What disease killed much of the native Hawaiian population?
In 1848, measles and pertussis made their way to the Kingdom of Hawaii via missionaries and ships' crews, killing off a quarter of the population.
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“Native Hawaiian” is a racial classification used by the United States. In the most recent Census, 690,000 people reported that they were Native Hawaiian or of a mixed race that includes Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. There may now be as few as 5,000 pure-blood Native Hawaiians remaining in the world.