Jury Pool Profile
Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska
- Borough seat
- Ketchikan
- Judicial district
- 1st Judicial District Superior Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 13,549
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 13,768.
At a glance
Ketchikan Gateway Borough is a 13,549-person venue. The borough population is 62% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $92,939, $3,397 below the AK state median of $96,336; 27.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 10.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Tagalog and Spanish. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 27.2% of covered employment, average pay $60,645/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.09%, below the 4.64% state average.
- Population
- 13,768
- Median household income
- $92,885
- Unemployment
- 4.1%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This borough: 62% / 0%.
Ketchikan Gateway Borough has a population of 13,768, with a median age of 41.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 62.5%; Black residents 0.5%. Independently, 5.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $92,939; 27.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 8.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
None of the heuristic anchors fired (oil & gas <5%, healthcare/education <20%, manufacturing <15%). Top sector: Trade, transportation & utilities (27.2%).
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 27.2% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 19.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.09%, below the Alaska state average.
Political composition
Borough-level election results not available.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 61% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 10.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
10.6% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Tagalog, Spanish, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 8.6% of the adult civilian population (924 individuals).