4 Sunday, September 13, 2015 Hawaii Tribune-Herald About island residents • 2014 population estimate: 194,190 • 2013 population estimate: 191,409 • 2010 (April 1) population estimates base: 185,079 • Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014: 4.9% • Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013: 3.4% • 2010 population: 185,079 • Persons younger than 5 years 2013 percent: 6.3% • Persons younger than 18 years 2013 percent: 22.2% • Persons 65 years and older 2013 percent: 16.8% • Female persons 2013 percent: 49.9% • White alone 2013 percent (a): 34.4% • Black or African American alone 2013 percent (a): 0.8% • American Indian and Alaska Native alone 2013 percent: 0.6% • Asian alone 2013 percent: 22.1% • Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone 2013 percent: 12.7% • Two or More Races 2013 percent: 29.5% • Hispanic or Latino 2013 percent: 12.2% • White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, 2013 percent: 30.7% • Living in same house one year & more 2009-13 percent: 87% • Foreign-born persons 2009- 13 percent: 10.9% • Language other than English spoken at home 2009- 13 percent ages 5 and older: 18.7% • High school graduate or higher, 2009-13 percent of persons age 25 and older: 91% • Bachelor’s degree or higher, 2009-13 percent of persons age 25 and older: 25.6% • Veterans, 2009-2013: 15,729 • Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 and older, 2009-13: 25.4 • Housing units, 2014: 85,163 • Homeownership rate, 2009- 13: 65.7% • Housing units in multi-unit structures, 2009-13 percent: 19% • Median value of owneroccupied housing units, 2009- 2013: $309,800 • Households, 2009-2013: 64,909 • Persons per household, 2009-2013: 2.83 • Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013: $24,635 • Median household income, 2009-2013: $51,250 • Persons below poverty level, 2009-13 percent: 18.3% About island businesses • Private nonfarm establishments, 2013: 3,923 • Private nonfarm employment, 2013: 50,266 • Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2012-13: 3.4% • Nonemployer establishments, 2013: 16,499 • Total number of firms, 2007: 18,900 • American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, 2007 percent: 1.5% • Asian-owned firms, 2007 percent: 31.9% • Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, 2007 percent: 9.1% • Hispanic-owned firms, 2007 percent: 3.9% • Women-owned firms, 2007 percent: 26.4% • Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1,000): 290,120 • Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1,000): 732,242 • Retail sales, 2007 ($1,000): 2,566,012 • Retail sales per capita, 2007: $14,816 • Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000): 874,735 • Building permits, 2014: 958 stood at 185,079 people, according to the April 1, 2010, census. A 2014 estimate figured that the isle’s population grew to 194,190, representing 13.7 percent of the state’s total estimated population of more than 1.4 million people. Children younger than 5 years old made up 6.3 percent of the island’s population in 2013, while children younger than 18 constituted 22.2 percent of the total population. People older than 65, meanwhile, represented 16.8 percent. Hawaii County’s racial breakdown sat at 34.4 percent white, 22.1 percent Asian, 12.7 percent Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander, 29.5 percent two or more races, 12.2 percent Hispanic or Latino, 0.8 percent black or African-American, and 0.6 percent American Indian/Alaska Native. Between 2009 and 2013, foreign-born people represented 10.9 percent of the population. More than 90 percent of the Big Island’s citizenry were high school graduates during that five-year period, while more than a quarter of them had bachelor’s degrees or higher. The home ownership rate during those years stood at 65.7 percent, with the median value of owner-occupied housing standing at $309,800 between 2009 and 2013. Meanwhile, the median home value across the state was $503,100. The Big Island claims the cheapest land values in the state, drawing retirees in droves to fast-growing areas such as the Puna District, which includes Hawaiian Ocean View Estates. Covering 18 square miles with more than 157 miles of privately paved roadways and about 11,500 1-acre parcels, it is the country’s largest subdivision, according to the website of the neighborhood’s road maintenance corporation at hoveroad.com. Email Colin M. Stewart at cstewart@hawaiitribune-herald.com. WHO From page 3
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