Captain Cook, Hawaii
| Captain Cook, Hawaii | |
|---|---|
| Census-designated place | |
 Location in Hawaii County and the state of Hawaii |
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| Coordinates: 19°29′54″N 155°54′15″W / 19.49833°N 155.90417°WCoordinates: 19°29′54″N 155°54′15″W / 19.49833°N 155.90417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Hawaii |
| County | Hawaii |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.2 sq mi (31.5 km2) |
| • Land | 12.2 sq mi (31.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,250 ft (381 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 3,429 |
| • Density | 281.1/sq mi (108.9/km2) |
| Time zone | Hawaii-Aleutian (UTC-10) |
| ZIP code | 96704 |
| Area code(s) | 808 |
| FIPS code | 15-03850 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0358717 |
Captain Cook is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaiʻi, in the United States located in the District of South Kona. The community, which is actually located in the land division of Kealakekua, is so named because the post office for the area was located in the Captain Cook Coffee Co. during the early 1900s. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 3,206. The population increased by 7.0% to 3,429 at the 2010 census.
Captain Cook is located at 19°29′54″N 155°54′15″W / 19.49833°N 155.90417°W (19.498211, -155.904275). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 12.2 square miles (32 km2), all of it land.
Most of Captain Cook lies between the 800-foot (240 m) and 2,000-foot (610 m) elevation, which makes it ideal as a coffee growing region. It sits on the top of an ancient fault which created the famous Kealakekua Bay. Prior to the 1960s, most of Captain Cook was part of the vast Kealakekua Ranch, founded in the 1850s by English immigrant Henry Nicholas Greenwell.
As of the census of 2010, there were 3,429 people in 1,258 households residing in the CDP. The population density was 281.1 people per square mile (108.9/km²). There were 1,386 housing units at an average density of 113.6 per square mile (44.0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 31.44% White, 0.67% African American, 0.38% American Indian & Alaska Native, 27.65% Asian, 10.67% Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander, 2.16% from other races, and 27.03% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.51% of the population.
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