Editing Ketchikan, Alaska (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 40
|1900= 459
|1910= 1613
|1920= 2458
|1930= 3796
|1940= 4695
|1950= 5305
|1960= 6483
|1970= 6994
|1980= 7198
|1990= 8263
|2000= 7922
|2010= 8050
|2020= 8192
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
Ketchikan first appeared on the 1890 U.S. Census as the unincorporated village of "Kichikan." Of its 40 residents, 26 were Native, nine were White and five were Creole (Mixed Russian and Native).<ref>{{cite web |title=Report on Population and Resources of Alaska at the Eleventh Census: 1890 |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1890a_v8-01.pdf |website=United States Census Bureau |publisher=Government Printing Office}}</ref> It returned as Ketchikan beginning in 1900 and in every successive census. It incorporated as a city also in 1900.
 
[[File:Ketchikan AK.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Ketchikan's Newtown neighborhood, between Downtown and the West End, its two largest neighborhoods. [[First Lutheran Church (Ketchikan, Alaska)|First Lutheran Church]], at the right edge of this photo, is [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska|listed on the National Register of Historic Places]].  East of the church (beyond view of the photo), three adjoining streets were named [[Warren G. Harding|Warren, G, and Harding]] following President Harding's visit to Alaska in 1923.]]
[[File:Ketchikan From Dock.jpg|thumb|Ketchikan as seen from the dock near the cruise terminal.]]
[[File:Misty Fjords Ranger Station.jpg|thumb|The Ketchikan Misty Fjords Ranger station.]]

{{As of|2010}}, there were 8,050 people, 3,259 households, and 1,885 families residing in the city. As of 2017, the population density was 1,829.5 per square&nbsp;mile (714.1/km<sup>2</sup>).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/ketchikancityalaska|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Ketchikan city, Alaska|website=Census Bureau QuickFacts|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201093514/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/ketchikancityalaska|archive-date=December 1, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=December 1, 2018}}</ref> There were 3,731 housing units at an average density of {{convert|848.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 60.7% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 16.7% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]] (8.3% [[Tlingit]]-[[Haida people|Haida]], 1.9% [[Tsimshian]]), 10.8% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]] (9.4% Filipino), 10.0% from two or more races, 0.8% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], and 0.7% [[Race (United States Census)|some other race]]. 4.4% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] (2.6% Mexican) of any race.<ref name="census1">{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190521214830/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 21, 2019 |title=American FactFinder – Results |author=Data Access and Dissemination Systems (DADS) |work=census.gov }}</ref><ref name="census2">{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/02/0238970.html |title=Ketchikan (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau |publisher=Quickfacts.census.gov |access-date=December 28, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303153556/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/02/0238970.html |archive-date=March 3, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_QTP7&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212213915/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_QTP7&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020|title=American FactFinder – Results|author=Data Access and Dissemination Systems (DADS)|work=census.gov}}</ref>

[[File:St John's Episcopal Church and hospital, Ketchikan, Alaska, August 1904 (COBB 285).jpeg|thumb|St John's Episcopal Church and a mission hospital, August 1904]]
There were 3,259 households. 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.6% were headed by married couples living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 33.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.0% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41, and the average family size was 3.07.<ref name="census1"/>

The population was spread by age ranges, with 23.9% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 29.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.5 males.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US0238970| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212113040/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US0238970| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Ketchikan city, Alaska| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref>

In 2017, the ACS-estimated median and average annual incomes for a household in the city were $56,372 and $70,490, respectively. The median and average incomes for a family were $68,438 and $84,518, respectively. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $30,474. About 12.4% of the population, including 19.8% of those under 18-years old, were below the [[poverty line]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/11_5YR/DP03/1600000US0238970| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200210232540/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/11_5YR/DP03/1600000US0238970| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 10, 2020| title=Selected Economic Characteristics: 2013-2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (DP03): Ketchikan city, Alaska| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=December 26, 2013}}</ref> 90.0% spoke English, 6.0% Tagalog, 1.8% Spanish, and 0.7% Tsimshian as their first language.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results |title=Data Center Results |access-date=August 7, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815140430/http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results |archive-date=August 15, 2013 }}</ref>