Ka poe keokeo ma Hawaii (Hawaiian) | |
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| Total population | |
| 333,261 (22.9%)[1] (2020) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Hawaii County | 33.6%[2] |
| Honolulu County | 18.5%[2] |
| Maui County | 32.9%[2] |
| Kauai County | 31.7%[2] |
| Languages | |
| English, Spanish, French, German, Russian, and Portuguese | |
| Religion | |
| PredominantlyChristianity (MainlyProtestant andRoman Catholicism)[3] andJudaism[4] | |
White people in Hawaii, also known asHaole, areWhite people of predominantlyEuropean descent. They form 22.9% of the population according to the2020 United States Census. There are around 294,102 White people in Hawaii. Including people with two or more races, the number of people with some European ancestry is 476,162 (39.3%), meaning that around 14.6% of the population is mixed race.[5] European ancestry, the majority are ofPortuguese andBritish descent, with a small number of European immigrants of French, German, and Spanish descent.
British explorerJames Cook was the first European to land in the islands of present-day Hawaii on January 20, 1778. On a subsequent visit, he was killed by Native Hawaiians in Kealakekua during his attempt to kidnap and hold the king of the Island of Hawai'i ChiefKalaniʻōpuʻu in exchange for a stolen longboat.[6] An obelisk memorializing Cook's death can be seen from all points in Kealakekua Bay, on a plot of land deeded in perpetuity by the Kingdom of Hawaii to the United Kingdom.[7] The arrival of European missionaries resulted in conversion of Hawaii to Christianity.[8] Europeans brought diseases suchsmallpox,tuberculosis,measles andsyphilis to Hawaii, which decimated theNative Hawaiian population.[9][10] James Cook and his crew also introducedsexually transmitted infections such as syphilis andgonorrhea.[11] When Cook arrived, there were approximately 300,000 Native Hawaiians. However, by 1853, their population had decreased to 70,000 because of the impact of white settlers. In 1893, American colonists who dominated Hawaii’s sugar industry quickly toppled the kingdom and created the Republic of Hawaii. With the support of the predominantly American elite, the United States annexed Hawaii as a territory in 1898.[12]
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