Census gives more snapshots of Hawai'i
| • | Chart: Census snapshots of Hawai'i |
| • | Number of Hawaiians in prison disputed |
| • | Isle centenarian list grew to 275 in 2000 |
By Susan Roth
Advertiser Washington Bureau
Hawai'i got another glimpse at itself yesterday with the release of new 2000 Census data:
• The median age of Asians — 42.7 — was much higher than any other ethnic group in Hawai'i. The national median age is 36.2.
People who identified themselves as having "two or more races" had the lowest median age — 22.4.
• Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders make up 22.3 percent of the prison population — a figure that prison officials and others say is much lower than the true picture.
• The largest families — an average of 4.1 people — had Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander heads of households. Caucasian heads of households had the smallest families — 3 people.
• Home ownership rates were highest by far among Asians — 69 percent — and lowest among blacks — 15.7 percent. The home ownership rate for the state is 56.5 percent; 66.2 percent for the nation overall.
• Same-sex households made up 10.2 percent of those with unmarried partners. The number reporting that they lived in same-sex households has nearly tripled since 1990.
