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Population 418: a town settled in 1880.
St. Paul’s average commute is 6 minutes, where Alaska’s towns sit at 21 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Of the 42 Alaska towns we compare, none has a higher typical household income than St. Paul. Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, at 2,360 acres with 5.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. St. Paul has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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Census counts: 298 in 1880, a peak of 763 in 1990, 413 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 2 maps from 1958 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in St. Paul, 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 St. Paul.
One declared disaster, in 2022, has brought federal aid to St. Paul households. FEMA puts 93% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to tsunamis, and 7% to earthquakes. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 100% of U.S. communities.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The public schools here belong to the Pribilof School District. Its one school is below. 61 students attend St. Paul’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Paul SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 61 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts
St. Paul has chilly, snowy winters and cool summers. July afternoons reach 52°, January nights drop to 21° and about 64 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Nearly a fifth of adults in St. Paul report frequent physical distress; 31% worry about having enough food. The town beats the Alaska average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 21. Of the 42 Alaska towns we compare, none has a higher share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than St. Paul. For adults here, the share who sleep under 7 hours is 44%.
| St. Paul | Typical Alaska town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 13% | 14% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 13% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | St. Paul | AK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.9% | 7% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 30.5% | 14.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Count the trails in 1 park or preserve and they come to 43 miles. The density of trails for St. Paul is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge | 5.1 mi | 2,360 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
City in Alaska, United States
St. Paul (Aleut: Tanax̂ Amix̂ or Sanpuulax̂, Russian: Сент-Пол, romanized: Sent-Pol) is a city in the Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United States. It is the main settlement of Saint Paul Island in the Pribilof Islands, an archipelago in the Bering Sea. The population was 413 at the 2020 census, down from 479 in 2010. The three closest islands to Saint Paul Island are Otter Island to the southwest, Saint George slightly to the south, and Walrus Island to the east. St. Paul Island's land area is 43 sq mi (110 km2). In 2008, it had one school with 76 students, one post office, one bar, one small store, and one church (the Russian Orthodox Sts. Peter and Paul Church), which is listed on t…
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St. Paul has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.