Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawai'i

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Hawaiian Paradise Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States. The population was 7,051 at the 2000 census.

[edit] Geography

Hawaiian Paradise Park is located at 19°35′25″N, 154°58′33″W (19.590388, -154.975734)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 39.4 km² (15.2 mi²). 39.0 km² (15.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (1.05%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 7,051 people, 2,426 households, and 1,766 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 180.9/km² (468.6/mi²). There were 2,671 housing units at an average density of 68.5/km² (177.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 32.75% White, 0.43% African American, 0.61% Native American, 21.83% Asian, 10.25% Pacific Islander, 0.99% from other races, and 33.14% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14.13% of the population.

Ancestries: Portuguese (8.1%), German (7.2%), English (6.3%), Irish (5.0%), Italian (1.9%), Polish (1.5%).

There were 2,426 households out of which 39.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.7% were married couples living together, 14.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.2% were non-families. 20.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.34.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 31.4% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 8.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 103.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.7 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $36,300, and the median income for a family was $38,312. Males had a median income of $35,450 versus $23,642 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,417. About 17.0% of families and 19.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.1% of those under age 18 and 7.6% of those age 65 or over.