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 .
Kahului is the largest census-designated place (CDP) on the island with a population of 26,337 as of 2010 and is the commercial and financial hub of the island. Wailuku is the seat of Maui County and is the third-largest CDP as of 2010. Half of Maui is situated within 5 miles (8.0 km) of the island's coastline. 2  This, and the extreme insularity of the Hawaiian Islands account for the strong marine influence on Maui's climate.