† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupHiloHawaiiUnited States
Japanese14.6%11.7%0.2%
Filipino13.4%14.3%0.9%
Chinese2.4%4.1%1.3%
Korean0.7%1.4%0.4%
Vietnamese0.5%0.8%0.6%
Asian Indian0.3%0.2%1.4%
Thai0.3%0.2%—
German4.0%5.8%12.5%
English4.0%5.1%9.5%
Irish3.0%4.7%9.4%
Portuguese3.0%3.2%—
Italian1.2%2.1%4.8%
French0.7%1.2%1.6%
Scottish0.7%—1.3%
Norwegian0.7%——
Native Hawaiian1.1%6.1%—
Puerto Rican4.1%3.3%1.8%
Mexican3.5%3.4%11.3%
Spanish1.4%1.3%—
Spaniard0.8%0.7%—
Chilean0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Hilo
Hawaii
United States
Median age
42.7
41
39.1
Age 18–24
8.7%
8.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.8%
20.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hilo
Hawaii
United States
Median household income
$81,779
$100,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.5%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
34.6%
36.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hilo
Hawaii
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
22.7%
24.7%
22.3%
Spanish
1.3%
2.1%
13.6%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
1.5%
4.4%
0.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
14.0%
11.6%
1.1%
Other languages
2.6%
0.9%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hilo
Hawaii
United States
Catholic
—
18.6%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
8.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
59.7%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Hilo, Hawaii
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+33.6%
2008
+61.8%
2012
+62.9%
2016
+47.6%
2020
+46.2%
2024
+36.8%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
67.4%Harris13,074
30.6%Trump5,935
2.1%
D+36.8
R+9.4
D+38.3
19,409
D
72.2%Biden15,127
26.0%Trump5,445
1.8%
D+46.2
R+1.4
D+41.8
20,951
D
69.6%Clinton11,432
22.0%Trump3,614
8.4%
D+47.6
R+15.3
D+45.5
16,434
D
80.3%Obama11,541
17.4%Romney2,499
2.3%
D+62.9
D+1.1
D+59.0
14,375
D
80.3%Obama13,886
18.4%McCain3,192
1.3%
D+61.8
D+28.2
D+54.5
17,303
D
66.2%Kerry9,588
32.6%Bush4,719
1.3%
D+33.6
—
D+36.1
14,491
Hilo is the seat of Hawaiʻi County and home to a majority Native Hawaiian and Asian-American electorate that has reliably backed Democratic candidates in statewide races by wide margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 62.9 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 9.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 36.8 points.
A population of 50,404, a 16% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,779 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wailuku and Riviera Beach.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Hilo, Hawaii voted Democratic by 36.8 points (D+36.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 19,409 votes cast, 13,074 went Democratic and 5,935 went Republican.
How many people live in Hilo, Hawaii?
Hilo, Hawaii has a population of 50,404 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hilo, Hawaii?
Median household income in Hilo, Hawaii is $81,779 — above the national median of $80,734. The Hawaii state median is $100,389.
What is the political history of Hilo, Hawaii?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Hilo, Hawaii from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
