLEGE (about 758 miles; PORT ANGELES, WA; FT enrollment: 2,374)
- WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 781 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; FT
enrollment: 11,889)
- WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 783 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment:
2,656)
- SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE (about 802 miles; MT VERNON, WA; FT enrollment: 3,420)
- OLYMPIC COLLEGE (about 822 miles; BREMERTON, WA; FT enrollment: 3,889)
- EVERETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 828 miles; EVERETT, WA; FT enrollment:
3,970)
- EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE (about 828 miles; OLYMPIA, WA; FT enrollment: 3,749)
Public high schools in Ketchikan:
- KETCHIKAN HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 655; Location: 2610 4TH AVE.;
Grades: 09 - 12)
- REVILLA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 133; Location: 3131 BARANOFF
AVE.; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Ketchikan:
- HOUGHTALING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 416; Location: 2940 BARANOF;
Grades: PK - 06)
- SCHOENBAR MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 407; Location: 217 SCHOENBAR;
Grades: 07 - 08)
- POINT HIGGINS SCHOOL (Students: 256; Location: 981 NORTH POINT
HIGGINS RD NTG; Grades: PK - 06)
- WHITE CLIFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 249; Location: 1900 FIRST
AVENUE; Grades: PK - 06)
- VALLEY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 184; Location: 410
SCHOENBAR; Grades: KG - 06)
- KETCHIKAN CHARTER SCHOOL (Students: 114; Location: 2610 FOURTH AVE.;
Grades: KG - 06)
- NAUKATI SCHOOL (Students: 36; Location: NAUKATI; Grades: KG - 12)
- KETCHIKAN CORRESPONDENCE (Students: 23; Location: 2931 BARANOF AVE.;
Grades: KG - 12)
- PORT PROTECTION SCHOOL (Students: 23; Location: PORT PROTECTION;
Grades: KG - 12)
- JR GILDERSLEEVE SCHOOL (Location: PO BOX 7924; Grades: KG - 12)
Private primary/middle schools in Ketchikan:
- HOLY NAME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 99; Location: 433 JACKSON
STREET; Grades: KG - 6)
- CLOVER PASS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 76; Location: 105 N PT
HIGGINS RD; Grades: PK - 8)
Library in Ketchikan:
- KETCHIKAN PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $821,054; Location: 629
DOCK STREET; 53,684 books; 3,374 audio materials; 4,577 video materials; 257
serial subscriptions)
Ketchikan compared to Alaska state average:
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state
average.
- Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
- House age significantly above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
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