Honolulu - Demographics

Demographics

Historical populations
Census Pop.
1890 22,907
1900 39,306 71.6%
1910 52,183 32.8%
1920 83,327 59.7%
1930 137,582 65.1%
1940 179,326 30.3%
1950 248,034 38.3%
1960 294,194 18.6%
1970 324,871 10.4%
1980 365,048 12.4%
1990 365,272 0.1%
2000 371,657 1.7%
2010 337,256 −9.3%
Population 1890–2000.

The population of the Urban Honolulu CDP was 337,256 according to the 2010 U.S. Census. Of those, 166,500 (49.4%) were male and 170,756 (50.6%) were female. The median age for males was 40.0 and 43.0 for females; the overall median age was 41.3. Approximately 84.7% of the total population was 16 years and over; 82.6% were 18 years and over, 78.8% were 21 years and over, 21.4% were 62 years and over, and 17.8% were 65 years and over.

In terms of race and ethnicity, 17.9% were White, 1.5% were Black or African American, 0.2% were American Indian or Alaska Native, 54.8% were Asian, 8.4% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 0.8% were from "some other race", and 16.3% were from two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos of any race made up 5.4% of the population. In 1970, the Census Bureau reported Honolulu's population as 33.9% white and 53.7% Asian and Pacific Islander.

Asian Americans represent the majority of Honolulu's population. Japanese Americans represent 19.9% (67,130) of the population; Filipino Americans represent 13.2% (44,573) of the population. Chinese American made up 10.4% of the population and numbered at 35,088 individuals. People solely of Native Hawaiian ancestry made up just 3.2% of the population and numbered 10,847 individuals. There were 5,067 Samoan Americans who made up 1.5% of the population. People of Guamanian or Chamorro descent made up 0.2% of the population and numbered 841 residents.

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