Hawaii County, Hawaii

Hawaiʻi County is a county located in the U.S. state of Hawaii in the Hawaiian Islands. It is coterminous with the Island of Hawaiʻi, often called the "Big Island" to distinguish it from the state as a whole. As of the 2010 Census the population was 185,079. The county seat is Hilo. There are no incorporated cities in Hawaiʻi County (see Hawaii Counties). The Hilo Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Hawaiʻi County. Hawaiʻi County has a mayor-council form of government. Hawaii County is the largest county in the state, in terms of geography.

The current Mayor of Hawaii County is Harry Kim, who took office in 2016. Legislative authority is vested in a nine-member Hawaii County Council.

Hawaii County is one of seven counties in the United States to share the same name as the state they are located in (the other six counties are Arkansas County, Idaho County, Iowa County, New York County, Oklahoma County, and Utah County).

Geography
Hawaiʻi County has a total area of 5,086.70 square miles (13,174.5 km2); 4,028.02 square miles (10,432.5 km2) is land and 1,058.69 square miles (2,742.0 km2) is water (mostly all off the ocean shoreline but counted in the total area by the U.S. Census Bureau). The county's land area comprises 62.7 percent of the state's land area. It is the highest percentage by any county in the United States. (Delaware's Sussex County comes in second at 48.0 percent, while Rhode Island's Providence County is third at 39.55 percent.)

Demographics
As of 2010, the island had a resident population of 185,079 There were 64,382 households residing in the county. The population density was 17.7/km² (45.9/mi²). There were 82,324 housing units at an average density of 8/km² (20/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 34.5% White, 0.7% African American, 22.6% Asian, 12.4% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, and 29.2% from two or more races; 11.8% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos of any race.

County Seat

 * Hilo

Census-Designated Places

 * Ainaloa
 * Captain Cook
 * Eden Roc
 * Fern Acres
 * Fern Forest
 * Halaula
 * Hawaiian Acres
 * Hawaiian Beaches
 * Hawaiian Ocean View
 * Hawaiian Paradise Park
 * Hawi
 * Holualoa
 * Honalo
 * Honaunau-Napoopoo
 * Honokaa
 * Honomu
 * Kahaluu-Keauhou
 * Kailua
 * Kalaoa
 * Kapaau
 * Keaau
 * Kealakekua
 * Keokea
 * Kukuihaele
 * Kurtistown
 * Laupahoehoe
 * Leilani Estates
 * Mountain View
 * Naalehu
 * Nanawale Estates
 * Orchidlands Estates
 * Paauilo
 * Pahala
 * Pahoa
 * Papaikou
 * Pepeekeo
 * Paukaa
 * Puako
 * Volcano
 * Waikoloa Village
 * Waimea
 * Wainaku

Misc.

 * Ahualoa
 * Hakalau
 * Waiohinu

National Protected Areas

 * Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail
 * Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
 * Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
 * Honokohau Settlement and Kalako-Honokohau National Historic Park
 * Kona Forest National Wildlife Refuge
 * Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historic Park
 * Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site