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White House Releases State-by-State Fact Sheets to Highlight Nationwide Need for the American Jobs Plan

News Release from The White House, April 12, 2021

Today, the White House released state-by-state fact sheets that highlight the urgent need in every state across the country for the investments proposed by President Biden in the American Jobs Plan. The fact sheets highlight the number of bridges and miles of road in each state in poor condition, the percentage of households without access to broadband, the billions of dollars required for water infrastructure, among other infrastructure needs.  

Individual fact sheets for each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are linked below.

These fact sheets are the latest in a series from the White House highlighting the benefits of the American Jobs Plan for communities. Additional issue-based fact sheets will be released in the coming days and weeks. Fact sheets on how the American Jobs Plan Advances Racial Equity and the American Jobs Plan Supports Rural America have been released in recent weeks.

The American Jobs Plan is an investment in America that will create millions of good jobs, rebuild our country’s infrastructure, and position the United States to out-compete China

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The Need for Action in Hawaii

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For decades, infrastructure in Hawaii has suffered from a systemic lack of investment. The need for action is clear:

Hawaii’s infrastructure received a D+ grade on its Infrastructure Report Card. The American Jobs Plan will make a historic investment in our nation’s infrastructure.

• ROADS AND BRIDGES: In Hawaii there are 84 bridges and over 664 miles of highway in poor condition. Since 2011, commute times have increased by 9.7% in Hawaii and on average, each driver pays $818 per year in costs due to driving on roads in need of repair. The American Jobs Plan will devote more than $600 billion to transform our nations' transportation infrastructure and make it more resilient, including $115 billion repairing roads and bridges.

• PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: Hawaiians who take public transportation spend an extra 77.2% of their time commuting and non-White households are 2.2 times more likely to commute via public transportation. 20% of trains and other transit vehicles in the state are past useful life. The American Jobs Plan will modernize public transit with an $85 billion investment.

• RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE: From 2010 to 2020, the United States has experienced 145 extreme weather events, costing the nation an estimated $921 billion in damages. The President is calling for $50 billion to improve the resiliency of our infrastructure and support communities’ recovery from disaster.

• DRINKING WATER: Over the next 20 years, Hawaii’s drinking water infrastructure will require $1.2 billion in additional funding. The American Jobs Plan includes a $111 billion investment to ensure clean, safe drinking water is a right in all communities.

• HOUSING: In part due to a lack of available and affordable housing, 98,000 renters in Hawaii are rent burdened, meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on rent. The President proposes investing over $200 billion to increase housing supply and address the affordable housing crisis.

• BROADBAND: 44% of Hawaiians live in areas where, by one definition, there is only one broadband internet provider that provides minimally acceptable speeds. Even where infrastructure is available, broadband may be too expensive to be within reach. 12% of Hawaii households do not have an internet subscription. The American Jobs Plan will invest $100 billion to bring universal, reliable, high-speed, and affordable coverage to every family in America.

• CAREGIVING: Across the country, hundreds of thousands of older adults and people with disabilities are in need of home and community-based services. The President’s plan will invest $400 billion to help more people access care and improve the quality of caregiving jobs.

• CHILD CARE: In Hawaii, there is an estimated $88 million gap in what schools need to do maintenance and make improvements and 68% of residents live in a childcare desert. The American Jobs Plan will modernize our nation’s schools and early learning facilities and build new ones in neighborhoods across Hawaii and the country.

• MANUFACTURING: Manufacturers account for more than $187 billion of total output in Hawaii, employing 14,000 workers, or 2% of the state’s workforce. The American Job’s Plan will invest $300 billion to retool and revitalize American manufacturers.

• HOME ENERGY: In Hawaii, an average low-income family spends 6-8% of their income on home energy costs forcing tough choices between paying energy bills and buying food, medicine or other essentials. The American Jobs Plan will upgrade low-income homes to make them more energy efficient through a historic investment in the Weatherization Assistance Program, a new Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator to finance building improvements, and expanded tax credits to support home energy upgrades.

• CLEAN ENERGY JOBS: As of 2019, there were 13,927 Hawaiians working in clean energy, and the American Jobs Plan invests in creating more good paying union jobs advancing clean energy production by extending and expanding tax credits for clean energy generation, carbon capture and sequestration and clean energy manufacturing.

• VETERANS HEALTH: Hawaii is home to over 112,304 veterans, 10.6% of whom are women and 44.6% of whom are over the age of 65. The President is calling for $18 billion to improve the infrastructure of VA health care facilities to ensure the delivery of world-class, state of the art care to veterans enrolled in the VA health care system. This includes improvements to ensure appropriate care for women and older veterans.

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