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1876–2024
Ketchikan, AK·Alaska

Ketchikan, AK has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential elections — R+19 in 2024.

Southeast Alaska's rain-soaked port where fishing and tourism drive the ballot

1876 — 2024·38 elections
AK
LatestR+19in 2024
TypologyRealigning Affluent Suburbcluster typology
Population13,7682024 ACS

Ketchikan, AK, Alaska: Realigning Affluent Suburb metro. In 2024, voted R+19%. Republican peak: R+51 in 2000.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+19MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
Population
13,7682024 5-year
Median household income
$92,8852024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
62.5%2024 5-year
Black
0.5%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
5.4%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+25 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+51 in 2000MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Ketchikan, AK
TrumpR+19
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican56.9%3,755
Kamala HarrisDemocratic38.2%2,525
OtherAll other candidates4.0%267
D+60
R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −18.6% in 2024.flipped R · 1968−18.6%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892No data
1896No data
1900No data
1904No data
1908No data
1912No data
1916No data
1920No data
1924No data
1928No data
1932No data
1936No data
1940No data
1944No data
1948No data
1952No data
1956No data
1960−5.0%
1964+24.9%
1968−11.8%
1972−23.3%
1976−25.2%
1980−31.1%
1984−25.9%
1988−14.4%
1992−6.2%
1996−41.0%
2000−51.0%
2004−37.1%
2008−20.5%
2012−17.0%
2016−22.5%
2020−20.8%
2024−18.6%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−18.6%
2,5253,7556,605
R
−20.8%
2,6044,0496,940
R
−22.5%
2,0763,5376,500
R
−17.0%
2,2633,2675,906
R
−20.5%
2,4943,8326,526
R
−37.1%
1,8714,2316,360
R
−51.0%
1,2844,6816,656
R
−41.0%
1,4714,1806,610
R
−6.2%
2,0502,4686,707
R
−14.4%
2,2172,9945,405
R
−25.9%
2,0363,5105,697
R
−31.1%
1,3232,8254,828
R
−25.2%
1,4232,4374,022
R
−23.3%
1,3622,2643,874
R
−11.8%
1,3451,7643,562
D
+24.9%
2,2751,3673,642
R
−5.0%
1,7291,9113,640
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
14.0%
English
12.1%
Irish
10.9%
Scottish
3.8%
American
2.4%
French
2.1%
Italian
1.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 41.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.4%
85+
0.5%
2.3%
75–84
2.8%
6.1%
65–74
5.6%
7.4%
55–64
7.0%
6.6%
45–54
5.4%
7.1%
35–44
6.8%
7.6%
25–34
6.9%
4.1%
18–24
3.3%
8.3%
5–17
7.6%
2.2%
<5
2.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$92,885
Ketchikan, AK ranks near the middle of US counties.
Ketchikan, AK$92,885
Alaska$92,788
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
8.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 186.7%
Working age (18–64)9.5%
Seniors (65+)5.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.4%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander6.3%
Spanish2.6%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Other languages0.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
12.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
9.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.9%
Mainline Protestant
2.3%
Baptist
1.5%
Methodist
0.7%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Ketchikan anchors the island-dotted Panhandle, where the commercial fishing industry and a heavy cruise-ship economy shape voter priorities more than the oil-patch concerns that dominate Interior Alaska politics.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of twenty-five points in 1964 and a Republican high of fifty-one points in 2000. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved two points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was nineteen points.

A population of 13,768, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $92,885 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Ketchikan, AK, Alaska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Ketchikan, AK, Alaska voted Republican by 18.6 points (R+19), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,605 votes cast, 2,525 went Democratic and 3,755 went Republican.
What is Ketchikan, AK, Alaska's political typology?
Akashic places Ketchikan, AK, Alaska in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 1 times, Republican 16 times, and other 0 times.
When did Ketchikan, AK, Alaska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Ketchikan, AK, Alaska voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Ketchikan, AK, Alaska?
Ketchikan, AK, Alaska has a population of 13,768 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ketchikan, AK, Alaska?
Median household income in Ketchikan, AK, Alaska is $92,885 — above the national median of $80,734. The Alaska state median is $92,788.
What is the political history of Ketchikan, AK, Alaska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Ketchikan, AK, Alaska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 1 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.