Maui County, Hawaii

Maui County population, land area and income

Maui County had 163,688 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,161.5 square miles of land. It ranks 3rd of 5 in Hawaii by population and 2nd by land area. That works out to 140.9 people per square mile, 1.5 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Hawaii has 163,688 residents, about the same as Maui County.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $83,764 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Maui County's population changed since 2020

Maui County lost 1,114 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 0.7%. That ranks 4th 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, Maui County recorded 7,068 births and 5,778 deaths, a natural change of +1,290. Net international migration added +3,226 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -5,655. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 5,655 people.

Where Maui County is

The Census internal point of Maui County is at 20.855900, -156.601500. 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 Maui County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Maui County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Maui County. Its 163,688 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Maui County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 1 neighbor for Maui County. The most populous is Kalawao County, HI, with 81 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Kalawao County

  81 people

  35 mi NW

Distance to Honolulu and the nearest big city

Honolulu is 86.8 miles WNW of Maui County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Urban Honolulu, HI (population 344,967), 86.6 miles away.

Maui County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Maui County is 15009: state code 15 for Hawaii plus county code 009. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $83,764.