Hawaii Statistics

Violent crime was a primary factor in our analysis, but we also looked at other measures of safety, such as motor vehicle accidents, drug use and excessive drinking....

...how high school graduates are prepared to meet the HIDOE’s Strategic Plan Goal that all students demonstrate they are on a path toward success in college, career and citizenship....

Hawaii small businesses wait 95 days on average to get paid on invoices....

The report indicates a shift in the visitor market....

State falls to #31 in national ranking....

Hawaii Ranks 44th with a 6.3% Tax Rate....

Fundamental Change: Innovation in America's Schools under Race to the Top....

Raising a family in the Aloha State comes at a high price....

The uninsured rate pre-Obamacare was 7.89 percent and has fallen to a current rate of 5.27 percent, with 31,653 persons gaining health insurance....

"The ratio of homeless veterans to the veteran population is 28 times higher in San Francisco than in Virginia Beach, Va"

Lobbyists thrive in land of sunshine....

The map shows the average amount of EITC taken per tax return in every county in America....

...the 2015 March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card for the first time grades the state’s counties and reveals persistent disparities between communities and among racial and ethnic groups....

Our data set ranges from the percentage of adults and children who are overweight and obese to the sugary-beverage consumption among adolescents....

WalletHub’s analysts compared 1,268 U.S. cities....

“From 2010 to 2015 our six-year rate has increased from 48.6 percent to 57.1 percent while the four-year rate has increased from 17.5 percent to 27.9 percent...."

Hawaii has a low business survival rate, with only slightly more businesses created in 2013 than failed that year....

...at least 134 deceased persons received over-payments from the Employee Retirement System, with some over-payments in excess of $50,000....

Honolulu County had average weekly wages of $918 ranked near the middle (172nd) of the national ranking among the 342 largest counties. Nationally, the average weekly wage was $1,048 in the first quarter of 2015....

...an increase of 4.7 percent to 652,616 visitors....

Hawaii ranks 44th at $58 per person ....

...This annual report provides a snapshot of how schools are doing in achievement, growth, readiness and reducing the achievement gap....

...0.5 to 1 percentage point increase in the part-time fraction in high-uninsurance states relative to low-uninsurance states....

...the average property tax deduction taken on the Schedule A, per tax return, for each county....

...why and how states should better harness information technology to drive public-sector productivity and generate savings for governments, businesses, and citizens....

Hawaii residents had the highest financial well-being in the nation in 2014, followed closely by Alaska residents....

What could make this rating go up--Increased economic diversification and reduced economic volatility....

Today’s map looks at state tax collections per capita....

...total enrollment for school year 2015-16 is 180,409, compared with 180,895 in school year 2014-15, and 185,273 the year before that....

...and Fitch expects them to remain so. This largely reflects the state's direct responsibility for many functions delegated to local governments in other states, particularly K-12 education....

The cost of illegal immigration in Hawaii may be associated with several state policies which are friendly towards undocumented workers....

The 2014 Organic Production Survey conducted in Hawaii found 166 farms with 3,505 acres....

Hawaii is shown to have the 4th worst pedestrian accident rate in the nation....

...when a child is born in Hawaii, he or she can count on $26,500 in debt that the state owes per citizen....

In Hawaii annual costs for 4-year-old care are equal to 55.8 percent of minimum-wage earnings....

WalletHub compared 515 U.S. cities across 10 key metrics, ranging from population growth rate to unemployment rate decrease....

States are not held to the same accounting standards as most businesses and publicly traded companies. Therefore, states do not use the proper tools to balance their budgets....

...customers in deregulated states and areas can shop around for electric plans....

Hawaii: 21% of middle market firms are minority-owned ....

WalletHub conducted an in-depth analysis of 2015’s States Where Hispanics Are Most Assimilated....

The Aloha State, one of Kiplinger's top ten least tax-friendly states, is known for its high cost of living....

But Hawaii has 3rd lowest obesity rates....

...health plans are rated based on performance and quality of care....

The share of infrastructure expenditures funded by tolls, user fees, and user taxes ranges from 14.2 percent in Alaska to 86.4 percent in Hawaii....

...Hawaii, California, Oregon, Vermont, Florida and Washington, which adopted some type of restrictive land-use policy over the last 30 years, all experienced some of the largest losses, in terms of home affordability....

...premiums are expected to rise further as a result of various Affordable Care Act-related fees....

...The results show that 48 percent meet or exceed the achievement standard in ELA. In math, 41 percent of students tested meet or exceed achievement standards....

...ranking states on two measures of safer sex: sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and contraception across eight (8) indicators....

CDC Youth Behavior Risk Survey data ....