Kapaa, HI, Hawaii: Democratic loyalist metro. In 2024, voted D+20%. Democratic peak: D+63 in 1964.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+20MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
- Population
- 73,7312024 5-year
- Median household income
- $97,6682024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 29.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+63 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+17 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Kapaa, HI, HIOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
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| D | 17,675 | 11,803 | 30,064 | ||
| D | 21,225 | 11,582 | 33,497 | ||
| D | 16,456 | 7,574 | 26,335 | ||
| D | 18,641 | 6,121 | 25,372 | ||
| D | 20,416 | 6,245 | 27,224 | ||
| D | 14,916 | 9,740 | 24,876 | ||
| D | 13,470 | 6,583 | 21,773 | ||
| D | 13,357 | 5,325 | 21,020 | ||
| D | 10,715 | 6,274 | 19,127 | ||
| D | 11,770 | 8,298 | 20,266 | ||
| R | 8,862 | 9,249 | 18,332 | ||
| D | 9,081 | 5,883 | 16,621 | ||
| D | 8,105 | 6,278 | 14,522 | ||
| R | 5,401 | 7,571 | 12,972 | ||
| D | 7,051 | 4,140 | 11,346 | ||
| D | 8,713 | 1,971 | 10,684 | ||
| R | 4,636 | 5,655 | 10,291 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
6.8%
Irish
6.3%
English
6.0%
Italian
3.1%
French
1.8%
Scottish
1.3%
American
1.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 43.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$97,668
Kapaa, HI ranks near the middle of US counties.
Kapaa, HI$97,668
Hawaii$100,389
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
9.1%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.5%
Working age (18–64)8.2%
Seniors (65+)10.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
81.7%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander14.4%
Other Indo-European1.7%
Spanish1.2%
Other languages0.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Kapaa, HI sits in the Pacific. Its political identity has been Democratic for as long as anyone now living can remember. 1 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Democratic candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.
The Democratic margin in Kapaa, HI reached its widest at sixty-three points in 1964. The margin in 2024 was twenty points — still decisive.
Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $97,668, a 30% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 73,731 together describe a metro whose political habits are deeply settled.
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Kapaa, HI, Hawaii — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/28180/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Kapaa, HI, Hawaii vote in 2024?
In 2024, Kapaa, HI, Hawaii voted Democratic by 19.5 points (D+20), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 30,064 votes cast, 17,675 went Democratic and 11,803 went Republican.
What is Kapaa, HI, Hawaii's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Kapaa, HI, Hawaii as a "Democratic loyalist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 14 times, Republican 3 times, and other 0 times.
When did Kapaa, HI, Hawaii last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Kapaa, HI, Hawaii voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Kapaa, HI, Hawaii?
Kapaa, HI, Hawaii has a population of 73,731 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kapaa, HI, Hawaii?
Median household income in Kapaa, HI, Hawaii is $97,668 — above the national median of $80,734. The Hawaii state median is $100,389.
What is the political history of Kapaa, HI, Hawaii?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Kapaa, HI, Hawaii from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 3 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.