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Population (year 2000): 7,922. Estimated
population in July 2005: 7,410 (-6.5% change)
Males: 3,994 (50.4%), Females: 3,928 (49.6%)
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%).
Land area: 3.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Ketchikan
- 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).
Population change in the 1990s: -439 (-5.3%).
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; Full-time 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: 647;
Location: 2610 4TH AVE.; Grades: 08 - 12)
- REVILLA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 163;
Location: 3131 BARANOF AVE.; Grades: 07 - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Ketchikan:
- HOUGHTALING ELEMENTARY (Students: 436;
Location: 2940 BARANOF; Grades: PK - 07)
- SCHOENBAR MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 311;
Location: 217 SCHOENBAR; Grades: 07 - 08)
- POINT HIGGINS SCHOOL (Students: 241;
Location: 981 NORTH POINT HIGGINS RD NTG; Grades: PK -
07)
- WHITE CLIFF ELEMENTARY (Students: 217;
Location: 1900 FIRST AVENUE; Grades: PK - 07)
- KETCHIKAN CHARTER SCHOOL (Students: 178;
Location: 410 SCHOENBAR; Grades: KG - 07)
- TONGASS SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
(Students: 166; Location: 410 SCHOENBAR ROAD; Grades: KG
- 07)
- KETCHIKAN CORRESPONDENCE (Students: 26;
Location: 2931 BARANOF AVE.; Grades: KG - 12)
- NAUKATI SCHOOL (Students: 17; Location:
NAUKATI; Grades: KG - 12)
- PORT PROTECTION SCHOOL (Students: 15;
Location: PORT PROTECTION; Grades: KG - 12)
- WHALE PASS SCHOOL (Students: 11; Location:
WHALE PASS; 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)
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