Demographics
| Historical populations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1890 | 22,907 |
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| 1900 | 39,306 | 71.6% | |
| 1910 | 52,183 | 32.8% | |
| 1920 | 83,327 | 59.7% | |
| 1930 | 137,582 | 65.1% | |
| 1940 | 179,326 | 30.3% | |
| 1950 | 248,034 | 38.3% | |
| 1960 | 294,194 | 18.6% | |
| 1970 | 324,871 | 10.4% | |
| 1980 | 365,048 | 12.4% | |
| 1990 | 365,272 | 0.1% | |
| 2000 | 371,657 | 1.7% | |
| 2010 | 337,256 | −9.3% | |
| Population 1890–2000. | |||
The population of the Urban Honolulu CDP was 337,256 according to the 2010 U.S. Census. Of those, 166,500 (49.4%) were male and 170,756 (50.6%) were female. The median age for males was 40.0 and 43.0 for females; the overall median age was 41.3. Approximately 84.7% of the total population was 16 years and over; 82.6% were 18 years and over, 78.8% were 21 years and over, 21.4% were 62 years and over, and 17.8% were 65 years and over.
In terms of race and ethnicity, 17.9% were White, 1.5% were Black or African American, 0.2% were American Indian or Alaska Native, 54.8% were Asian, 8.4% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 0.8% were from "some other race", and 16.3% were from two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos of any race made up 5.4% of the population. In 1970, the Census Bureau reported Honolulu's population as 33.9% white and 53.7% Asian and Pacific Islander.
Asian Americans represent the majority of Honolulu's population. Japanese Americans represent 19.9% (67,130) of the population; Filipino Americans represent 13.2% (44,573) of the population. Chinese American made up 10.4% of the population and numbered at 35,088 individuals. People solely of Native Hawaiian ancestry made up just 3.2% of the population and numbered 10,847 individuals. There were 5,067 Samoan Americans who made up 1.5% of the population. People of Guamanian or Chamorro descent made up 0.2% of the population and numbered 841 residents.
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