Photo: Public domain · Public domainHow is False Pass run?
False Pass’ city government spent $308,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $6,844 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: False Pass didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how False Pass is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
Aleutians East Borough School District
False Pass’ K–12 school district, shared with Akutan, Cold Bay, King Cove, Sand Point. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $54,410 per pupil, $23,785 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Alaska districts overall: 24% local, 55% state, 21% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
About $6,844 per resident a year, or $18.75 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 52%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
False Pass didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for False Pass yet
Every year of False Pass’ figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Who’s in charge in False Pass
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
False Pass’ meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on home.gci.net/~cityoffalsepass ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 9 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (45).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for False Pass.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: home.gci.net/~cityoffalsepass ↗
- 2Alaska HouseState representatives
- 3Alaska SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Alaska
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach False Pass’ government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about False Pass’ government
How much does False Pass spend per resident?
About $6,844 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (False Pass didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $562,000.
Who runs False Pass’ government?
See home.gci.net/~cityoffalsepass for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for False Pass yet.
How many people work for False Pass?
5 full-time and 2 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $20,573 (about $246,876 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents False Pass in the state legislature?
State Senate District S (Lyman Hoffman) and State House District 37 (Bryce Edgmon). The House district also covers 28 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about False Pass’ government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for False Pass, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →