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Population (year 2000): 40,759
Males: 19,950 (48.9%), Females: 20,809 (51.1%)
Hawaii County
Zip codes:
96720.
Median resident age: 38.6 years
Median household income: $39,139 (year 2000)
Median house value: $153,800 (year 2000)
Races in Hilo:
- Two or more races (29.7%)
- Japanese (26.7%)
- White Non-Hispanic (15.9%)
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (13.1%)
- Hispanic (8.8%)
- Filipino (5.8%)
- Other Asian (3.1%)
- American Indian (2.6%)
- Chinese (1.6%)
- Korean (1.0%)
- Other race (0.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Portuguese (9.0%), German (3.1%),
English (3.0%), Irish (2.4%), Italian (1.2%), United States
(1.1%).
Elevation: 38 feet
Land area: 54.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Hilo
- High school or higher: 85.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 24.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 8.3%
- Unemployed: 10.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 17.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Hilo CDP
- Never married: 31.1%
- Now married: 49.2%
- Separated: 2.0%
- Widowed: 7.7%
- Divorced: 9.9%
7.2% Foreign born (5.0% Asia, 1.1% Oceania).
Hospital/medical center in Hilo:
- HILO MEDICAL CENTER (1190 WAIANUENUE AVENUE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Hilo:
- HALE HO'OLA HAMAKUA (about 40 miles; HONOKAA, HI)
- KAU HOSPITAL (about 44 miles; PAHALA, HI)
- NORTH HAWAII COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 49 miles;
KAMUELA, HI)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Hilo:
- HILO INTERNATIONAL (about 4 miles; HILO, HI; ID:
ITO)
- KONA INTL AT KEAHOLE (about 66 miles; KAILUA/KONA,
HI; ID: KOA)
- KAHULUI (about 123 miles; KAHULUI, HI; ID: OGG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Hilo:
- WAIMEA-KOHALA (about 45 miles; KAMUELA, HI; ID: MUE)
- UPOLU (about 65 miles; HAWI, HI; ID: UPP)
- HANA (about 98 miles; HANA, HI; ID: HNM)
Colleges/Universities in Hilo:
- UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO (Full-time
enrollment: 2,434; Location: 200 W KAWILI ST; Public;
Website: www.uhh.hawaii.edu; Offers Master's degree)
- HAWAII COMMUNITY COLLEGE (FT enrollment:
1,460; Location: 200 W KAWILI ST; Public; Website:
www.hawcc.hawaii.edu)
- UNIVERSITY OF ADVANCED RESEARCH-HAWAII CAMPUS
(Location: 65 KUIKAHI ST; Private, for-profit; Offers
Master's degree)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Hilo:
- KAPIOLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 217 miles;
HONOLULU, HI; Full-time enrollment: 4,131)
- UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA (about 220 miles;
HONOLULU, HI; FT enrollment: 14,113)
- HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY (about 222 miles;
HONOLULU, HI; FT enrollment: 6,186)
- HONOLULU COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 222 miles;
HONOLULU, HI; FT enrollment: 2,787)
- LEEWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 232 miles; PEARL
CITY, HI; FT enrollment: 3,511)
- BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY-HAWAII CAMPUS (about 238
miles; LAIE, HI; FT enrollment: 2,273)
- UNIVERSITY OF GUAM (about 833 miles; MANGILAO, GU;
FT enrollment: 2,802)
Public high schools in Hilo:
- HILO HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,511; Location:
556 WAIANUENUE AVENUE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- WAIAKEA HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,292;
Location: 155 KAWILI STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
- KE ANA LA'AHANA PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL
(Students: 97; Location: 1500 KALANIANAOLE HIGHWAY;
Grades: 07 - 12)
Private high school in Hilo:
- ST JOSEPH JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 216;
Location: 1000 ULULANI STREET; Grades: 7 - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Hilo:
- WAIAKEA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (Students: 909;
Location: 200 WEST PUAINAKO STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
- WAIAKEA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 784;
Location: 180 WEST PUAINAKO STREET; Grades: PK - 05)
- WAIAKEAWAENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
736; Location: 2420 KILAUEA AVENUE; Grades: PK - 05)
- HILO INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (Students: 681;
Location: 587 WAIANUENUE AVENUE; Grades: 07 - 08)
- HILO UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 524;
Location: 506 WAIANUENUE AVENUE; Grades: PK - 06)
- KAPIOLANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 477;
Location: 966 KILAUEA AVENUE; Grades: PK - 06)
- DESILVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 326;
Location: 278 AINAKO AVENUE; Grades: PK - 06)
- KEAUKAHA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 262;
Location: 240 DESHA AVENUE; Grades: KG - 06)
- CONNECTIONS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL (Students:
242; Location: 174 KAMEHAMEHA AVENUE; Grades: KG - 08)
- KAUMANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 235;
Location: 1710 KAUMANA DRIVE; Grades: KG - 06)
Private primary/middle schools in Hilo:
- HAILI CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 266;
Location: 190 WWANI ST; Grades: PK - 8)
- ST JOSEPH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 207;
Location: 999 ULULANI ST; Grades: PK - 6)
- HALE ALOHA NAZARENE SCHOOL (Students: 78;
Location: 595 KUPULAU ROAD; Grades: PK - 6)
- E MAKAALA SCHOOL (Students: 53; Location: 440
W LANIKAULA ST; Grades: PK - 3)
- MAUNA LOA SCHOOL (Students: 32; Location: 172
KAPIOLANI STREET; Grades: KG - 8)
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