Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, settled in 1921, counts 398 residents.
False Pass’ mean commuting time is 6 minutes, against 21 minutes in Alaska’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Among 42 Alaska towns, just one has a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than False Pass. The biggest park or preserve is Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge, at 2,055 acres. False Pass has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Census counts: 59 in 1930, a low of 35 in 2010, 397 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1926 and 3 maps from 1949 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in False Pass, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in False Pass.
Expected losses in False Pass break down as 58% from tsunamis and 22% from volcanic activity. Households here have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 1999.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Public schools: the Aleutians East Borough School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| False Pass SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 10 | – |
NCES · EDFacts
Count the trails in 2 parks and preserves and they come to 6.3 miles. False Pass’ density of trails stands at 0.1 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves in the town: 2, covering 3,046 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge | — | 2,055 |
| 2. Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge | — | 991 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Among 42 Alaska towns, just one has a lower share of adults who have high blood pressure than False Pass. False Pass: 14% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. No town among the 42 in Alaska we compare has a higher share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than False Pass. Of 32 CDC measures, False Pass beats the Alaska average on 9 and trails it on 12.
| False Pass | Alaska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 58% | 68% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 18% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 35% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| What stands out | False Pass | AK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 2.9% | 7% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 12.9% | 23.3% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 22.9% | 13.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
City in Alaska, United States
False Pass (Aleut: Isanax̂) is a city on Unimak Island, in the Aleutians East Borough of southwestern Alaska, United States. The population was 397 in the 2020 census, but only 35 are resident year-round; many fish processing plant workers are seasonal.
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False Pass has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.