U.S. Beacon May 19, 2024

Kapaa, HI

Kauai County, Hawaii

Latitude: 22.088281     Longitude: -159.337706
Population 9,472 (2000)
Elevation of Kapaa, Hawaii: 10 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1528850, place: Kapaa CDP, Hawaii)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,660 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 192 (7.22%)
Kindergarten: 126 (4.74%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,354 (50.9%)
High school (grades 9-12): 699 (26.28%)
College or graduate school: 289 (10.86%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,024 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 406 (6.74%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 488 (8.1%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,113 (35.08%)
Some college, no degree: 1,546 (25.66%)
Associate degree: 470 (7.8%)
Bachelor's degree: 674 (11.19%)
Graduate or professional degree: 327 (5.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,260 (100%)
Never married: 2,093 (28.83%)
Now married, except separated: 3,851 (53.04%)
Separated: 120 (1.65%)
Total Widowed: 398 (5.48%)
Widowed Female: 342 (4.71%)
Total Divorced: 798 (10.99%)
Divorced Female: 453 (6.24%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 439 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 185 (42.14%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,827 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 825 (12.08%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,493 (100%)
--With a disability: 112 (4.49%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,442 (100%)
--With a disability: 954 (17.53%)
----Percent employed: 56.3%
--No disability: 4,488 (82.47%)
----Percent employed: 74.2%
Population 65 years and over: 989 (100%)
--With a disability: 297 (30.03%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,975 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,397 (60.13%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,470 (38.66%)
--Same county: 2,260 (25.18%)
--Different county: 1,210 (13.48%)
----Same state: 499 (5.56%)
----Different state: 711 (7.92%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 108 (1.2%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,686 (100%)
Native: 8,565 (88.43%)
--Born in United States: 8,468 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,310 (65.15%)
----Different state: 2,158 (22.28%)
--Born outside United States: 97 (1%)
Foreign born: 1,121 (11.57%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 269 (2.78%)
--Naturalized citizen: 767 (7.92%)
--Not a citizen: 354 (3.65%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,121 (100%)
Europe: 60 (5.35%)
Asia: 942 (84.03%)
Africa: 13 (1.16%)
Oceania: 47 (4.19%)
Latin America: 20 (1.78%)
Northern America: 39 (3.48%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,975 (100%)
English only: 7,679 (85.56%)
Language other than English: 1,296 (14.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 478 (5.33%)
--Spanish: 36 (0.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.13%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 76 (0.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.07%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,159 (12.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 460 (5.13%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,686 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,061% (114.2%)
Arab: 35 (0.36%)
Czech: 41 (0.42%)
Danish: 17 (0.18%)
Dutch: 69 (0.71%)
English: 364 (3.76%)
French (except Basque): 194 (2%)
French Canadian: 18 (0.19%)
German: 452 (4.67%)
Greek: 11 (0.11%)
Hungarian: 28 (0.29%)
Irish: 377 (3.89%)
Italian: 191 (1.97%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 33 (0.34%)
Polish: 118 (1.22%)
Portuguese: 928 (9.58%)
Russian: 32 (0.33%)
Scotch-Irish: 47 (0.49%)
Scottish: 139 (1.44%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 84 (0.87%)
Swiss: 7 (0.07%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 168 (1.73%)
Welsh: 14 (0.14%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 7,694 (79.43%)

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