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PEARL CITY

Specialty Definition: Pearl City, Hawaii

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Pearl City is a town located in Honolulu County, Hawaii. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 30,976.

Geography


Pearl City is located at 21°24'30" North, 157°58'1" West (21.408333, -157.966902)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 15.0 km² (5.8 mi²). 12.9 km² (5.0 mi²) of it is land and 2.1 km² (0.8 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 14.29% water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 30,976 people, 8,921 households, and 7,288 families residing in the town. The population density is 2,401.6/km² (6,215.5/mi²). There are 9,181 housing units at an average density of 711.8/km² (1,842.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 17.24% White, 2.71% African American, 0.27% Native American, 53.42% Asian, 6.15% Pacific Islander, 1.41% from other races, and 18.81% from two or more races. 7.30% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 8,921 households out of which 25.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.9% are married couples living together, 12.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 18.3% are non-families. 14.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.17 and the average family size is 3.48. In the town the population is spread out with 18.8% under the age of 18, 13.7% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 115.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 117.3 males. The median income for a household in the town is $62,036, and the median income for a family is $67,246. Males have a median income of $30,712 versus $28,408 for females. The per capita income for the town is $21,683. 6.2% of the population and 4.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 11.7% are under the age of 18 and 4.1% are 65 or older.



Pearl City, Illinois

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Pearl City is a village located in Stephenson County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 780.

Geography


Pearl City is located at 42°15'59" North, 89°49'38" West (42.266302, -89.827145)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²). 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is land and 1.72% is water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 780 people, 293 households, and 225 families residing in the village. The population density is 528.4/km² (1,376.7/mi²). There are 314 housing units at an average density of 212.7/km² (554.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 98.85% White, 0.38% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.13% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.26% from other races, and 0.38% from two or more races. 0.64% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 293 households out of which 44.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.5% are married couples living together, 9.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 23.2% are non-families. 20.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 12.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.66 and the average family size is 3.04. In the village the population is spread out with 29.9% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 33 years. For every 100 females there are 91.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 86.7 males. The median income for a household in the village is $43,929, and the median income for a family is $55,096. Males have a median income of $35,313 versus $24,141 for females. The per capita income for the village is $19,256. 4.6% of the population and 4.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 2.5% are under the age of 18 and 18.6% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pearl City, Hawaii."

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Modern Usage: PEARL CITY

DomainUsage

Screenplays

What do you expect to find in Pearl City, Marshal? (Hannah Lee; writing credit: MacKinlay Kantor; Alford Van Ronkel)

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Photo Album: PEARL CITY

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View looking eastward from over Pearl City, with Ford Island in the middle of the view and Diamond Head in the distant center, 1 August 1942. USS Long Island (CVE-1) and USS Hornet (CV-8) are moored along Ford Island's western side, protected by anti-torpedo nets. The capsized hull of USS Utah (AG-16), a victim of the 7 December 1941 Japanese air raid, is astern of Long Island. Credit: NAVY.

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Cities: PEARL CITY


1. Pearl City, HI (CDP, FIPS 62600)
Location: 21.40467 N, 157.96906 W
Population (1990): 30993 (8999 housing units)
Area: 12.9 sq km (land), 2.1 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 96782
Country: USA

2. Pearl City, IL (village, FIPS 58369)
Location: 42.26767 N, 89.82554 W
Population (1990): 670 (271 housing units)
Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 61062
Country: USA

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: PEARL CITY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

pearl city high school

32

pearl city hi

29

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21

pearl city hawaii

13

pearl city il

10

pearl city hotel

3

pearl city illinois

3

real estate pearl city

2

pearl city apartment

2
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Anagrams: PEARL CITY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-l-p-r-t-y"

-1 letter: apyretic, calypter, literacy, particle, prelatic.

-2 letters: article, caliper, clarity, clayier, cryptal, ectypal, irately, paretic, peartly, peytral, picrate, plaiter, platier, plectra, plicate, prelacy, pteryla, pyretic, reality, recital, replica, tearily, treacly, typical.

-3 letters: acetyl, aerily, aplite, artily, atelic, atypic, caplet, carpel, carpet, cartel, citral, claret, clypei, eclair, elytra, epical, lacier, lyrate, palier, palter, paltry, parcel.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-l-p-r-t-y"
 

+2 letters: explicatory, peculiarity, predictably, specularity.

 

+3 letters: archetypical, chalcopyrite, corporeality, discrepantly, entropically, hyperplastic, hypertypical, operatically, phylacteries, plebiscitary.

 

+4 letters: centripetally, chalcopyrites, comparatively, complimentary, cooperatively, copyrightable, deprecatingly, deprecatorily, geotropically, hypercritical, hypermetrical, lycanthropies, orthoepically, perissodactyl, precipitantly, precipitately, predicatively, proleptically, prophetically, provocatively, pyrotechnical, replicability, stereotypical, unpredictably.

 

+5 letters: appreciatively, contemporarily, depreciatingly, dermatoglyphic, hypercatalexis, hyperexcitable, hypermetabolic, hyperrealistic, isentropically, metaphorically, orthopedically, parametrically, perissodactyls, pertinaciously, petrologically, predictability, processability, prosthetically, pyrometrically, respectability, superficiality.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PEARL CITY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 45 41 52 4C      43 49 54 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01000101 01000001 01010010 01001100 00100000 01000011 01001001 01010100 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#69 &#65 &#82 &#76 &#32 &#67 &#73 &#84 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0045 0041 0052 004C      0043 0049 0054 0059

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5039355246237435459

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INDEX

1. Usage: Modern
2. Images: Photo Album
3. Cities
4. Expressions: Internet 		5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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