Kauai County
County
Captain James Cook statue
Seal
Location within the U.S. state of Hawaii
Hawaii's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 22°04′00″N 159°39′00″W / 22.066666666667°N 159.65°W / 22.066666666667; -159.65
Country	United States
State	Hawaii
Founded	1905
Seat	Lihue
Largest community	Kapa‘a
Government
• Mayor	Derek Kawakami
Area
• Total	1,266 sq mi (3,280 km2)
• Land	620 sq mi (1,600 km2)
• Water	646 sq mi (1,670 km2)  51.0%
Population  (2020)
• Total	73,298
• Density	58/sq mi (22/km2)
Time zone	UTC−10 (Hawaii–Aleutian)
Congressional district	2nd
Website	www.kauai.gov

Kauaʻi County (Hawaiian: Kalana o Kauaʻi), officially known as the County of Kauaʻi, is a county in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi. It encompasses the islands of Kauaʻi, Niʻihau, Lehua, and Kaʻula. According to the 2020 Census, the population was 73,298.^[1] The county seat is Līhuʻe.^[2]

The Kapa'a Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Kauai County.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,266 square miles (3,280 km²), of which 620 square miles (1,600 km²) is land and 646 square miles (1,670 km²) (51.0%) is water.^[3] The Pacific Ocean surrounds the county.

Adjacent entities

• Honolulu County, Hawaii - southeast
• Midway Atoll - northwest

National protected areas

• Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge
• Huleia National Wildlife Refuge
• Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge

Government and politics

Kauaʻi County operates under a mayor-council form of municipal government. The Mayor of Kauaʻi, elected by the voters on a nonpartisan basis, holds executive authority for a four-year term. Meanwhile, legislative authority is vested in the seven-member County Council. Members of the County Council are elected on a nonpartisan, at-large basis to two-year terms.

United States Congress

Kauai County, like the rest of Hawaii, is represented entirely by Democrats in both the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.

Senators		Name	Party	First Elected	Level
	Senate Class 1	Mazie Hirono	Democratic	2013	Junior Senator
	Senate Class 3	Brian Schatz	Democratic	2012	Senior Senator
Representatives		Name	Party	First Elected	Area(s) of Kauai County Represented
	District 2	Jill Tokuda	Democratic	2023	entire county

Hawaii Legislature

Hawaii Senate

District		Name	Party	First Elected	Area(s) of Kauaʻi County Represented
	8	Ron Kouchi	Democratic	2010	entire county

Hawaii House of Representatives

District		Name	Party	First Elected	Area(s) of Kauaʻi County Represented
	15	Nadine Nakamura	Democratic	2016	Hā‘ena, Wainiha, Hanalei, Princeville, Kīlauea, Anahola, Keālia, Kāpa‘a, portion of Wailuā, Kawaihau
	16	Luke Evslin	Democratic	2023[a]	Wailuā, Hanamāʻulu, Kapaia, Līhuʻe, Puhi, portion of ʻŌmaʻo
	17	Dee Morikawa	Democratic	2011	Niʻihau, portion of ʻŌmaʻo, Kōloa, Po‘ipū, Lāwa‘i, Kalāheo, ‘Ele‘ele, Hanapēpē, Kaawanui Village, Pākalā Village, Waimea, Kekaha

Elections

Federal

Kauai County has traditionally been a solid Democratic stronghold. The county has not voted Republican since the 1984 federal election, when it narrowly voted in favor of Ronald Reagan.

United States presidential election results for Kauai County, Hawaii^[5]

Year	Republican		Democratic		Third party
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
2020	11,582	34.58%	21,225	63.36%	690	2.06%
2016	7,574	28.76%	16,456	62.49%	2,305	8.75%
2012	6,121	24.13%	18,641	73.47%	610	2.40%
2008	6,245	22.94%	20,416	74.99%	563	2.07%
2004	9,740	39.15%	14,916	59.96%	220	0.88%
2000	6,583	30.23%	13,470	61.87%	1,720	7.90%
1996	5,325	25.33%	13,357	63.54%	2,338	11.12%
1992	6,274	32.80%	10,715	56.02%	2,138	11.18%
1988	8,298	40.95%	11,770	58.08%	198	0.98%
1984	9,249	50.45%	8,862	48.34%	221	1.21%
1980	5,883	35.39%	9,081	54.64%	1,657	9.97%
1976	6,278	43.23%	8,105	55.81%	139	0.96%
1972	7,571	58.36%	5,401	41.64%	0	0.00%
1968	4,140	36.49%	7,051	62.15%	155	1.37%
1964	1,971	18.45%	8,713	81.55%	0	0.00%
1960	5,655	54.95%	4,636	45.05%	0	0.00%

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