Hawaiian Beaches is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in

Hawaii County, Hawaii Hawaiʻi County (; officially known as the County of Hawaiʻi) is a county in the U.S. state of Hawaii in the Hawaiian Islands. It is coextensive with the Island of Hawaiʻi, often called the "Big Island" to distinguish it from the state as a ...

, United States located in the District of Puna. The population was 4,280 at the 2010 census, up from 3,709 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Hawaiian Beaches is located on the east side of the island of

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at (19.549247, -154.907587). It is bordered to the north by

Hawaiian Paradise Park Hawaiian Paradise Park, also referred to as Paradise Park and known by many as HPP, is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, located in the District of Puna. The population was 11,404 at the 2010 census, up ...

, to the south by Pahoa and Nanawale Estates, and to the east by the

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Hawaii Route 130 Route 130, also known as Keaau-Pahoa Road and Pahoa-Kalapana Road is a state highway in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. It runs from Route 11 at Ke'aau through the Puna District to Kalapana. __TOC__ Route description Route 130 star ...

forms the western border of the community and leads north to

Hilo Hilo () is the largest settlement in and the county seat of Hawaii County, Hawaiʻi, United States, which encompasses the Island of Hawaiʻi, and is a census-designated place (CDP). The population was 44,186 according to the 2020 census. I ...

. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 1.50%, are water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 3,709 people, 1,192 households, and 923 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,383 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 27.99%

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, 0.65%

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, 0.49% Native American, 16.69% Asian, 15.45%

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, 1.05% from other races, and 37.69% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 15.64% of the population. There were 1,192 households, out of which 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.3% were

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living together, 17.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.5% were non-families. 17.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.11 and the average family size was 3.49. In the CDP the population was spread out, with 31.7% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 24.2% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.7 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $28,467, and the median income for a family was $30,104. Males had a median income of $30,037 versus $21,886 for females. The

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for the CDP was $11,267. About 23.8% of families and 28.6% of the population were below the

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, including 38.3% of those under age 18 and 13.8% of those age 65 or over.

References

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