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Between 1972 and 1998 (26 Years) Puna's
<br /> Voter Count Grew 317% while Hilo's Grew 40%.
<br /> The County Of Hawaii funded "Puna Community Plan"
<br /> estimates the population of Puna growing to 167,000 if all
<br /> current subdivided lots were built on. Puna has only one road
<br /> - servcing Hilo, Pahoa, Volcano and Ka'u. The Big Island's
<br /> population is estimated to be 150,000 in year 2000.
<br /> 30,000
<br /> 20,000
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<br /> - ~ 10,000
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<br /> 1 2 3 4 5 6 # Puna Voters
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<br /> Puna Voters Hdo Voters
<br /> Areas 1872 1978 1880 1984 1988 1890 1994 1888
<br /> Upper Puna 2,238 2,573 3,385 4,021 3,457 3,762 4,485 5,415
<br /> Lower Puna 973 1,567 2,196 2,245 4,652 5,094 6,510 7,982
<br /> - 3,211 4,140 5,581 6,266 8,109 8,856 10,995 13,397
<br /> South Hdo Area Total 6,700 7,769 8,009 8,477 8,471 9,265 10,143 11,107
<br /> - Waiakea Area Total 1,768 1,876 3,142 1,801 2,750 2,831 2,940 3,063
<br /> Centeral Hdo Area Total 5,913 6,367 6,648 5,767 6,944 7,184 7,740 8,129
<br /> North Hilo Area Total 4,111 3,918 3,845 3,060 3,050 3,205 3,246 3,556
<br /> - 18,492 19,930 21,644 19,105 21,215 22,485 24,069 25,855
<br /> 'Source Hawau County Voter Registration
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