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Its 2010 census population was 170, most of them native Hawaiians. At the 2020 census, the population was reported to have fallen to 84. [4] Elizabeth Sinclair purchased Niʻihau in 1864 for US$10,000 (equivalent to about $200,000 in 2024) from the Kingdom of Hawaii. The island's private ownership passed on to her descendants, the Robinsons.
The interior of Laysan, showing the hypersaline lake. 156-acre (0.63 km 2) Nihoa is the youngest of the NWHI, and the tallest, with 900-foot (270 m) vertical cliffs. It is the southwestern remnant of the island's former volcanic cone.
Shigenori Nishikaichi, the pilot who became the center of the Niʻihau incident. On December 7th, 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]
Puʻuwai (literally, "heart" in Hawaiian, [1] pronounced [puʔuˈvɐj]) is an unincorporated community in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States, [2] and the only settlement on the island of Niʻihau.
Satellite image of the Big Island of Hawaii, the largest island in the United States. Scale depiction of the 5 largest islands in the US, with some other significant islands
The atoll is a critical habitat in the central Pacific Ocean and includes breeding habitat for 17 seabird species. Many native species rely on the island, which is now home to 67–70 percent of the world's Laysan albatross population and 34–39 percent of the global population of black-footed albatross. [55]
The county's population in 2010 was 953,207, making it the 43rd most populated county in the United States. At 596.7 sq mi (1,545 km 2), the island of Oʻahu is the third largest island and also the most populated, accounting for approximately 70% of the entire state's population. The county as a whole has 63 islands, and 32 of those belong to ...
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 racial makeup of the county was 36.0% Asian, 29.5% White, 23.8% from two or more races, 9.1% Pacific Islander, 0.3% Black or African American, 0.4% Native American and 0.9% from other ...