| ZIP Codes: | 3 ZIP Codes (1 Standard, 2 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 907 |
| Timezone: | Alaska (GMT -09:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:11:17 PM |
| Population: | 13,768 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 02130 |
| CBSA: | Ketchikan, AK |
| Land Area: | 1,106 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 307 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 55.4608, -131.5222 |
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13,768 residents live across 3 ZIPs covering 1,106 sq mi, served by 2 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 13,694 to 13,768 from 2014 to 2024 — a +0.5% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 0 lost.
The borough's wealthiest ZIP 99901 (Ketchikan, $92,885 median) and poorest ZIP 99901 (Ketchikan, $92,885) are 0.0 miles apart — a 1.0× income gap across local geography.
Within Alaska, this is the #7 most populous of 30 boroughs and ranks #6 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $92,885 across the borough — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
27.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (2,735 of 9,970 reporting).
1 Standard delivery, 2 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this borough.
A frontier borough — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.