Official Name: | Keaʻau, Hawaii |
Native Name: | Keaʻau |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Hawaii |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Hawaiʻi |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 16.25 |
Area Land Km2: | 16.25 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 6.27 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 6.27 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1195 |
Population Density Km2: | 73.56 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 190.50 |
Timezone: | Hawaii-Aleutian |
Utc Offset: | -10 |
Coordinates: | 19.6211°N -155.0417°W |
Elevation M: | 104 |
Elevation Ft: | 341 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 96749 |
Area Code: | 808 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 15-32900 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0360892 |
Keaʻau (also written as Keaau) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaii. located in the District of Puna. The population was 1,195 at the time of the 2020 census. The population decreased by roughly 50% from 2,253 at the time of the 2010 census.[2]
Keaau was called ‘Ōla‘a and in 1899, the Olaa Sugar Company leased about 4,000 acres of land, for growing sugarcane.[3] [4]
Keaʻau is on the east side of the island of Hawaiʻi at 19.6211°N -155.0417°W (19.621072, -155.041706).[5] It is bordered to the southwest by Kurtistown. Hilo is 8miles to the north. The junction of Hawaii Route 11 (the Hawaii Belt Road) and Hawaii Route 130 (Keaau-Pahoa Road) is in the northern part of the community. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.7km2, all of it land.[6]
The Board on Geographic Names officially designated the populated place as Keaau in 2003.[7]
At the 2010 census there were 2,253 people in 701 households residing in the CDP. The population density was 901.2sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 757 housing units at an average density of 302.8sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the CDP was 12.38% White, 0.22% African American, 0.18% American Indian & Alaska Native, 52.02% Asian, 7.50% Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander, 0.44% from other races, and 27.25% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.74%.[2] [8]
Of the 701 households, 28.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them. The average household size was 3.21.[2]
In the Keaʻau CDP the population was spread out, with 23.7% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 9.6% from 25 to 34, 19.6 from 35 to 49, 20.4% from 50 to 64, and 17.2% 65 or older. For every 100 females, there were 99.6 males. For every 100 males there were 100.4 females.[2]
The median household income was $39,722 and the median family income in 2000 was $43,347. Males had a median income in 2000 of $27,344 versus $23,287 for females. The per capita income for the CDP in 2000 was $14,657. About 9.6% of families and 12.3% of the population were below the poverty line in 2000, including 14.9% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over.