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About Wrangell, Alaska
Wrangell

Wrangell (Tlingit: Ḵaachx̱ana.áakʼw, Russian: Врангель, romanized: Vrangel') is a borough in Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 2,127, down from 2,369 in 2010.

Incorporated as a Unified Home Rule Borough on May 30, 2008, Wrangell was previously a city in the Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, which was afterwards renamed the Petersburg Census Area (the Petersburg Borough was formed from part of this census area). Its Tlingit name is Ḵaachx̱ana.áakʼw ("Ḵaachx̱ans Little Lake" with áa-kʼw 'lake-diminutive'). The Tlingit people living in the Wrangell area, who were there centuries before Europeans, call themselves the Shtaxʼhéen Ḵwáan after the nearby Stikine River. Alternately they use the autonym Shxʼát Ḵwáan, where the meaning of shxʼát is unknown.

The central (urban) part of Wrangell is located at 56°28′15″N 132°22′36″W, in the northwest corner of Wrangell Island. The borough also encompasses the entire eastern half of the former Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, in addition to the area around Meyers Chuck, which was formerly in the Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area. It includes Thoms Place, a former census-designated place on Wrangell Island.

Gender
Gender Wrangell Alaska Country
Female 45.8% 47.8% 50.8%
Male 54.2% 52.2% 49.2%
Gender

Household Income


Income Wrangell Alaska Country
Less than $10,000 3.7% 3.8% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 3% 2.9% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 12.9% 6.2% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 11.7% 6.7% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 14.5% 10.1% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 17.6% 18.3% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 11.7% 14.2% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 16.1% 19.3% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 5.7% 9.6% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 3.1% 8.8% 8.3%
Education


Education Wrangell Alaska Country
< 9th Grade 4% 3% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 11% 4% 7.0%
High School or GED 35% 28% 27.0%
Other College 23% 26% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 8% 9% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 13% 19% 20.0%
Master's Degree 6% 8% 9.0%
Professional Degree 0% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 0% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
Education
Race / Ethnicity


Ethnicity Wrangell Alaska Country
White 61.9% 59.7% 60.1%
African American 0% 3.1% 12.2%
American Indian 22.2% 14.1% 0.6%
Asian 0.7% 6.2% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0.4% 1.4% 0.2%
Other 0% 0.4% 0.3%
Multiracial 9.8% 7.9% 2.8%
Hispanic 5% 7.2% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity