69 residents are foreign born (9.3% Asia, 3.3% Africa, 2.1% Europe).
This place:
16.1%
Hawaii:
17.5%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $3,313 (0.4%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $7,770 (0.8%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Honolulu, HI (158.7 miles , pop. 371,657).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (2491.2 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
Puako-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Hawaii state average. It is 574% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 11/29/1975 at 14:47:40, a magnitude 7.2 (6.0 MB, 7.1 MS, 7.2 UK, 7.2 MS, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 63.5 miles away from the city center, causing 2 deaths (2 shaking deaths) On 8/21/1951 at 10:57:00, a magnitude 6.9 (6.9 UK, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 15.4 miles away from Puako center On 10/15/2006 at 17:07:49, a magnitude 6.7 (6.2 MB, 6.6 MS, 6.7 MW, Depth: 24.2 mi) earthquake occurred 9.5 miles away from the city center On 11/16/1983 at 16:13:00, a magnitude 6.7 (6.4 MB, 6.7 MS, 6.7 MW) earthquake occurred 46.7 miles away from the city center, causing $6,000,000 total damage On 4/26/1973 at 20:26:28, a magnitude 6.3 (6.0 MB, 6.1 MS, 6.3 UK, 6.2 ML) earthquake occurred 49.2 miles away from Puako center On 6/26/1989 at 03:27:03, a magnitude 6.2 (5.8 MB, 6.1 MS, 6.2 MS, 6.2 MD) earthquake occurred 58.8 miles away from the city center, destroying 5 buildings Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Hawaii County (11) is near the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 4
Causes of natural disasters: Fires: 7, Flood: 1, High Surf: 1, Mudslide: 1, Earthquake: 1, Hurricane: 1, Storm: 1, Tsunami Wave: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals/medical centers near Puako:
NORTH HAWAII COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 14 miles away; KAMUELA, HI)
KONA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - State, provides emergency services, about 41 miles away; KEALAKEKUA, HI)
HILO MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - State, provides emergency services, about 47 miles away; HILO, HI)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Puako:
University of Hawaii at Hilo (about 54 miles; Hilo, HI; Full-time enrollment: 3,180)
Kapiolani Community College (about 156 miles; Honolulu, HI; FT enrollment: 3,151)
University of Hawaii at Manoa (about 158 miles; Honolulu, HI; FT enrollment: 14,726)
Hawaii Pacific University (about 161 miles; Honolulu, HI; FT enrollment: 4,471)
Leeward Community College (about 171 miles; Pearl City, HI; FT enrollment: 3,228)
Brigham Young University-Hawaii (about 179 miles; Laie, HI; FT enrollment: 2,381)
Skyline College (about 2348 miles; San Bruno, CA; FT enrollment: 2,853)
User submitted facts and corrections:
Thank you all for adding the photo of the ship model Puako to your web site. I built that model for the grandson of the last Commander of the Sugar Ship PUAKO c.1902. In addition to finding shipyard blueprints and log books with crew lists of the Puako, during the building of the model, the actual ships bell for the Puako surfaced! Additionally, the Honolulu Star Bulletin recently published a story about the Sugar Ships and the Puako in particular. You may wish to add links to the online photo album Ive created showing the full history of the Puako and the model built of her - including the newly found ships bell http://members15.clubphoto.com/geneva563351/4277649/guest.phtml Also here is the link to the Honolulu Star Bulletin story on the Puako http://starbulletin.com/2007/01/29/features/story02.html
Hawaii County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 8.0%
(8.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents, 41.7% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
This place:
2.0 people
Hawaii:
1.3 people
Percentage of family households:
This place:
56.7%
Whole state:
18.8%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:
8.8%
Whole state:
5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Religion statistics for Puako (based on Hawaii County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 39.77%
Here
39.8%
USA
50.2%
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Catholic Church
LDS (Mormon) Church
Assemblies of God
United Church of Christ
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
Adherents
55.6%
11.5%
5.3%
5.0%
3.9%
Congregations
14.3%
8.9%
11.3%
13.1%
4.8%
Name
Southern Baptist Convention
Presbyterian Church (USA)
International Pentecostal Holiness Church
Episcopal Church
Other
Adherents
3.8%
2.7%
2.1%
1.7%
8.4%
Congregations
7.1%
2.4%
1.8%
4.2%
32.1%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 36
Hawaii County:
2.09 / 10,000 pop.
Hawaii:
2.30 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1
This county:
0.06 / 10,000 pop.
State:
0.09 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 34
Hawaii County:
1.97 / 10,000 pop.
Hawaii:
1.57 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 44
Hawaii County:
2.55 / 10,000 pop.
State:
1.72 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 143
Here:
8.29 / 10,000 pop.
State:
9.00 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
This county:
7.1%
Hawaii:
8.1%
Adult obesity rate:
Hawaii County:
21.2%
Hawaii:
20.8%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
This county:
10.3%
State:
9.2%
6.70% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($48,782 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
6.70%
Hawaii average:
6.39%
0.17% of residents moved from foreign countries ($716 average AGI)
Hawaii County:
0.17%
Hawaii average:
0.70%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
Number of bridges: 12 Total length: 21 meters (69ft) Total costs: $15,513,000 Total average daily traffic: 77,600 Total future (year 2027) average daily traffic: 108,000
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