Eleele (literally, "black" or "black water" in Hawaiian) is a

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(CDP) on the island of

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, United States, with the ZIP code of 96705. Glass Beach, that is made of

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, is a local attraction. The population was 2,515 at the 2020 census, up from 2,040 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Eleele is located on the south side of the island of

at (21.910489, -159.584330). It is bordered to the west by Hanapepe, with the Hanapēpē River forming the boundary between the two communities. Hawaii Route 50 passes through Eleele, leading east to Kalaheo and west to Kaumakani.

Lihue Līhue () is an unincorporated community, census-designated place (CDP) and the county seat of Kauai County, Hawaii, United States. Līhue is the second-largest town on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, following Kapaa. As of the 2010 census, the ...

is to the east via Route 50. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 28.56%, are water. The water area consists of the east side of Hanapepe Bay.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,040 people, 626 households, and 500 families residing in the CDP. The

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was . There were 652 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 9.5%

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, 0.3%

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, 0.1% Native American, 61.8% Asian, 5.3%

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, 0.7% from other races, and 22.5% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 8.2% of the population. There were 626 households, out of which 41.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.6% were

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living together, 16.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.1% were non-families. 18.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.26 and the average family size was 3.66. In the CDP the population was spread out, with 30.0% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.4 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $46,705, and the median income for a family was $53,047. Males had a median income of $35,500 versus $25,667 for females. The

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for the CDP was $15,873. About 9.2% of families and 13.2% of the population were below the

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, including 15.9% of those under age 18 and 10.6% of those age 65 or over.

Climate

Tropical savanna climates have monthly mean temperature above in every month of the year and typically a pronounced dry season, with the driest month having precipitation less than of precipitation. In essence, a tropical savanna climate tends to either see less rainfall than a tropical monsoon climate or have more pronounced dry seasons than a tropical monsoon climate. The

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subtype for this climate is " As". (Tropical Savanna Climate).

References

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