- State:HawaiiCounty:Kauai CountyZips:96769,96769,96715,96751,96747,96765,96703,96752,96705,96716,96796,96722,96741,96714,96754,96756,96746,96766Coordinates:22.011079928096013, -159.7054381835779Area total:1266.31 sq. mi., 3279.74 sq. km, 810440.32 acresArea land:619.88 sq. mi., 1605.49 sq. km, 396725.76 acresArea water:646.43 sq. mi., 1674.24 sq. km, 413714.56 acresEstablished:1905Capital seat:
Lihue
Address: 4444 Rice St
Lihue, HI 96766-1328
Governing Body: County Council with 7 board size
Governing Authority: Home Rule
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Kauai County, Hawaii, United States
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- Population:73,298; Population change: 9.25% (2010 - 2020)Population density:118 persons per square mileHousehold income:$59,881Households:50,150Unemployment rate:16.20% per 35,337 county labor force
- Sales taxes:4.00%Income taxes:8.25%GDP:$3.83 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Kauai County's population of Hawaii of 56,146 residents in 1930 has increased 2,94-fold to 164,836 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 49.32% female residents and 50.68% male residents live in as of 2020, 53.88% in Kauai County, Hawaii are married and the remaining 46.12% are single population.
As of 2020, 53.88% in Kauai County, Hawaii are married and the remaining 46.12% are single population.
- Housing units:30,157 residential units of which 81.94% share occupied residential units.
23.7 minutes is the average time that residents in Kauai County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
74.23% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 15.74% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.62% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 5.54% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Kauai County, Hawaii 48.49% are owner-occupied homes, another 29.54% are rented apartments, and the remaining 21.96% are vacant.
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The 50.41% of the population in Kauai County, Hawaii who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 22.940%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 74.990%) of those eligible to vote in Kauai County, Hawaii.
