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The United States Census Bureau defines Niʻihau and the neighboring island and State Seabird Sanctuary of Lehua as Census Tract 410 of Kauai County, Hawaii. Its 2000 census population was 160, most of whom are native Hawaiians; [4] its 2010 census population was 170. At the 2020 census, the population had fallen to 84. [5]
At the 2000 census there were 58,463 people, 20,183 households, and 14,572 families in the county. The population density was 94 people per square mile (36 people/km 2 ). There were 25,331 housing units at an average density of 41 per square mile (16/km 2 ).
The United States Census Bureau designates this area, excluding Midway Atoll, as Census Tract 114.98 of Honolulu County. The total land area of these islands is 3.1075 square miles (8.048 km²). With the exception of Nihoa, all these islands lie north of the Tropic of Cancer, making them the only islands in Hawaii situated outside the tropics.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. [2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
Hawaiian counties collect property taxes and user fees in order to support road maintenance, community activities, parks (including life guards at beach parks), garbage collection, police (the state police force, called the Hawaii Department of Public Safety, is limited in scope), ambulance, and fire suppression services. [2]
Shigenori Nishikaichi, the pilot who became the center of the Niʻihau incident. On December 7, 1941, Airman First Class Shigenori Nishikaichi, who had taken part in the second wave of the Pearl Harbor attack, crash-landed his battle-damaged aircraft, an A6M2 Zero "B11-120", from the carrier Hiryu, in a Ni'ihau field near where Hawila Kaleohano, a native Hawaiian, was standing. [5]
Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources. (12 January 2010). Rules Regulating Wildlife Sanctuaries (PDF). In, Hawaii Administrative Rules, § 13–126. Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. (29 September 1995). "Oʻahu, Niʻihau, and Kauaʻi". Volcano Watch. Light List, Volumes 1-7. United States Coast Guard. 2005. Lehua Island Ecosystem ...
Census-designated places in Hawaii County, Hawaii (2 C, 53 P) Census-designated places in Honolulu County, Hawaii (5 C, 54 P) K. Census-designated places in Kauai ...