Volcano is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States located in the District of Puna with a small portion of the CDP in the District of Kaū. The population was 2,575 at the 2010 census,US Census Bureau - 2010 Population Finder - Volcano CDP
/ref> up from 2,231 at the 2000 census.

Geography and climate

Volcano is located on the east side of the island of

, on the border of

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and near the northeast rim of

Kīlauea Kīlauea ( , ) is an active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. Located along the southeastern shore of the Big Island of Hawaii, the volcano is between 210,000 and 280,000 years old and emerged above sea level about 100,000 years ago. Hi ...

's summit

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. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land.

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passes through the southern part of the community, leading northeast to

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and southwest to Nāālehu. Owing to its altitude, ranging from below in the southeast to over at its uninhabited northern end, Volcano features a

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(

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''Cfb''), with relatively uniform temperatures and abundant rainfall throughout the year, although rainfall is concentrated during the months of November through April.

Demographics

2010 census

As of the

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of 2010, there were 2,575 people in 1,228 households residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,740 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 51.53%

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, 0.74%

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, 0.39% American Indian & Alaska Native, 11.57%

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, 9.79% Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander, 0.43% from

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, and 25.55% from two or more races.

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of any race were 8.82% of the population. There were 1,228 households, out of which 17.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them. The average household size was 2.10. In the Volcano CDP the population was spread out, with 17.3% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 8.8% from 25 to 34, 16.4% from 35 to 49, 34.6% from 50 to 64, and 17.5% who were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 99.3 males. For every 100 males there were 100.7 females.

2000 census

As of the

of 2000, there were 2,231 people, 896 households, and 498 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,229 housing units at an average density of 21.7 per square mile (8.4/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 47.87%

, 0.49%

, 0.54% Native American, 11.39%

, 12.24%

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, 1.34% from

, and 26.13% from two or more races.

of any race were 9.28% of the population. There were 896 households, out of which 24.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.4% were

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living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.4% were non-families. 34.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.92. In the CDP the population was spread out, with 20.3% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 30.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 116.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 125.2 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,977, and the median income for a family was $44,432. Males had a median income of $30,929 versus $31,679 for females. The

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for the CDP was $18,913. About 10.4% of families and 14.3% of the population were below the

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, including 15.0% of those under age 18 and 2.3% of those age 65 or over.

Notable residents

Garrett Hongo Garrett Kaoru Hongo (born May 30, 1951) is a Yonsei, fourth-generation Japanese American academic and poet. His work draws on Japanese American history and his own experiences.Arakawa, Suzanne K. (2005). "Hongo, Garrett (Kaoru)", in He was a ...

(b. 1951), poet, current professor of creative writing at the

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Jason Scott Lee Jason Scott Lee (; born November 19, 1966) is an American actor and martial artist. He played Mowgli in Disney's 1994 live-action adaptation of ''The Jungle Book'' and Bruce Lee in the 1993 martial arts film '' Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story''. He ...

(b. 1966), actor, martial artist, founder of the Ulua Theatre in Volcano * Dietrich Varez (1939-2018) Dietrich Varez (born in Berlin, Germany) printmaker-painter. Dietrich Varez

References

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