White people in Hawaii, also known as ''
Haole'', are people of predominantly
European
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descent. They form 22.9% of the population according to the
2020 United States Census
The United States census of 2020 was the twenty-fourth decennial United States census. Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2020. Other than a pilot study during the 2000 census, this was the first U.S. census to of ...
. There are around 294,102 White people in Hawaii. Including people with two or more races, the number of people with some European ancestry is 476,162 (39.3%), meaning that around 14.6% of the population is mixed race.
History
British explorer
James Cook
James Cook (7 November 1728 Old Style date: 27 October – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy, famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean an ...
was the first European to land in Hawaii on January 20, 1778. He was later murdered during a fight with a number of native Hawaiians at Kealakekua Bay after his attempt to kidnap Hawaii’s ruling chief.
Notable people
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Neil Abercrombie, the seventh Governor of Hawaii from 2010 to 2014.
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Alexander Adams, a Scotsman who served in the British Royal Navy and then came to the Hawaiian islands and served in the navy of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
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Linda Lingle, the sixth Governor of Hawaii from 2002 until 2010.
See also
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European Americans
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Europeans in Oceania
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Greeks in Hawaii
Greeks in Hawaii or ''Helene'' were some of the earliest foreigners, ''haole''s, to immigrate to Hawaii and were known for being one of the few ethnicities to be opposed to the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy.
Early contact
The earliest Greek ...
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Haole
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Portuguese immigration to Hawaii
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Spanish immigration to Hawaii
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White Americans in California
White Californians are white Americans living in California who currently make up 71.9% of the state's population.
As of 2015, California has the third-largest majority-minority state, minority population in the United States. Non-Hispanic white ...
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White Americans in Maryland
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White people
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Puerto Rican immigration to Hawaii
Puerto Rican migration to Hawaii began when Puerto Rico's sugar industry was devastated by two hurricanes in 1899. The devastation caused a worldwide shortage in sugar and a huge demand for the product from Hawaii. Consequently, Hawaiian sugarcane ...
References
People from Hawaii
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