Obviously the meaning of the standard deviation is its relation to the mean, No, not always. In the case of sizes of things or amounts of things (e.g. tonnage of coal, volume of money), that often makes sense, but in other contexts it doesn't make sense to compare to the mean.
Population of Maui County. Last official estimated population of Maui County was 154,982 (year 2014)[1]. This was 0.049% of total US population and 10.8% of total Hawaii state population. Area of Maui County is 2,398.3 miÂ² (=6211.7 kmÂ²), in this year population density was 64.62 p/miÂ². If population growth rate would be same as in period 2010-2014 (+0.02%/yr), Maui County population in 2017 would be 155,093 .
As of 2014, Hawaii had an estimated population of 1,419,561; an increase of 15,507 from the previous year and an increase of 59,260 (4.36%) since 2010. This includes a natural increase of 48,111 (96,028 births minus 47,917 deaths) and an increase due to net migration of 16,956 people into the state.