Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska

Ketchikan Gateway Borough
City (left) and former borough governments
City (left) and former borough governments
Official seal of Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Official logo of Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Map of Alaska highlighting Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Location within the U.S. state of Alaska
Map of the United States highlighting Alaska
Alaska's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 55°33′00″N 131°05′00″W / 55.55°N 131.08333333333°W / 55.55; -131.08333333333
Country United States
State Alaska
IncorporatedSeptember 6, 1963[1]
SeatKetchikan
Largest cityKetchikan
Area
 • Total6,654 sq mi (17,230 km2)
 • Land4,858 sq mi (12,580 km2)
 • Water1,795 sq mi (4,650 km2)  27.0%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total13,948
 • Estimate 
(2022)
13,741 Decrease
 • Density2.1/sq mi (0.81/km2)
Time zoneUTC−9 (Alaska)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−8 (ADT)
Congressional districtAt-large
Websitewww.kgbak.us

Ketchikan Gateway Borough is a borough located in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census its population was 13,948, up from 13,477 in 2010.[2] The borough seat is Ketchikan.[3] The borough is the second most populous borough in Southeast Alaska, the first being Juneau Borough.

Ketchikan Gateway Borough comprises the Ketchikan, AK Micropolitan Statistical Area.

  1. ^ 1996 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory. Juneau: AK Department of Community and Regional Affairs. 1996. p. 9.
  2. ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  3. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.