Lanai City, Hawaii

Coordinates: 20°49′39″N 156°55′19″W / 20.82750°N 156.92194°W / 20.82750; -156.92194
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Lāna‘i City, Hawai‘i
Lānaʻi City
FIPS code
15-43700
GNIS feature ID0361713

Lāna‘i City is a

2020 census. Lāna‘i City is the island's commercial center. Many of the island's restaurants and shops are in the town square that surrounds Dole Park, and the only hospital on the island, Lāna‘i Community Hospital, is located near the park.[3]

Lāna‘i City is served by Lāna‘i Airport (LNY).

Geography and climate

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.9 square miles (17.9 km2), all land.[4]

Lāna‘i City experiences a

Subtropical highland climate (Köppen climate classification
Cfb). An average monthly temperature of 64 °F (18 °C) is the lower limit for tropical climate classification.

Climate data for Lanai City
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 82
(28) 		82
(28) 		86
(30) 		87
(31) 		86
(30) 		86
(30) 		86
(30) 		87
(31) 		89
(32) 		92
(33) 		85
(29) 		85
(29) 		92
(33)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 72.0
(22.2) 		72.8
(22.7) 		72.9
(22.7) 		73.7
(23.2) 		74.7
(23.7) 		76.2
(24.6) 		76.8
(24.9) 		78.1
(25.6) 		78.5
(25.8) 		77.4
(25.2) 		75.8
(24.3) 		73.6
(23.1) 		75.2
(24.0)
Daily mean °F (°C) 65.9
(18.8) 		66.0
(18.9) 		66.6
(19.2) 		67.5
(19.7) 		68.4
(20.2) 		70.2
(21.2) 		71.1
(21.7) 		72.1
(22.3) 		72.2
(22.3) 		71.2
(21.8) 		69.7
(20.9) 		67.5
(19.7) 		69.0
(20.6)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 59.7
(15.4) 		59.2
(15.1) 		60.3
(15.7) 		61.3
(16.3) 		62.1
(16.7) 		64.2
(17.9) 		65.3
(18.5) 		66.1
(18.9) 		65.8
(18.8) 		64.9
(18.3) 		63.6
(17.6) 		61.3
(16.3) 		62.8
(17.1)
Record low °F (°C) 48
(9) 		47
(8) 		49
(9) 		49
(9) 		52
(11) 		49
(9) 		49
(9) 		49
(9) 		47
(8) 		49
(9) 		52
(11) 		48
(9) 		47
(8)
Average rainfall inches (mm) 5.05
(128) 		4.06
(103) 		2.88
(73) 		2.60
(66) 		2.17
(55) 		1.61
(41) 		1.66
(42) 		1.40
(36) 		2.09
(53) 		2.51
(64) 		3.14
(80) 		4.39
(112) 		33.56
(852)
Average rainy days (≥ 0.01 in) 7.7 6.2 7.1 3.8 2.0 1.1 2.4 1.4 2.4 2.8 6.5 7.8 51.2
Source: NOAA/NCDC,[5] Weatherbase [6]
Street sign near Dole Park
Dole Park
View of the night sky from Dole Park

History

Lāna‘i was once the home of the pineapple plantation of entrepreneur James Drummond Dole, which spanned over 20,000 acres (81 km2) and employed thousands of workers. Dole owned the entire island for a time, and in the 1920s built Lāna‘i City to house and serve the community of workers.[7] It was the first model city in Hawai‘i. In 1923 several stores, a bank, a hospital, a theater, a church and business headquarters were built around an open park space. In 1930 model homes for couples featuring two bedrooms, a large living room, a kitchen, with running water, electricity and spacious yards were erected. The single men's houses had three furnished rooms and also running water and electricity.[8]

In 2009, the corporation

Dole Food Company, announced its intent to demolish much of what remained of the historic district, including homes, a laundromat, and a jailhouse—all dating back to the 1920s—in order to build new commercial structures. The development would have included a supermarket described by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as "oversized" and "out-of-scale".[7][9] The intact plantation town is something not found on any of the other Hawaiian Islands.[10]

However, in June 2012, Castle & Cooke sold its island possessions (totaling 98% of the island) to billionaire Larry Ellison for $300 million.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
20203,332—
U.S. Decennial Census[11]

As of the

Latino
of any race were 7.74% of the population.

There were 1,148 households, out of which 34.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.7% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.6% were non-families. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.33.

In the CDP the population was spread out, with 28.0% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.6 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $43,271, and the median income for a family was $49,209. Males had a median income of $29,800 versus $27,065 for females. The

poverty line
, including 7.2% of those under age 18 and 11.9% of those age 65 or over.

Urban infrastructure

Lanai City hosts a community hospital, a community health center, an Olympic-size public pool, a state-of-the art movie theater, a supermarket and a public library.

See also

References

  1. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  2. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  3. ^ Lanai Community Hospital Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Lanai City CDP, Hawaii". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
  5. NOAA. Archived from the original
    on 2012-12-14. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  6. ^ "Historical Weather for Lanai City, Hawaii, United States of America". Weatherbase. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  7. ^ a b "Lāna'i City". National Trust for Historic Preservation. 2009. Archived from the original on 5 July 2012.
  8. ^ Time line of key events in LĀNA‘I's history Lana'i Culture and Heritage Center. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  9. ^ Paiva, Derek (29 April 2009). "Hawaii plantation town on list of most endangered places in U.S." Hawaiʻi Magazine.
  10. ^ 11 sites make new list of 'endangered historic places', at CNN.com
  11. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  12. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
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