Captain Cook is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, in the United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the CDP population was 3,206. The town, which is actually located in the land division of Kealakekua, is so named because the post office for the area was located in the Captain Cook Coffee Co. during the early 1900s.

Geography
Captain Cook is located at (19.498211, -155.904275). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 12.2 square miles (31.5 km²), all of it land.

Most of Captain Cook lies between the 800- and elevation, which makes it ideal as...

Captain Cook is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, in the United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the CDP population was 3,206. The town, which is actually located in the land division of Kealakekua, is so named because the post office for the area was located in the Captain Cook Coffee Co. during the early 1900s.

Geography
Captain Cook is located at (19.498211, -155.904275). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 12.2 square miles (31.5 km²), all of it land.

Most of Captain Cook lies between the 800- and elevation, which makes it ideal as a coffee growing region. It sits on the top of an ancient fault which created the famous Kealakekua Bay. Prior to the 1960s, most of Captain Cook was part of the vast Kealakekua Ranch, founded in the 1850s by English immigrant Henry Nicholas Greenwell.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,206 people, 1,152 households, and 822 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 263.6 people per square mile (101.8/km²). There were 1,223 housing units at an average density of 100.6/sq mi (38.8/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 33.44% White (U.S. Census), 0.22% African American (U.S. Census), 0.19% Native American (U.S. Census), 31.63% Asian (U.S. Census), 7.86% Pacific Islander (U.S. Census), 1.09% from Race (United States Census), and 25.58% from two or more races. Hispanic (U.S. Census) or Latino (U.S. Census) of any race were 8.05% of the population.

There were 1,152 households out of which 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.5% were Marriage living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.6% were non-families. 21.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.24.