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Lānaʻi City, Hawaii
Lānaʻi City is a census-designated place (CDP) on the island of Lānaʻi, in Maui County, Hawai‘i, United States. The population was 3,332 at the 2020 census. Lānaʻi 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, Lānaʻi Community Hospital, is near the park.
Lānaʻi City is served by Lānaʻi Airport (LNY).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of 6.9 square miles (17.9 km2), all land.
Lānaʻi City experiences a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: As, Trewartha: Asab) with a mostly dry summer season. The average temperature in January is almost cool enough to qualify this climate as a warm-winter form of a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa or even Csb). An average monthly temperature of 64 °F (18 °C) is the lower limit for tropical climate classification.
Lānaʻi 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 Lānaʻi City to house and serve the workers. 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, and 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.
In 2009, the corporation Castle & Cooke, which had spun off from the 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 to the 1920s—in order to build new commercial structures. The development would have included a supermarket the National Trust for Historic Preservation called "oversized" and "out-of-scale". No intact plantation towns remain on any of the other Hawaiian Islands.
In 2012, Castle & Cooke sold its island possessions (totaling 98% of the island) to Larry Ellison for $300 million.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,164 people, 1,148 households, and 796 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 885.5 inhabitants per square mile (341.9/km2). There were 1,343 housing units at an average density of 375.9 units per square mile (145.1 units/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 13.24% White, 0.13% African American, 0.38% Native American, 58.09% Asian, 7.02% Pacific Islander, 0.32% from other races, and 20.83% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race were 7.74% of the population.
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Lānaʻi City, Hawaii
Lānaʻi City is a census-designated place (CDP) on the island of Lānaʻi, in Maui County, Hawai‘i, United States. The population was 3,332 at the 2020 census. Lānaʻi 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, Lānaʻi Community Hospital, is near the park.
Lānaʻi City is served by Lānaʻi Airport (LNY).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of 6.9 square miles (17.9 km2), all land.
Lānaʻi City experiences a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: As, Trewartha: Asab) with a mostly dry summer season. The average temperature in January is almost cool enough to qualify this climate as a warm-winter form of a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa or even Csb). An average monthly temperature of 64 °F (18 °C) is the lower limit for tropical climate classification.
Lānaʻi 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 Lānaʻi City to house and serve the workers. 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, and 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.
In 2009, the corporation Castle & Cooke, which had spun off from the 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 to the 1920s—in order to build new commercial structures. The development would have included a supermarket the National Trust for Historic Preservation called "oversized" and "out-of-scale". No intact plantation towns remain on any of the other Hawaiian Islands.
In 2012, Castle & Cooke sold its island possessions (totaling 98% of the island) to Larry Ellison for $300 million.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,164 people, 1,148 households, and 796 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 885.5 inhabitants per square mile (341.9/km2). There were 1,343 housing units at an average density of 375.9 units per square mile (145.1 units/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 13.24% White, 0.13% African American, 0.38% Native American, 58.09% Asian, 7.02% Pacific Islander, 0.32% from other races, and 20.83% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race were 7.74% of the population.