Fern Acres is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States located in the District of Puna. The population was 756 at the 2000 census. The population increased by 98.9% to 1,504 at the 2010 census.
Fern Acres is located at 19°30′43″N 155°5′24″W / 19.51194°N 155.09000°W / 19.51194; -155.09000 (19.511846, -155.089878).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.3 square miles (16 km2), all of it land.
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,504 people in 594 households residing in the CDP. The population density was 238.7 people per square mile (92.8/km²). There were 704 housing units at an average density of 111.7 per square mile (43.5/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 39.30% White, 0.60% African American, 0.40% American Indian & Alaska Native, 6.58% Asian, 11.70% Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander, 0.73% from other races, and 40.69% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 15.76% of the population.
Coordinates: 21°18′41″N 157°47′47″W / 21.31139°N 157.79639°W / 21.31139; -157.79639
Hawaii (English pronunciation: i/həˈwaɪʲi/ hə-WY-(y)ee; locally, [həˈwɐ(ɪ)ʔi]; Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi [həˈvɐjʔi]) is the 50th and most recent state of the United States of America, receiving statehood on August 21, 1959. Hawaii is the only U.S. state located in Oceania and the only one composed entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean. Hawaii is the only U.S. state not located in the Americas. The state does not observe daylight saving time.
The state encompasses nearly the entire volcanic Hawaiian archipelago, which comprises hundreds of islands spread over 1,500 miles (2,400 km). At the southeastern end of the archipelago, the eight main islands are—in order from northwest to southeast: Niʻihau, Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Kahoʻolawe, Maui and the Island of Hawaiʻi. The last is the largest island in the group; it is often called the "Big Island" or "Hawaiʻi Island" to avoid confusion with the state or archipelago. The archipelago is physiographically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania.
Hawaii is a state of the United States, nearly coterminous with the Hawaiian Islands.
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Hawaii (1964–1990) was a South African bred Thoroughbred racehorse who was a Champion at age two and three (Southern Hemisphere) in South Africa after which he was sent to race in the United States by owner Charles W. Engelhard, Jr. where he was voted the 1969 American Champion Turf Horse honors. Among his wins in the United States was a track record setting performance in the mile-and-a-half Man o' War Stakes on turf at Belmont Park.
Hawaii retired from racing after the 1969 racing season having won 21 of 28 career starts with earnings of US$371,292 (equivalent). Sent to stand at stud at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky, he sired Henbit, who raced in England and won the 1980 Epsom Derby.
Hawaii died at Claiborne Farm in 1990 at age twenty-six and was buried in their Marchmont division equine cemetery.
In 1977, Hawaii was elected to the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame.