Courtyard by Marriott", a three-story hotel housing 144 standard rooms which feature local island-style furnishing. The hotel replaced the historical Laie Inn which was demolished in 2009 to make room for the new hotel. Though small, has had a significant impact on Hawaiian culture, despite many of its residents' tracing their lineages from various Pacific Island countries such as Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, and New Zealand. Fundraisers and feasts on the beach in the late 1940s inspired "The Hukilau Song", written, composed and originally recorded by Jack Owens, The Cruising Crooner, and made famous by Alfred Apaka. Geography is located at . is located north of and south of along Highway (State Route 83). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of . of it is land and of it (40.65%) is water. The coastline is marked by Point, a prominent lithified dune jutting out into the ocean. Two other lithified dunes ( and ) lie just offshore of the point as scenic islets. lohelohe Beach Park, to the south of town, includes Beach, named after "John" (1879–1944), a fisherman from who kept his nets on the beach adjacent to Stream. He was well known in for his generosity and gave fish to everyone in the village, especially to those who could not fish for themselves. conducted many , a method of community net fishing. His family, the , were a well known fishing family in the area, and stories can still be found today of their abilities in fishing. Pahumoa Beach has also been known as Pounders Beach for its pounding shorebreak. The name was popularized in the 1950s by students at the Church College of the Pacific (now Brigham Young University–Hawaii) who called the beach "Pounders" after a shorebreak that provided popular bodysurfing rides. Pounders was the official name of the beach until it was reverted to Pahumoa in 2021. Another bodysurfing beach is Hukilau, located at the north end of town at the mouth of Stream. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 4,585 people, 903 households, and 735 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,010 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 27.59% White, 0.35% Black or African American, 0.15% Native American, 9.23% Asian, 36.88% Pacific Islander, 0.65% from other races, and 25.15% from two