Kalawao County, Hawaii

Kalawao County population, land area and income

Kalawao County had 81 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 12.0 square miles of land. It ranks 5th of 5 in Hawaii by population and 5th by land area. That works out to 6.8 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Hawaii has 163,688 residents, so Kalawao County has 0% of the typical county's population.

SAIPE publishes no 2023 median household income estimate for Kalawao County, so it is not ranked on income.

How Kalawao County's population changed since 2020

Kalawao County gained 1 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 1.3%. That ranks 2nd of 5 in Hawaii for growth. The median Hawaii county changed by +0.9%, and the state as a whole by -0.4%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Kalawao County recorded 1 births and 0 deaths, a natural change of +1. Net international migration added +0 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +0. The largest single component was natural change, which added 1 people.

Where Kalawao County is

The Census internal point of Kalawao County is at 21.218800, -156.974000. It sits in UTM zone 4N. The map shades Hawaii's 5 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Kalawao County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Kalawao County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Kalawao County. Its 81 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Kalawao County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 1 neighbor for Kalawao County. The most populous is Maui County, HI, with 163,688 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Maui County

  163,688 people

  35 mi SE

Distance to Honolulu and the nearest big city

Honolulu is 57.2 miles W of Kalawao County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Urban Honolulu, HI (population 344,967), 56.7 miles away.

Kalawao County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Kalawao County is 15005: state code 15 for Hawaii plus county code 005. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables.