Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area, Alaska (AK)

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (20.9%), Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (19.4%), Retail trade (11.8%), Construction (10.1%).

Type of workers:

Races in Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area, Alaska:

Median resident age:	34.7 years
Alaska median age:	32.4 years

Males: 3,350	(54.5%)
Females: 2,796	(45.5%)

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Mean price in 2009:

Detached houses: $236,488

Here:	$236,488
State:	$264,617

Townhouses or other attached units: $402,918

Here:	$402,918
State:	$213,298

In 2-unit structures: $435,265

Here:	$435,265
State:	$253,086

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $131,360

Here:	$131,360
State:	$248,602

Mobile homes: $59,818

Here:	$59,818
State:	$42,305

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $9,190

Here:	$9,190
State:	$62,044

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area:	1.0% ($955)
Alaska:	1.4% ($1,888)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area is $765 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $970 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1199 a month.

Cities in this county include: Craig, Metlakatla, Klawock, Thorne Bay, Hydaburg, Coffman Cove, Hollis, Naukati Bay, Hyder, Port Protection.

Neighboring counties: Ketchikan Gateway Borough , Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area .

Current college students: 109
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 84.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 108 (64% naturalized citizens)

Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.9 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 95.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 1,807
• One, attached: 61
• Two: 105
• 3 or 4: 65
• 5 to 9: 56
• 10 to 19: 34
• 20 or more: 20
• Mobile homes: 795
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 112

Housing units in Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area with a mortgage: 377 (9 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 539

Religion statistics:

Here		21.8%
USA		50.2%

Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations

Food Environment Statistics:

Earthquake activity:

Means of transportation to work: Drove a car alone: 1,171 (47%) Carpooled: 612 (24%) Bus or trolley bus: 10 (0%) Ferryboat: 15 (1%) Taxi: 3 (0%) Motorcycle: 2 (0%) Bicycle: 8 (0%) Walked: 415 (16%) Other means: 182 (7%) Worked at home: 98 (4%)

9.85% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,205 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.16% relocated from other counties in Alaska ($17,590 average AGI)
5.69% relocated from other states ($17,609 average AGI)

Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area:	5.69%
Alaska average:	6.06%

from Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK	1.65% ($30,889 average AGI)
from Juneau City and Borough, AK	0.73% ($42,917)

9.74% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($34,396 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.53% relocated to other counties in Alaska ($14,925 average AGI)
5.21% relocated to other states ($19,472 average AGI)

Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area:	5.21%
Alaska average:	6.19%

to Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK	1.65% ($16,111 average AGI)
to Anchorage Municipality, AK	0.80% ($31,154)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.8

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 3.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 4.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 14.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 10.5

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 475 (401 aged, 74 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 20%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 5,200 (1,196 male householders, 356 female householders)

  1,200 spouses, 2,029 children (1,812 natural, 72 adopted, 145 stepchildren), 134 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 72 other relatives, 176 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 870 (500 male householders (423 living alone)), 218 female householders (165 living alone)), 152 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 76 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 552 2-persons, 363 3-persons, 347 4-persons, 170 5-persons, 73 6-persons, 47 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 588 1-person, 116 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 4 4-persons.

95.2% of residents of Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (81% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
3.3% of residents speak other language at home (81% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-1 per 1000 residents
State:	+9 per 1000 residents

Here:	-121 per 1000 residents
State:	-7 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.50 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

55% of Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Alaska.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 2990
• Northeast: 131
• Midwest: 411
• South: 233
• West: 2223

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area on our top lists:

• #24 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for McCain (Republican) in the 2008 Presidential Election"
• #46 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2003"
• #52 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Obama (Democrat) in the 2008 Presidential Election"

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