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. The borough seat is Ketchikan. The borough is the second most populous borough in Southeast Alaska, second to Juneau Borough.
Ketchikan Gateway Borough comprises the Ketchikan, AK Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
The borough has a total area of , of which is land and (27.0%) is water. On May 19, 2008, a large part of the former Prince of Wales–Outer Ketchikan Census Area was annexed, including the remainder of Misty Fjords National Monument that was not already in the borough, making the current figures much larger than these. A map of the current area can be seen here:
Adjacent boroughs and census areas
- Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area, AK – east, west
- City and Borough of Wrangell, AK – north
- Kitimat–Stikine Regional District, BC – east
- Skeena–Queen Charlotte Regional District, BC – south
National protected areas
- Tongass National Forest – partly
- Misty Fjords National Monument
- Misty Fjords National Monument Wilderness