Hawaii Statistics

...Oahu population is down 12,612 from its 2016 peak....

... the GE Tax accounts for 37.2% of State revenue, Hawaii ranks 9th most dependent....

...the average officer is only 45 years old — 42 for non-disability enlisted personnel — upon retirement from service....

...Patients at “C” hospitals on average face an 88% greater risk of avoidable death....

...each has seen a falloff in tourism activity and a slowing of employment growth in a number of sectors....

...Low prevalence of obesity....

...Honolulu and Pearl City tie with Juneau, AK as the cities with the lowest average starting salaries when adjusted for cost of living.... 

...Hawaii combined pass-through business income tax rate 43.7%, second only to California....

...Hawaii was third behind Illinois and New Jersey for how much of its total revenue would be required to pay off its unfunded retirement liabilities over the next 30 years....

... their reported average GPA ranks them amongst the top five smartest states in the country ... (BUT) ... Hawaii has the lowest mean ACT score on this list and the fifth lowest in the United States .... 

... Ranking schools based largely on test results perpetuates the failed "test and punish" culture of the past -- HSTA ....

...Hawaii has the 2nd-most treatment centers per drug user....

... Hawaii: Combined State-Federal Corporate Income Tax Rate 26.1% ....

"...Years needed to afford down payment: 25.68...."

...Honolulu is slightly ahead of Toledo and Cleveland, Ohio....

...Alabama and Hawaii raise the smallest portion of their state and local tax revenue through property taxes: 17.1 percent and 17.6 percent, respectively....

...Natural Gas rich Reno, NV is waaaay cleaner than Honolulu....

...Gross Domestic Product by State: Fourth Quarter and Annual 2018....

...2019’s Best & Worst States for Nurses....

...Hawaii Visitor Statistics Released for First Quarter 2019....

...2019’s Most Gambling-Addicted States....

...Hawaii Boasts Some of the Best Air Quality in the Nation According to the ‘State of the Air’ 2019 Report....

...Hilo and Kahului are the places to be....

...Steve Frates, a Pepperdine University professor and president of the Center for Government Analysis, discusses how the salaries of Hawaii officials compare with officials across the nation....

...If the average pay hike is $3.50/hr for 208K workers, a $17 minimum would cost $5.6M per 8 hour shift--$28M per 40 hr week--$1.456B per year....

...this is the price Hawaii pays for pandering to anti-fluoridation nuts....

...Try out the “adjust performance” feature.  You can abolish the GE Tax and cut other taxes, eliminate public employees, enact a right to work law, raise or lower the minimum wage, and see how each move affects Hawaii’s economic performance....

...2019’s States Most Dependent on the Gun Industry....

...Hawaii Tax Freedom Day is 43rd among states....

...Madame Pele shows the way to solve homelessness--APPLY MORE FORCE....

... Hawaii: County by County Overview ....

...American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) analysis of the recently-released U.S. Department of Transportation 2018 National Bridge Inventory (NBI) database....

...2019’s Most & Least Financially Literate States....

...The Impact of Public Health Insurance on Medical Utilization in a Vulnerable Population: Evidence from COFA Migrants....

...after dumping as many independent tests as possible, the DoE tries to make it look good.  Here's their report....

"...branded an “F.” How does that make the hardworking kids, educators and families of that school community feel?...."

...'Sin' taxes are levied on a relatively narrow tax base, and many are regressive, with a larger share of the tax burden falling on those with lower incomes....

...Unlike tax rates, which vary widely based on an individual’s circumstances, tax burden measures the proportion of total personal income that residents pay toward state and local taxes....

...Hawaii residents get the least amount of sleep per night and have the 3rd-lowest job security in USA....

Editor's Note: The Big Island is different because the subdivisions in Puna and Kau change the supply-demand equation. 

...The committee is charged with increasing awareness about the importance of being counted; organizing state resources effectively and cost-efficiently to promote the count; and improving the response rate for the 2020 Census questionnaire....

...Utility bills have dropped ranging from less than a dollar a month for the average residential customer in Hawaii to about $14 for the same group in Florida....

...Hawaii Visitor Statistics Released for February 2019....

...Auditors reviewed 25 HDOT projects in progress where little or no activity had occurred in the prior two fiscal years and found that all but five were categorized inappropriately. Twenty of the selected projects “were deemed to either have been placed in service or were canceled....”

...through 2018, the incidence of drug related deaths in the state has surpassed traffic fatalities in Hawaii. Fortunately, death rates have declined since the Initiative was launched, with more than 120 overdose reversal from administration of Naloxone in the last year....

...contrasting state and local tax collections with the quality of the services residents receive in each of the 50 states....

...Hawaii ranks 51st for 'medical environment'....

...Which States have the most Neighborhood Watch Programs per capita?....

..."Federal Funding as a Share of State Revenue"....

...Innovation is a principal driver of U.S. economic growth....