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COLUMBIA COLLEGE 304 .609969N833P 1989 Ci VO THE PEOPLING OF HAWATI' i(QNDE D.$ HON (R 3 2711 00001 1419 The Peopling of Hawaii ENTERED®NCY 28 1389 The Peopling of Hawai'i SECOND EDITION Eleanor C. Nordyke Foreword by Robert C. Schmitt COLUMBIA COLLEGE LIBRARY M University of Hawaii Press « Honolulu 304.609969 N833p 1989 Nordyke, Eleanor C. The peopling of Hawal i © 1989 University of Hawaii Press © 1977 East-West Center All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America 94793292591 *90ESGRRES S E3N2N 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nordyke, Eleanor C. The peopling of Hawaii / Eleanor C. Nordyke ; foreword by Robert C. Schmitt. — 2nd ed. paCI Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 0-8248-1191-7 1. Hawaii—Population—History. 1. Title. HB3525.H3N67 1989 88-38927 304.6°09969—dc19 CIE Camera-ready figures and tables were prepared by the Population Institute of the East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. @ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Informa- tion Sciences—Permanence of paper for Printed Library Materials ANSI Z39.48-1984 10 our grandchildren Aimee, Nalani, Cameron, Trevor, and Larissa and 1o the children and grandchildren of Hawai ‘i and To the people of Hawai ‘i on whom its future depends CONTENTS Figures ix xi Tables Foreword XV Preface Xix Introduction 1 1. Early Polynesian Immigrants 3 2. The Coming of Westerners and the Depopulation of the Native Hawaiians ' 13 3. Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Immigrants and Admixtures 28 Hawaiians and Part Hawaiians 30 Whites 42 52 Chinese 60 Japanese 70 Blacks 76 Filipinos 84 Koreans 91 Samoans 94 Other Ethnic Groups 99 4. The Demographic Situation 100 Size and Growth of Population 104 Ethnicity 109 Age and Sex Composition 113 Military Population Births, Births to Unmarried Mothers, and Abortion Rates 114 vii Contents viii 118 Marriage and Divorce 120 Death Rates and Life Expectancy 122 The Elderly Population 128 Migration 134 Hawai‘i in Transition 135 Population Projections 141 Visitor Industry Influence on Population Growth 149 Evidence of Change 167 Conclusion 173 Appendix: Demographic Tables 267 Notes 281 Glossary of Common Demographic Terms 287 References 313 Index

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