Ketchikan (Alaska)

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Coordinates 55°21′00″N 131°40′24″W
Country United States
State Alaska
Borough Ketchikan Gateway
Incorporated August 25, 1900
Elevation 0 ft (0 m)
Time zone UTC−9 (AKST)
ZIP codes 99901, 99950
Area code 907
FIPS code 02-38970
GNIS feature ID 1423039, 2419408
Website www.city.ketchikan.ak.us
Government (Mayor) Lew Williams III
Government (Governing body) City Council
Government (State senator) Bert Stedman (R)
Government (State rep.) Dan Ortiz (I)
Government (Total) 4.90 sq mi (12.70 km2)
Government (Land) 3.81 sq mi (9.88 km2)
Government (Water) 1.09 sq mi (2.82 km2)
Area (Total) 4.90 sq mi (12.70 km2)
Area (Land) 3.81 sq mi (9.88 km2)
Area (Water) 1.09 sq mi (2.82 km2)
Population (2020) (Total) 8,192
Population (2020) (Density) 2,147.88/sq mi (829.19/km2)
Population (2020) (City and Borough) 13,477
Population (2020) (City and Borough Estimate (2014)) 13,787

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Ketchikan (/ˈkɛtʃɪkæn/KETCH-ih-kan; Tlingit: Kichx̱áan) is a city in and the borough seat of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough of Alaska. It is the state's southeasternmost major settlement. Downtown Ketchikan is a National Historic District. With a population at the 2020 census of 8,192, up from 8,050 in 2010, it is the sixth-most populous city in the state, and thirteenth-most populous community when census-designated places are included. The surrounding borough, encompassing suburbs both north and south of the city along the Tongass Highway (most of which are commonly regarded as a part of Ketchikan, albeit not a part of the city itself), plus small rural settlements accessible mostly by water, registered a population of 13,948 in that same census.

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