About Captain Cook

Captain Cook is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Hawaii. With a population of 6,700 people and just one neighborhood, Captain Cook is the 32nd largest community in Hawaii.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Captain Cook is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Captain Cook is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Captain Cook who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.78%), sales jobs (9.48%), and farm management (7.89%).

Another important characteristic of Captain Cook is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.96% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Captain Cook are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Captain Cook Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Captain Cook is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 22.71% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Captain Cook in 2000 was $20,081, which is middle income relative to Hawaii, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $80,324 for a family of four.

Captain Cook is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Captain Cook home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Captain Cook is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Captain Cook include German, English, Irish, Portuguese, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Captain Cook is English. Other important languages spoken here include Other Pacific Island languages and Japanese.