Ketchikan Poverty status by family type (all families, married-couple, and female householder with no husband present). Includes related children status, employment status, elderly status, and supplemental income.
Poverty Status
All
Below poverty level
Families
1,963
97
4.9%
With related children under 18
1,164
80
6.9%
With related children under 5
427
48
11.2%
Householder worked in 1999
1,696
68
4.0%
Full-time, year round
1,036
0
0.0%
Householder 65 and over
199
5
2.5%
Family received:
Supplemental Security Income or public assistance income in 1999
200
34
17.0%
Social Security income in 1999
292
11
3.8%
Mean income deficit (dollars)
5,364
Married-couple families
1,409
44
3.1%
With related children under 18
740
27
3.6%
With related children under 5
285
9
3.2%
Householder worked in 1999
1,260
39
3.1%
Full-time, year round
771
0
0.0%
Householder 65 and over
138
5
3.6%
Family received:
Supplemental Security Income or public assistance income in 1999
68
11
16.2%
Social Security income in 1999
206
11
5.3%
Mean income deficit (dollars)
4,845
Families with female householder, no husband present
418
48
11.5%
With related children under 18
320
48
15.0%
With related children under 5
122
34
27.9%
Householder worked in 1999
322
29
9.0%
Full-time, year round
169
0
0.0%
Householder 65 and over
49
0
0.0%
Family received:
Supplemental Security Income or public assistance income in 1999
