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Community Overview: Ketchikan
Kichx_áan
Place Name Translation:
Indigenous Language: Tlingit
English Pronunciation:
KET chuh kan
Harbor Dock: Yes
State Ferry: Yes
Cargo Barge: Yes
Road Connection: No
Coastal:
Post Office: Ketchikan Post Office
+ 1 (907) 225-9602
ANCSA Regional Corporation: Sealaska Corporation
Native Regional Health Care: Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium
ANCSA Regional Non-Profit: Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
School District: Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District
Healthcare Facility: Gateway Mental Health Services
+1 (800) 478-7738
Community Connections
+1 (907) 225-7825
Ketchikan Public Health Center
+1 (907) 225-4350
PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center
+1 (907) 225-5171
Ketchikan Indian Community Behavioral Health
+1 (907) 228-9203
KAR House Residential Program
+1 (800) 478-7738
Ketchikan Indian Community Tribal Health Clinic
+1 (907) 228-4900
Residential Youth Care
+1 (907) 225-4664
Library: Ketchikan Public Library
+ 1 (907) 225-3331
Disadvantaged Community:
Connected to National Highway System (NHS):
Access to Other Public Aviation Facilities:
Description: Regularly-scheduled jet services offer air service transportation from the state-owned Ketchikan International Airport, which has a paved, lighted, asphalt runway. The airport lies on Gravina Island, a 10-minute ferry ride from Ketchikan's waterfront. Ketchikan is a regional transportation hub, with numerous air taxi services located along the waterfront to that service the surrounding communities. There are four major float plane landing facilities: Tongass Narrows, Peninsula Point, Ketchikan Harbor, and Murphy's. Ketchikan is the first port of call in Alaska for cruise ships and Alaska Marine Highway vessels. Harbor and docking facilities include a breakwater, a deep draft dock, port located downtown, five small boat harbors, a privately-owned dry dock and ship repair yard, boat launches, and a state ferry terminal. The shipyard is privately owned. The Inter-Island Ferry Authority operates a once-daily, year-round ferry service between Ketchikan and Hollis Prince of Wales Island.
DCCED Certified Population Counts
YearPopulation
20198103
20208040
20218149
20227998
20237803
20247661
20257632
Community: Kichx_áan (Ketchikan)
Year Range: 2019-2025
School District Enrollment
GradeStudents
PreKindergarten88
Kindergarten96
FirstGrade117
SecondGrade139
ThirdGrade128
FourthGrade136
FifthGrade152
SixthGrade154
SeventhGrade142
EighthGrade162
NinthGrade169
TenthGrade161
EleventhGrade146
TwelfthGrade169
TotalEnrollmentK121871
TotalEnrollmentPK121959
Community: Kichx_áan (Ketchikan)
School Year: 2025/2026
Community Statistics
Community: Kichx_áan (Ketchikan)
Community: Kichx_áan (Ketchikan)
Community: Kichx_áan (Ketchikan)
Community: Kichx_áan (Ketchikan)